ABSTRACT ACCORDING TO THE AUTHOR: 

“This paper based on ethnographic and archival anthropological research suggests that among the many layers of human trafficking for the purpose of organ removal within the vast field of human trafficking for fresh organs, attention should be directed to the impact of war and political conflict in providing a chaotic context that facilitates the ability to capture tissues and organs from the bodies of the enemy, the infidel, and the political refugee. Although the theft and plunder of enemy bodies, living and dead, during times of war, has a long history, what is new is the reported procurement of fresh organs from political prisoners and war and from refugees. This essay is one of several in which I am exploring the perverse uses of the bodies of the enemy to supply organs for transplant in field hospitals and rented transplant theaters in the Middle East. The allegations of organs trafficking by ISIS is the primary case discussed here.”