LONDON
\nBritish police on Thursday charged a man and a woman with conspiring to bring a child to the UK in order to harvest organs.
\nLondon\u2019s Metropolitan Police force said Nigerian nationals Ike Ekweremadu, 60, and Beatrice Nwanneka Ekweremadu, 55, are accused of conspiracy to arrange or facilitate travel of another person with a view to exploitation, \u201cnamely organ harvesting.\u201d
\nThey are being held in custody and are due to appear in a London court later Thursday.
\nPolice said a child had been taken to safety.
\nThe force said detectives launched an investigation after they were alerted to potential modern slavery offenses in May.
\nThe suspects share the names and ages of a former deputy president of the Nigerian Senate and his wife. The former deputy Senate president\u2019s office had no immediate comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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