Body parts can also be resold several times by non-tissue transplant banks that often target poor or elderly clients, NFDA officials said. Human heads command as much $3,000 in a market driven ...

The director of a funeral home in Colorado was sentenced to 20 years in prison Tuesday for charges including fraud, after illegally selling bodies or body parts from more than 500 victims without ...

The body parts were sold for transplant and medical study. Although there are many modern laws designed to prevent body snatching, it continues to be a lucrative underground business.

Body brokers have operated in various parts of the country, and Burg Simpson is involved in lawsuits related to several of them. Examples include Biological Resource Center of Arizona, whose owner ...