Spanish police have uncovered a criminal network that trafficked bodies.

Spain’s National Police say they have busted an alleged criminal network that illegally obtained dead bodies and sold them to universities.

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“National police agents dismantled a criminal network in Valencia related to the sale of bodies. They falsified documents to collect bodies from hospitals and nursing homes, and then sold them to universities for study at a price of 1.2 thousand euros per body,” police press release says.

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It is noted that the criminals were looking for the deceased who had no relatives, preferably foreigners.

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It is added that one university paid the organization more than five thousand euros to burn 11 bodies after studying them, but not a single crematorium in Valencia has data on these cremations. Police suspect that the alleged criminals dismembered the bodies and carried out only one cremation procedure to save money.