Spain: Corpse trafficking gang busted. They forged papers to illegally obtain deceased people in hospitals.
The bodies were then sold to universities for study purposes for 1,200 euros each. A funeral home involved in the case also collected a total of more than 5,000 euros from universities for at least eleven cremations that were never carried out. In Germany, body donors must decide of their own free will and during their lifetime that their body will be made available to science. In Spain, despite body donation agreements, there don't seem to be enough bodies available for this.