(DDM) – A chilling confession has emerged from Douala, Cameroon, where a 39-year-old woman revealed her role in a deadly human trafficking and organ harvesting network.
The woman, identified as Esther, admitted to luring vulnerable victims under the guise of job offers and assistance, only to deliver them to an underground syndicate of corrupt doctors.
In her confession, she described how the network targeted orphans, abused girls, jobless youths, and street beggars.
She said she posed as a helper, offering food, shelter, or fake employment opportunities to win their trust.
Once the victims followed her, they were never seen again.
According to her account, surgeries took place in hidden clinics across towns like Bamenda, Yaoundé, and Buea.
Doctors in white coats by day allegedly turned into butchers by night, removing kidneys, livers, hearts, and eyes without mercy or anesthesia.
Esther claimed some organs were sold locally to wealthy Cameroonians with ailing relatives, while most were exported abroad through a black market chain.
She revealed that corrupt airport officials and security operatives ensured the shipments reached Europe and Asia without scrutiny.
Her most haunting memory, she said, was the killing of a 15-year-old girl named Emilienne, who trusted her promise of work in Yaoundé.
Two days later, Emilienne’s heart was removed and shipped overseas, leaving Esther with guilt she said she could never escape.
“I hear their screams in my sleep,” she confessed, adding that she often smells the perfume of the young girl she betrayed.
Organ trafficking remains one of the least talked-about criminal enterprises in Africa, though experts say it is thriving in silence.
Reports from international organizations have long warned that traffickers exploit poverty, conflict, and weak policing to harvest organs for profit.
In 2017, the United Nations highlighted West and Central Africa as emerging hubs for illegal organ trade due to rising demand abroad.
Activists in Cameroon have repeatedly accused officials of turning a blind eye, with allegations of police complicity in protecting the syndicates.
DDM gathered that many families of missing persons never get answers, fueling fears that organ harvesting rings operate unchecked.
Esther said she remains trapped, insisting the network would kill her if she exposed names of the doctors and collaborators.
Her testimony underscores the dangers facing desperate populations in African cities, where criminals prey on trust and vulnerability.
She ended her confession with a warning: “Don’t trust every smile. Not all women carry handbags. Some of us carry death.”
The confession has sparked outrage online, with calls for urgent investigations into Cameroon’s shadowy trafficking networks.
Human rights groups are demanding government action, warning that silence only enables further bloodshed.
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