It is the second month that the Baku-based Birzha (Stock Exchange) newspaper has been publishing one and the same advertisement in its classifieds section: a married couple offers their kidneys for sale, asking US $20,000, reported 1news.az.

The Ismailovs (50-year-old husband, and 44-year-old wife) resorted to that step because of hard living conditions.

The husband borrowed a U.S. $20,000 bank credit, and the creditors demand repayment now. The hopeless situation suggested the idea of resolving the problem in such an extraordinary way. Their children, a married daughter and 17-year-old son, know about their parents’ decision.

The 44-year-old woman has been offered US $15,000 for her kidney. If the analyses show a positive result, an operation will be performed at an Iranian clinic.

The Azerbaijani legislation provides for a 3-5-year imprisonment for human organ trafficking. Moreover, the donor’s strained financial circumstances are viewed as an aggravating circumstance for the purchaser. However, the Azerbaijani law-enforcers have not so far responded to the shocking ad!