Skip to content
  • Investigations
    China Targets Caspian Cabals Pandora Papers Cyprus Confidential Panama Papers More Investigations
  • Latest
  • Data
    Offshore Leaks Database Medical Devices Database Datashare
  • Journalists
  • About ICIJ
    About ICIJ Our team Corporate ICIJ’s awards Media partners Our supporters Work with us
  • Leak to ICIJ
  • Newsletter
  • Donate
Donate
  • Investigations
    China Targets Caspian Cabals Pandora Papers Cyprus Confidential Panama Papers More Investigations
  • Latest
  • Data
    Offshore Leaks Database Medical Devices Database Datashare
  • Journalists
  • About ICIJ
    About ICIJ Our team Corporate ICIJ’s awards Media partners Our supporters Work with us
  • Leak to ICIJ
  • Newsletter
  • Donate
  1. Home
  2. About
ICIJ member avatar
  • Staff
  • Contact
    Email Facebook Twitter

Martina Keller

  • Stories by Martina Keller

Can recycling humans always be justified?

Is human tissue always better? Germany's leading experts say "No."

Jul 26, 2012

Abusing the ‘Gift’ of Tissue Donation

PART FOUR: In the brave new world of tissue harvesting, the dead’s bones, skin, tendons and heart valves can be cut out and used to create medical devices that can be sold for profit around the world.

Jul 18, 2012
Mandi Eisenbeis and her mother Patricia Towle
Investigation: Skin and Bone

Traceability Elusive in Global Trade of Human Parts

PART THREE: Poor accountability and inadequate safeguards prompt concerns among medical experts that products made from tissues taken from the dead could spread disease to the living.

Jul 18, 2012
Ukrainian security services seized harvested human tissue labeled "Tutogen
Investigation: Skin and Bone

Body Brokers Leave Trail of Questions, Corruption

PART TWO: Police in Hungary, Ukraine and the U.S. allege that tissue suppliers stole tissue and committed fraud and forgery in the drive to supply the industry with flesh and bone.

Jul 17, 2012
Dmytro Smyrnov, owner of a funeral home, shows photographs he took inside NIK1 morgue in southern Ukraine after he grew suspicious of its activities
Investigation: Skin and Bone

Video: Skin and Bone

Jul 16, 2012
Investigation: Skin and Bone

Los cadáveres humanos son el botín en una búsqueda global de ganancias

La industria ha florecido aun cuando sus prácticas han despertado preocupación sobre cómo obtiene los tejidos y qué tan bien informadas están las familias y los pacientes de trasplantes sobre las realidades y riesgos del negocio.

Jul 16, 2012
Un paciente con quemaduras recibe un implante de piel humana en el Queen Astrid Military Hospital de Bruselas
Investigation: Skin and Bone

Want to know when we publish?

Help us change the world. Get our stories by email.

GIVE TO HELP US INVESTIGATE!

Help us fight corruption, injustice and inequality with just $25/month.
Donate

Get ICIJ investigations delivered to your inbox.

Be the first to know when we publish.

ICIJ is dedicated to ensuring all reports we publish are accurate. If you believe you have found an inaccuracy let us know.

1730 Rhode Island Ave NW, Suite 317
Washington, D.C. 20036 USA

contact@icij.org

About us
  • Our team
  • Our supporters
  • ICIJ's Awards
  • Corporate
  • Work with us
  • Journalists
Investigations
  • China Targets
  • Caspian Cabals
  • Swazi Secrets
  • Cyprus Confidential
  • Deforestation Inc.
  • More investigations
More
  • Offshore Leaks Database
  • Datashare
  • Newsletter
Follow us

© 2025 — The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists. All rights reserved.