Sixteen people have been jailed for trafficking human organs mainly kidneys.

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Chinese court jailed the 16 for between two and five years for the offense that is widespread in the Asian country.

The group — which also included an anaesthesiologist, a nurse and an assistant doctor — were involved in a vast illegal trade in kidneys, according to the judgement cited by the official Xinhua news agency.

According to court documents, the transplants were performed in the city of Feicheng secretly.

Patients parted with 400,000-600,000 yuan ($57,620-86,430) while those selling kidneys received a mere 40,000 yuan.

China suffers from inadequate donated organs