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| In this country, people are selling organs to survive |
Trade in illegal organs is a booming business in Lebanon as desperate Syrian refugees resort to selling body parts to support themselves and their families, according to an investigation by the BBC.
A trafficker who brokers deals from a coffee shop in Beirut, identified as Abu Jaafar, said while he knew his "booming" business was illegal, he saw it as helping people in need.
He spoke to the BBC journalist Alex Forsyth from his base in a dilapidated building covered by a plastic tarpaulin in a southern Beirut suburb.
"I exploit people, that's what I do," Jaafar told Forsyth.
"I know what I'm doing is illegal but I'm helping people, that's how I see it.
"Some of my clients would have died anyway."
Since the Syrian conflict erupted in 2011, at least 1.5 million people have poured into Lebanon, where they make up around a quarter of the country's population.
Many have no legal right to work, and families are forced to find other ways to pay for food, shelter and healthcare.
According to a report published in June, some 70 percent of refugees in Lebanon are living below the poverty line.
"Those who are not registered as refugees are struggling," Jaafar said in a report aired on BBC television late on Tuesday.
"What can they do? They are desperate and they have no other means to survive but to sell their organs."
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