People consider trafficking only in the form of sex, but in reality trafficking has many different categories. Human trafficking is defined as people selling or trading their own bodies, or those of other people, for purposes as diverse as forced labor, sex, forced marriage, and even organs. Trafficking of any kind is considered a crime in the United States and every other country in the world except Iran because it constitutes a violation of human rights. Although trafficking is illegal, it still happens around the world and statistics say that trafficking generates approximately $32 billion in international trade per year. Of all the different forms of trafficking, organ trafficking is the most dangerous. Compensation for organ donors was legal until 1984, when the National Organ Transplant Law went into effect. Many people turn to purchasing organs because there is a shortage of organs and some patients may be on the organ transplant list for years. Due to the shortage of organs available for transplants, many people are turning to buying or selling organs illegally on the black market. If trafficking were legalized with regulations, there would hardly be any need to resort to the black market. Even though the $32 billion the black market earns each year would rapidly decline, the money would be spent elsewhere, and legally. Many people argue that a human life should be invaluable, but by legalizing organ trafficking, the list of organ transplants would slowly disappear. If the sale of organs were legal and regulated by strict rules, many more organs would be donated; therefore, many more lives would be saved around the world. The demand for organs worldwide far exceeds the number of... half of paper......death before a suitable organ becomes available. Numerous others will experience worsening health, reduced quality of life, job loss, lower incomes and depression as they wait, sometimes years, for needed organs. And yet other patients will never be placed on official waiting lists given the existing shortage conditions, because their physical or behavioral characteristics make them relatively poor candidates for transplantation. If not for the shortage, however, many of these patients would be considered acceptable candidates for transplant. The ban on organ trade is a failed policy that costs thousands of lives every year as well as unnecessary suffering and financial losses. Overall, there are more advantages than disadvantages to legalizing organ sales. The lives that would be saved by legalizing organ sales outweigh any of the negatives.