From the 1990’s until 2008 (when a new policy was adopted), the number of transplantations involving organ sales by Filipinos to foreign recipients increased steadily. Many organ sellers from Israel, for example, were, together with their buyers, brought to Manila for the transplants.
实际上，菲律宾是著名的非法器官交易中心和移植游的“热点目标”。从20世纪90年代到2008年（新政出台），涉及菲律宾人和外国受体的器官出售移植量一直在稳步提高。比方说，很多以色列器官卖主与买主一道前往马尼拉接受移植手术。