Whereas body snatching was a common way of acquiring bodies for research up until the 20th century, modern body brokers usually receive cadavers via body donation.[2] Body brokers often offer free cremation as a means to induce donation from families who are unable to pay funeral costs, returning ashes of part of the body to the next of kin.[3] In some cases body brokers obtain bodies fraudulently by stating use of the donation for research, subsequently reselling the body for profit.[4]