Nigeria, March 31 -- Senator Ike Ekweremadu, his wife, and a "middle-man" have been found guilty of an organ-trafficking plot in the United Kingdom. The findings of the court are not surprising to me, as I had contemplated when the senator and his wife were arrested last year.

In many cases of trafficking, particularly those involving high-profile individuals, there tend to be a few common misconceptions that are relevant to this situation.

Status: People have this misconception that traffickers can only be "those people" - known criminals or people displaying criminal tendencies. This is not true. Trafficking is about power, vulnerability, and control. A trafficker is simply a person that benefits directly or directly off another perso...