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Report: UCLA gave transplant to Japanese gang boss

Source: Associated Press

Los Angeles : CA : USA | about 1 year ago

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A Los Angeles hospital provided liver transplants to four Japanese gang figures, including one of Japan's most powerful gang bosses, over a period when several hundred area patients died while awaiting transplants, according to a published report.

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