The Second Judicial Circuit’s Criminal Court has set a September date for the trial of four doctors from Costa Rica’s public health system and a man of Greek origin for allegedly contacting poor people to illegally extract their organs, reported national Costa Rican media today.

The Public Security Ministry, who made the accusation against the Costa Rican Social Security Agency (CCSS) doctors at the end of 2015, announced the details of the case today saying the trial is expected to last from September – November.

Former head of nephrology at the Calderón Guardia Hospital, Doctor Francisco José Mora Palma, is accused of leading the operation. He was arrested in 2013, and later released on bail with a restraining order.

Three other surgeons, Dr. Mauro Stamati, Dr. Fonseca Guzmán and Dr. Monge Monge, together with a foreign trader of Greek origin by the last names Katsigiannis Karkasi, are also accused of collaborating in the illegal human organ trade.

The Public Security Ministry has identified 14 victims of the trafficking operation, all of them low income Costa Rican, who were paid about 2 million colones (roughly US$4,000 at the time of the doctors’ arrest) in exchange for their organs to be sold to foreign citizens, apparently to Israeli citizens.