YEKATERINBURG, June 6 (RIA Novosti) - A woman in the Sverdlovsk Region in Russia's Urals has admitted attempting to sell her nephew to a gang of organ traders, local prosecutors said on Friday.

The woman was caught after enticing her 22-year-old nephew into a car driven by police officers, who were acting under cover, in March. She had planned to sell the man for a few thousand dollars. The woman had earlier promised to provide more people for organ extractions.

"A criminal investigation on charges of human trade for illegal organ extractions against the woman, who has a previous criminal record, has been completed," prosecutors said, adding the suspect has pleaded guilty.

The case has been sent for trial in the town of Kamensky-Uralsky. The suspect faces up to eight years in prison if convicted.

Media reports said earlier the arrest occurred near a conscription office, where the suspect had invited her nephew, saying she had arranged him to enter contract service in the army, which he had been denied due to a previous criminal record.