CoE investigator to arrive in Belgrade

Council of Europe's Dick Marty is expected to arrive here on a two-day visit, officials said.

Izvor: B92

Monday, 03.08.2009.

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Council of Europe's Dick Marty is expected to arrive here on a two-day visit, officials said. The Swiss has been appointed by the CoE to investigate and report on the case of organ trafficking believed to have been extracted from imprisoned Kosovo Serbs. CoE investigator to arrive in Belgrade Marty is scheduled to meet with Justice Minister Snezana Malovic on Monday, while on Tuesday, he will talk to the prosecution representatives, the Missing Persons Commission and associations gathering the families of the missing. War Crimes Prosecution spokesman Bruno Vekaric told B92 that Serbian authorities expect a lot from the meeting, "because it is in a way the end, at least according to international subjects, of a complex investigation led by Serbia's state organs". "We have established elements of the crime and without any desire to pressure him, we expect Mr. Marty's support to have regular investigations in Kosovo and in Albania, in order to learn the truth about what happened to 300 to 500 people who went missing from 1999 until 2001," he said. Marty most likely won't address journalists during his visit, and according to unofficial information, after Belgrade, he will travel to Pristina, and then to Albania. The Serbian War Crimes Prosecution believes that ethnic Albanian so-called Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) kidnapped hundreds of Serb civilians in the province, and took them across the border to northern Albania. The investigation so far showed that many had their vital organs removed to be sold in the black market. The prosecution has gathered numerous material evidence and has statements from some 130 witnesses in the case sometimes referred to as the Yellow House, after one of the buildings in northern Albania believed to have been used as a location for organ removal.

CoE investigator to arrive in Belgrade

Marty is scheduled to meet with Justice Minister Snežana Malović on Monday, while on Tuesday, he will talk to the prosecution representatives, the Missing Persons Commission and associations gathering the families of the missing.

War Crimes Prosecution spokesman Bruno Vekarić told B92 that Serbian authorities expect a lot from the meeting, "because it is in a way the end, at least according to international subjects, of a complex investigation led by Serbia's state organs".

"We have established elements of the crime and without any desire to pressure him, we expect Mr. Marty's support to have regular investigations in Kosovo and in Albania, in order to learn the truth about what happened to 300 to 500 people who went missing from 1999 until 2001," he said.

Marty most likely won't address journalists during his visit, and according to unofficial information, after Belgrade, he will travel to Priština, and then to Albania.

The Serbian War Crimes Prosecution believes that ethnic Albanian so-called Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) kidnapped hundreds of Serb civilians in the province, and took them across the border to northern Albania. The investigation so far showed that many had their vital organs removed to be sold in the black market.

The prosecution has gathered numerous material evidence and has statements from some 130 witnesses in the case sometimes referred to as the Yellow House, after one of the buildings in northern Albania believed to have been used as a location for organ removal.

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