Suspects, victims identified in organ case

The Serbian War Crimes Prosecution has so far identified 10 members of the so-called Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) suspected of killing kidnapped Serb civilians. The prosecution is working on a case to investigate the disappearance of hundreds of Serbs and other non-Albanians from the province during and after the 1999 war there. Suspects, victims identified in organ case It is believed KLA kidnapped the victims, then secretly transported them to camps in northern Albania, where their vital organs were removed to be sold in the black market. Those suspects identified, prosecution spokesman Bruno Vekaric said in Belgrade on Wednesday, are linked with the case of decapitated soldiers, "which has been publicized by the news media". But he refused to reveal their names in the interest of the ongoing investigation. But War Crimes Prosecutor said earlier that there was evidence that former Kosovo prime minister Ramush Haradinaj – charged and acquitted by the Hague Tribunal on a different indictment – took part in "removing the evidence". Some media reported that Daut Haradinaj, Sami Lustaku and Jakup Krasnici in charge of transferring the kidnapped victims to Albania. Vekaric was meeting with members of the Association of Families of the Kidnapped and Missing Kosovo Serbs. They told him they would be assisting in the identification of victims and perpetrators of these crimes. The prosecution has also contacted the Association of the Victims from Montenegro and established that there are 86 points of importance for making progress in the investigation, the spokesman said. Deputy prosecutors requested assistance of the families in identification of the victims and crime perpetrators and in locating witnesses, eye witnesses of kidnappings and murders of their loved ones. Vekaric announced that the new evidence the Serbian War Crimes Prosecution has will be forwarded to colleagues in Albania, underscoring that he expects them to start an investigation based on the latest evidence. In late March 2008, the Serbian War Crimes Prosecution launched the investigation on trafficking of human organs removed from about 300 Serbs kidnapped from Kosovo. The Prosecutor's Office on Wednesday also presented the association of with a list of names of 11 persons which are believed to have been the victims of organ trafficking in northern Albania. Representatives of the association asked to be given information about fresh evidence recently obtained by the prosecution, they said after the meetings yesterday. They were interested in the progress made in the identification of persons on photos of the victims and the perpetrators, recently made public, and in the investigation the KLA members of the so-called Gnjilane Group, arrested last December in southern Serbia.

Suspects, victims identified in organ case

It is believed KLA kidnapped the victims, then secretly transported them to camps in northern Albania, where their vital organs were removed to be sold in the black market.

Those suspects identified, prosecution spokesman Bruno Vekarić said in Belgrade on Wednesday, are linked with the case of decapitated soldiers, "which has been publicized by the news media".

But he refused to reveal their names in the interest of the ongoing investigation.

But War Crimes Prosecutor said earlier that there was evidence that former Kosovo prime minister Ramush Haradinaj – charged and acquitted by the Hague Tribunal on a different indictment – took part in "removing the evidence".

Some media reported that Daut Haradinaj, Sami Lustaku and Jakup Krasnici in charge of transferring the kidnapped victims to Albania.

Vekarić was meeting with members of the Association of Families of the Kidnapped and Missing Kosovo Serbs. They told him they would be assisting in the identification of victims and perpetrators of these crimes.

The prosecution has also contacted the Association of the Victims from Montenegro and established that there are 86 points of importance for making progress in the investigation, the spokesman said.

Deputy prosecutors requested assistance of the families in identification of the victims and crime perpetrators and in locating witnesses, eye witnesses of kidnappings and murders of their loved ones.

Vekarić announced that the new evidence the Serbian War Crimes Prosecution has will be forwarded to colleagues in Albania, underscoring that he expects them to start an investigation based on the latest evidence.

In late March 2008, the Serbian War Crimes Prosecution launched the investigation on trafficking of human organs removed from about 300 Serbs kidnapped from Kosovo.

The Prosecutor's Office on Wednesday also presented the association of with a list of names of 11 persons which are believed to have been the victims of organ trafficking in northern Albania.

Representatives of the association asked to be given information about fresh evidence recently obtained by the prosecution, they said after the meetings yesterday.

They were interested in the progress made in the identification of persons on photos of the victims and the perpetrators, recently made public, and in the investigation the KLA members of the so-called Gnjilane Group, arrested last December in southern Serbia.