War crimes prosecutor in Albania trip

War Crimes Prosecutor Vladimir Vukcevic is expected to visit Albanian in October regarding an investigation into Kosovo kidnappings. “There are positive signals coming from Tirana regarding our requests to allow an on-the-scene check of information which we have uncovered,” prosecution spokesman Bruno Vekaric said, confirming that the prosecutor is planning a trip to Albania in October. War crimes prosecutor in Albania trip Vekaric said that the prosecution is primarily investigating murders, while the trafficking of organs, which the murders are believed to be linked with, is of secondary interest. The Serbian War Crimes Prosecution launched its probe, after details from a book written by former Chief Hague Prosecutor Carla Del Ponte emerged, giving insight into the Hague investigations. The investigation into instances of kidnapping and organ trafficking of Kosovo Serbs after the 1999 war was started by the Belgrade prosecution and a much has been done to find out the truth behind what really happened in 1999 in Kosovo and North Albania, Vekaric said. He refused to divulge the probe's details, but told Tanjug that "everything points to the possibility that the case relates to a form of international organized crime in which many “officials of the current Albanian establishment” may have been involved in. Vekaric told Tanjug that it's also possible that former UNMIK officials were involved in the crime, which Del Ponte noted as well. “It is known from reliable sources that UNMIK led an investigation into the fate of the missing Serbs, but that it was also suddenly hushed up and that the results were never revealed." "The fact that many organ trafficking charges were filed by Albanians themselves suggests that this is a form of international organized crime,” Vekaric said.

War crimes prosecutor in Albania trip

Vekarić said that the prosecution is primarily investigating murders, while the trafficking of organs, which the murders are believed to be linked with, is of secondary interest.

The Serbian War Crimes Prosecution launched its probe, after details from a book written by former Chief Hague Prosecutor Carla Del Ponte emerged, giving insight into the Hague investigations.

The investigation into instances of kidnapping and organ trafficking of Kosovo Serbs after the 1999 war was started by the Belgrade prosecution and a much has been done to find out the truth behind what really happened in 1999 in Kosovo and North Albania, Vekarić said.

He refused to divulge the probe's details, but told Tanjug that "everything points to the possibility that the case relates to a form of international organized crime in which many “officials of the current Albanian establishment” may have been involved in.

Vekarić told Tanjug that it's also possible that former UNMIK officials were involved in the crime, which Del Ponte noted as well.

“It is known from reliable sources that UNMIK led an investigation into the fate of the missing Serbs, but that it was also suddenly hushed up and that the results were never revealed."

"The fact that many organ trafficking charges were filed by Albanians themselves suggests that this is a form of international organized crime,” Vekarić said.