Arrested ex-KLA involved in organ trafficking?

According to media reports, EULEX police arrested Sabit Geci in Pristina this Thursday. Geci, an ethnic Albanian, is described as one of the leaders of the so-called Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), and he is suspected of committing war crimes in 1999. Arrested ex-KLA involved in organ trafficking? The arrest was carried out this afternoon “with police out in force”, Tanjug reports. The crimes that Geci is suspected of were committed by the now disbanded KLA in the Klina-Malisevo-Glogovac triangle of the province, in the Drenica region. While a short EU mission in Kosovo, EULEX, police statement said that they “carried out a house search and arrested a male suspect in connection with war crimes allegedly committed between April and June 1999,” the Albanian language media in Pristina identified the person as Sabit Geci. B92's sources, however, tie the case to executions and disappearance of Kosovo Serbs and other non-Albanians in northern Albania. B92 TV's documentary “The Secrets of the Yellow House” explored the organ trafficking case, and showed exclusive footage of camps in northern Albania where it is believed the non-Albanians kidnapped in Kosovo by the KLA were imprisoned and murdered. Serbia's War Crimes Prosecution is investigating the case, and has mentioned Geci in connection to the construction of a prisoner camp near Drenica. Deputy Prosecutor Bruno Vekaric reacted to the news by saying that the man arrested in Pristina today was suspected of committing war crimes against non-Albanians in a camp near the town of Kukes, in northern Albania. Vekaric explained that the prosecution also suspect Geci was involved in organ trafficking an crimes in another camp, located near the town of Likovac. The Serbian prosecution launched the probe into the case, known informally as the Yellow House, after one of the structures in northern Albania where the organ removal is believed to have taken place. The case was brought into the focus both of the media and the judiciary when former Chief Hague Prosecutor Carla del Ponte mentioned it in her book published in early 2008. Council of Europe's Dick Marty is also conducting an investigation into the allegations.

Arrested ex-KLA involved in organ trafficking?

The arrest was carried out this afternoon “with police out in force”, Tanjug reports.

The crimes that Geci is suspected of were committed by the now disbanded KLA in the Klina-Mališevo-Glogovac triangle of the province, in the Drenica region.

While a short EU mission in Kosovo, EULEX, police statement said that they “carried out a house search and arrested a male suspect in connection with war crimes allegedly committed between April and June 1999,” the Albanian language media in Priština identified the person as Sabit Geci.

B92's sources, however, tie the case to executions and disappearance of Kosovo Serbs and other non-Albanians in northern Albania.

B92 TV's documentary “The Secrets of the Yellow House” explored the organ trafficking case, and showed exclusive footage of camps in northern Albania where it is believed the non-Albanians kidnapped in Kosovo by the KLA were imprisoned and murdered.

Serbia's War Crimes Prosecution is investigating the case, and has mentioned Geci in connection to the construction of a prisoner camp near Drenica.

Deputy Prosecutor Bruno Vekarić reacted to the news by saying that the man arrested in Priština today was suspected of committing war crimes against non-Albanians in a camp near the town of Kukes, in northern Albania.

Vekarić explained that the prosecution also suspect Geci was involved in organ trafficking an crimes in another camp, located near the town of Likovac.

The Serbian prosecution launched the probe into the case, known informally as the Yellow House, after one of the structures in northern Albania where the organ removal is believed to have taken place.

The case was brought into the focus both of the media and the judiciary when former Chief Hague Prosecutor Carla del Ponte mentioned it in her book published in early 2008.

Council of Europe's Dick Marty is also conducting an investigation into the allegations.