The rule of law mission to Kosovo, Eulex, has announced that it is has opened a preliminary investigation into the Kosovan organ-trafficking allegations.
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The claims were made in a report presented by Swiss senator Dick Marty last December, which was adopted by the Council of Europe on Tuesday.
Marty’s report implicated high ranking members of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) in the murder of Serbian and Kosovan Albanian prisoners and the selling of their organs. Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci is among the accused.
In a statement on Friday, Eulex said that it took the allegations “very seriously”. “Eulex has the capacity, the expertise, the location and the jurisdiction to handle the judicial follow-up. We are ready, willing and able to assume that responsibility.”
The European Union mission in Kosovo called on all relevant organisations and individuals, including Marty, to present their evidence and expressed confidence in its witness protection unit.
Marty has called for an investigation to be carried out independently by someone from outside the region and expressed concerns about witness protection in Kosovo.
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