Kosovo Ignores Organ Trafficking Claims
| 14 April 2008 |
“We have more important issues to deal with than with Del Ponte’s slander,” Kuci said.
In her book ‘The Hunt’, the former prosecutor, who is now serving as Switzerland’s ambassador to Argentina, reportedly writes that Kosovo Serbs who were deported by fighters of the Kosovo Liberation Army, KLA, were taken to Albania and killed. They had their organs removed and later sold.
Del Ponte said her office decided to drop the case since the investigation in Albania was "impossible to conduct."
The book's promotion has been banned by the Swiss government, on the grounds that it would be incompatible with Del Ponte’s current position.
Officials from the international non-governmental organisation, Human Rights Watch have demanded that the Kosovo government, including the Justice Ministry, launch a probe into the allegations.
While commenting last week, the Kosovo Minister of Justice, Nekibe Kelmendi said that “Del Ponte’s allegations were a pure fabrication.”
“If she knew of such cases then she should be charged with withholding evidence and hiding these crimes,” Kelmendi said.
The book's claims have sparked fury in Serbia and Russia.
Last month, an association of families of kidnapped Kosovo Serbs said it would file a lawsuit against Del Ponte as details from her book shed new light on the fate of missing Serbs.
Serbia's War Crimes Prosecution has confirmed they were earlier informed about the allegations, and announced they are opening an investigation.
A statement by Russia's Foreign Ministry last week said Moscow was shocked by “the facts about brutal crimes against the peaceful Serb population committed by Kosovo Liberation Army extremists in the name of their 'battle for independence.'” Read more: http://balkaninsight.com/en/main/news/9261




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