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Kosovo minister calls for speedy start to investigation

Minister for Kosovo Goran Bogdanović says an investigation into the Kosovo organ trafficking allegations should start as soon as possible. He also called for the forming of an independent commission in connection to the case.

CBI is Congress Bureau of Investigation: Bal Thackeray

bal thackeray4Calling it the “Congress Bureau of Investigation”, Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray Tuesday said investigative agency CBI was carrying out “politically-motivated probes” in various cases, including the Adarsh Society scam in Mumbai. In a stinging editorial in party mouthpiece Saamna, the Sena chief said for long the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has been used [...]

“Independent body should conduct probe”

Investigation into human organ trade should be conducted by an independent institution and not by EULEX, says Council of Europe (CoE) Rapporteur Dick Marty.

He explained that it was not because he did not have confidence in EULEX but because “an authority which is probably from outside Kosovo” was necessary for investigation of Kosovo political circles’ connection with organized crime.

“OSCE should support investigation”

OSCE should support an international investigation into human organ trade in Kosovo, Russian Permanent Representative to the OSCE Anvar Azimov said Friday.

“The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adopted on January 25 a resolution urging international agencies, including EULEX, to conduct the investigation with the assistance of member countries of the Council of Europe and disregard the official positions possible suspects might have,” he said.

EULEX starts preliminary investigation

EULEX prosecutors have begun a preliminary investigation into the allegations made in CoE Rapporteur Dick Marty’s report on organ trafficking in Kosovo.

EULEX has the capacity, competence, location and authority to conduct the inquiry and is willing to do so, says the release.

Tadić calls for investigation, EULEX wants evidence

Serbian President Boris Tadić has called for an urgent investigation into organ trade while EULEX is waiting for CoE Rapporteur Dick Marty to produce evidence.

Addressing the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), the Serbian president pointed out that there was no institution that could conduct the investigation at the moment but that one could be immediately created.

PM “expects detailed investigation”

PM Mirko Cvetković says he expects a detailed investigation to follow the adoption of the PACE resolution on the allegations of organ trafficking in Kosovo. Cvetković told Tanjug that the resolution supports the Serbian government view that war crimes were committed by all sides during the conflicts in the former Yugoslavia, but added that Belgrade did not wish to turn the issue into a political matter.

Belgrade, Priština support investigation

After the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe adopted Dick Marty’s report on Tuesday both Belgrade and Priština eagerly expect the investigation.

Marty also expects the investigation into human organ trade in Kosovo and Albania to begin.

HP Can Investigate Hurd Legal Issues, Judge Rules

The investigation by four new members of the HP board was sparked by a shareholder lawsuit after Hurd was forced to resign Aug. 6, 2010. Hurd wanted to see HP personnel records; a judge disagreed. – A federal district judge in
San Jose, Calif., ruled Jan. 24 that a Hewlett-Packard
internal investigation of the displacement of former CEO Mark Hurd in
August 2010 may proceed, even though Hurd himself wanted to have it delayed.

The investigation by four
new members of the HP board was spark…


“Enough evidence for organ investigation”

A former UNMIK Forensics and Missing Persons Office chief says the Marty report offers a sufficient number of facts for initiation of a criminal investigation. Jose Pablo Baraybar, who first reported about the Kosovo human organ trafficking suspicions, added that the data presented in the report of the special rapporteur of the Council of Europe (CoE) coincided with some of his findings at the time when he worked for the UN mission in Kosovo and Metohija.

“We must demand investigation into organ trade”

Report on human organ trafficking in Kosovo has caused an “absolute shock” in the CoE and the entire international community, said Labor Minister Rasim Ljajić.

“Now many sponsors and co-sponsors of the work of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) and Hashim Thaci are now faced with their bad political decisions,” he added.

Albanian deputy PM under investigation

Prosecution has launched an investigation against Albanian Deputy PM Ilir Meta based on a video which shows him rigging hydropower plant concession tender.

He will be charged with accepting bribes and abuse of office, the prosecution announced yesterday. Meta has decided to renounce his immunity.

Human error caused factory explosion

Preliminary investigation has confirmed early suspicions that human error was responsible for a series of blasts at Čačak-based Sloboda factory. Lt. Col. Miroslav Đorđević of the Defense Inspectorate has stated that during the storage process, impact to the fuse ignited the pyrotechnic filler of one grenade.

“Serbia capable of conducting investigation”

Serbia’s War Crimes Prosecutor Vladimir Vukčević has stated that the Serbian judiciary is capable of conducting the human organ trade investigation.

“The investigation can be conducted either by the Serbian judiciary, EULEX or the Albanian [judiciary], or all three of them together,” he said.

EULEX stops Goraždevac attack investigation

EULEX has halted the investigation into the terrorist attack in the village of Goraždevac, Tanjug has learned from victim Bogdan Bukumirić, who barely survived.

Two Serbian children were killed and four other young people seriously injured in the 2003 attack.

Del Ponte: Two options for investigation

Investigation into Dick Marty’s allegations could be taken over by the International Criminal Court or by a special independent court, says Carla Del Ponte.

“If EULEX cannot take over the investigation into organ trafficking allegations in which Kosovo politicians are involved, there are two more options,” she told weekly NIN.

Google Antitrust Investigation Widened by European Commission

Europe’s antitrust watchdog took up two cases accusing Google of favoring its own search and Web services over that of German publishers and an online mapping company. – The European Commission has tacked on two German cases to its antitrust
investigation into whether or not Google is unfairly promoting its own Web
services in its search results on Google.com.
The New York Times said
the Commission has taken up complaints from a conglomerate of 450 newspaper an…


Del Ponte in plea to support organ investigation

The draft Council of Europe report implicating Hashim Thaci in organ trafficking has been welcomed by former Chief Hague Prosecutor Carla Del Ponte.
In an exclusive interview with swissinfo.ch, the Swiss lawyer said she was torn between concern and satisfaction at the idea that these “heinous acts” would soon be brought to justice.

Investigation against suspected war criminal

The Croatian prosecution has submitted a request for an investigation to be launched against Tomislav Merčep. The 58-year-old wartime deputy Croatian interior minister was arrested on Friday in Zagreb, and placed in two-day custody.

83 indicted over gay parade violence

The investigation against 83 persons for causing violence during the Pride Parade is completed and the indictments were issued today. The Belgrade High Court has indicted 83 persons for violent behavior at a public gathering.