Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor Vladimir VukÄević says it “might be best” if the Kosovo organ trafficking probe were to be handled by “independent investigators”.
VukÄević spoke about a future investigation into organ trafficking allegations mentioned in Dick Marty’s report, adding that EULEX needs to be more effective in working on the case.
Posts Tagged ‘serbian war crimes’
More calls for independent organ probe
February 2nd, 2011 |
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“Convicted Serbs should request retrialsâ€
January 14th, 2011 |
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Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor Vladimir VukÄević has called upon the Serbs from Croatia convicted of war crimes to request retrials.
The agreement on cooperation with the Croatian judiciary also allows retrials in Serbia.
Prosecution dismisses Croatia claims
January 10th, 2011 |
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The Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor’s Office dismissed in a statement on Monday the claims about the country’s alleged list of 340 Croats wanted for war crimes. The alleged list contained the names of Croatian citizens who committed in the city of Vukovar, eastern Croatia, during the 1990s.
Arms trafficking accusations described as “racist slander”
December 27th, 2010 |
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Albanian PM Sali Berisha today in Tirana said a report linking him to arms smuggling in Kosovo was tantamount to “racist slander”. Belgrade daily Politika on Monday ran an article based on information it received from the Serbian War Crimes Prosecution, linking Berisha, then an opposition politician and former Albanian president, to selling arms illegally to the KLA in Kosovo in 1998.
Rich Arabs, Israelis bought Serbs’ organs
December 26th, 2010 |
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Serbian War Crimes Prosecution’s information shows that organs removed from civilians kidnapped in Kosovo were sent to rich countries, daily Politika reports.
According to the daily, the organs were delivered to Germany, Scandinavia, the U.S., Israel, Great Britain and other rich countries.
Daily: Organs removed at KLA hospitals
December 25th, 2010 |
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Surgeries to remove victims’ organs were performed at health centers and hospitals which used to treat KLA members during the war, daily Politika writes.
The daily has learned that these are some of the results of the Serbian War Crimes Prosecution’s investigation.
Prosecutor: More evidence than in Marty report
December 16th, 2010 |
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Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor Vladimir VukÄević says his office’s organ trafficking investigation collected “far more evidence”. He was comparing the effort of the prosecution with that of Council of Europe (CoE) Special Rapporteur for Human Rights Dick Marty.
Serbian prosecutor expects positive report
November 16th, 2010 |
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Serbian war crimes prosecutor Vladimir VukÄević expressed expectation that Serge Brammertz’s report on Serbia’s cooperation will be positive. The chief Hague prosecutor was in Belgrade on Monday, and his report is due before the UN Security Council in December.
“Cooperation with Sarajevo worst in regionâ€
November 14th, 2010 |
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Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor Vladimir VukÄević says that cooperation with the Bosnian prosecution is the worst in the region.
He stressed that cooperation was much better with Zagreb, Podgorica, Skopje and EULEX than with Sarajevo.
“Mladić costs Serbia EUR 1bn each year”
November 10th, 2010 |
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Deputy Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor Bruno Vekarić saya that the inability of Serbia to arrest fugitive Ratko Mladić costs Serbia more than EUR 1bn a year. This money is lost investments and EU access funds, he explained.
“10,000 operatives searched for Mladić”
October 26th, 2010 |
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So far 10,000 police and security agency BIA operatives have taken part in the search for Hague fugitive Ratko Mladić. This is according to an article in today’s edition of the Belgrade-based daily Blic, which quoted sources with the Hague Cooperation Action Team, and also data recently presented by the team leader and Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor Vladimir VukÄević.
“Intensive work on finding Mladić”
September 22nd, 2010 |
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Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor Vladimir VukÄević says the optimism that Hague indictee Ratko Mladić may soon be arrested is based on intensive work and effort. “Serbia’s goal is to arrest the Hague fugitives Ratko Mladić and Goran Hadžić,” he told the Belgrade-based daily VeÄernje Novosti.
Prosecution on mass grave in Kosovo
August 31st, 2010 |
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The Serbian War Crimes Prosecution said on Tuesday that it learned of a possible mass grave located in Kosovo. This information came in the course of the prosecution’s investigation against Fatmir Limaj, a former member of the ethnic Albanian so-called Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA).
No appeal in extradition case
August 5th, 2010 |
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The Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor’s Office and Serbia’s legal representatives in London said there would be no appeal in the Ganić extradition case.
London’s Westminster Magistrates Court rejected last month to extradite former Muslim member of Bosnia-Herzegovina wartime presidency Ejup Ganić to Serbia, where he is accused of war crimes.
Prosecution yet to make decision on Ganić appeal
August 3rd, 2010 |
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The Serbian War Crimes Prosecution has yet to decide on whether it would be appealing the decision of a London court not to extradite Ejup Ganić to Belgrade.
Deputy Prosecutor Bruno Vekarić said that he does not have any information on when the appeal would be filed, stating that it depends on the suggestions of the English prosecution that is representing Serbia in the case.
Prosecution decides on appeal
August 2nd, 2010 |
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The Serbian War Crimes Prosecution will be deciding on whether to appeal a London court’s decision not to extradite Ejup Ganić to Serbia. Deputy War Crimes Prosecutor Bruno Vekarić said that the decision would be made through an agreement with the British prosecution that represented Serbia in the case.
Belgrade investigates Haradinaj
July 22nd, 2010 |
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Former KLA member and Kosovo PM Ramush Haradinaj is the subject of three war crimes investigations launched by the Serbian War Crimes Prosecution. Haradinaj is believed to be responsible for the deaths of a total of 58 victims, mostly Serbs, writes daily Danas.
“Witnesses pressured in Ganić case”
July 16th, 2010 |
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Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor Vladimir VukÄević says Bosnia was putting pressure on a protected witness in the Ganić war crimes case. Ejup Ganić, a former Muslim member of Bosnia’s wartime presidency is currently detained in Britain, awaiting a decision on Serbia’s extradition request.
Prosecutor optimist about Ganić case
June 18th, 2010 |
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Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor Vladimir VukÄević expressed optimism over Serbia’s request for the extradition Ejup Ganić from the UK. The former Muslim member of Bosnia’s war times presidency is held in the UK on Serbia’s arrest warrant.
Mafia in Croatia, Serbia “weaker than everâ€
June 16th, 2010 |
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Deputy Serbian Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor Bruno Vekarić announced “new blows to the (criminal) undergroundâ€. At the same time, he assessed that mafia in Serbia and Croatia were now weaker then ever.