Head of Serbia’s delegation PACE Dragoljub Mićunović says the decision on who will conduct the investigation on Kosovo organ trafficking has not yet been taken. He, however, expressed his conviction that the case will be resolved.
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Kosovo organ trafficking resolution adopted
January 25th, 2011 |
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The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) today in Strasbourg voted to adopt a resolution based on the Marty report. 169 PACE members voted in favor, while 8 voted against the document. The resolution calls on the international community and governments in Belgrade, PriÅ¡tina, as well as in Albania, to “undertake measures” in order to clear up the crimes.
Organ trafficking investigator invited to EP
January 13th, 2011 |
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Council of Europe (CoE) rapporteur Dick Marty has been invited to address the European Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee. Tanjug news agency previously reported that it had learned unofficially that EP MPs invited Marty to testify on his report regarding the Kosovo organ trafficking case.
“Release of organ trafficking doctor shamefulâ€
January 13th, 2011 |
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Turkish decision to release surgeon Yusuf Sonmez pending trial is shameful, said Association of the Serb Municipalities in Kosovo Deputy President Marko Jakšić.
He told Radio KiM that this would not help resolve crimes against the Serb civilians.
Organ trafficking doctor detained, released
January 12th, 2011 |
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A Turkish surgeon suspected of heading illegal human organ extraction and transplant surgeries in Kosovo was arrested in Istanbul. Reports from Turkey said that a court had released him from detention.
Albanians against organ trafficking report
January 10th, 2011 |
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Albanians are signing a petition against the report prepared by the Council of Europe rapporteur Dick Marty. The Swiss senator published the report late last year, naming Kosovo Albanian PM and former leader of the so-called Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) as being responsible for kidnappings of Serbs and other civilians in the province.
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.
“Contempt of court” urged over organ trafficking
December 17th, 2010 |
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National Hague Cooperation Council Chairman Rasim Ljajić says he will ask the Hague Tribunal to initiate “contempt of court proceedings”. They would be launched “against all those who interfered with the investigation into the illegal human organs trafficking in Kosovo”.
FM: Organ trafficking case test for world
December 17th, 2010 |
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Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić said on Thursday that the accusations CoE Rapporteur Dick Marty must be thoroughly investigated. Jeremić underlined that this would represent a “great moral test for the international community”.
Committee adopts Kosovo organ trafficking report
December 16th, 2010 |
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Council of Europe (CoE) Rapporteur Dick Marty today in Paris officially presented his report on human organ trafficking in Kosovo and northern Albania. The draft report, detailing locations where members of the so-called Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) took kidnapped civilians to have their vital organs removed and later sold, was adopted by the Legal Affairs and Human Rights Committee.
U.S. asks for evidence on organ trafficking
December 16th, 2010 |
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The U.S. takes seriously all claims on criminal activities, Department of State spokesperson Philip Crowley has stated. He added that all evidence on human organ trafficking in Kosovo indicated in the report of the Council of Europe (CoE) should be presented to the authorized bodies.
“Serb involved in arms trafficking”
December 7th, 2010 |
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WikiLeaks cables show the U.S. concern over weapons arriving through illegal channels to countries and regions with active terrorist organizations.
The Guardian, one of the five newspapers in the world which publishes the U.S. diplomatic cables, reported that in December 2009 the Yemen government bought weapons worth USD 100mn through a Cypriot company from a Serbian illegal arms trader.
Intl. conference on human trafficking
October 18th, 2010 |
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An international conference opened today in Belgrade to coincide with European Day Against Human Trafficking. The gathering is being held at the Serbian parliament building, and Speaker Slavica Äukić-Dejanović stated that this institution is an important partner in the implementation of the national mechanism for prevention of human trafficking, underscoring that there is no successful processing of those who exploit others or successful protection of victims without concrete laws.
Human trafficking discussed in Pristina
September 16th, 2010 |
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EULEX officials and representatives of the Prosecutor’s Office for Organized Crime and interior ministries of Serbia and Hungary met in PriÅ¡tina, say reports. They discussed trafficking of people from Kosovo to the EU member states, the Special Prosecutor for Organized Crime Miljko Radisavljević said in a statement in Belgrade on Thursday.
Malaysian court sentences Indian man to death for drug trafficking
January 31st, 2010 |
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A lawyer says a Malaysian court has sentenced an Indian man to death after finding him guilty of carrying a bag filled with illegal drugs at Kuala Lumpur’s airport. Defence lawyer James Wong says the High Court found Athiseshan Singaram, a textile company driver, guilty of drug trafficking,
World Cup sparks trafficking fears
December 14th, 2009 |
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Lesotho-born Thato was brought to South Africa at age three, by a woman she knew simply as “granny”. Five years later, her “granny” sold her into sexual slavery. The woman who bought her was running a sex ring that police are still investigating to find out how many children were involved. It is
Mother of missing five-year-old girl charged with human trafficking
November 15th, 2009 |
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The mother of a five-year-old girl who disappeared in the US has been charged with human trafficking and other offences. Antoinette Nicole Davis, the mother of Shaniya Davis, faces a child abuse charge involving prostitution as well as filing a false police report, according to a news