Organ trade report "great victory for Serbia"

Source: Tanjug
BELGRADE -- The report by Council of Europe Special Rapporteur Dick Marty is a great victory for Serbia in the fight for truth and justice, says Bruno Vekarić.

Serbia's Deputy war crimes prosecutor commented thus late on Tuesday on announcement that Marty's still unpublished report accuses Kosovo Albanian leaders of the so-called Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) for organizing kidnappings of Serbs and others in order to harvest their vital organs.

“Thanks to the help and the authority of Serbian President Boris Tadić and the continuous efforts exerted by judicial bodies, we have achieved the victory and returned hope to the families of kidnapped or missing victims,” Vekarić told Tanjug.

He expressed expectation that the “exceptionally positive” report will launch many investigations into human organs trafficking in Kosovo, and also in Albania, where courts have been "ignoring calls for solving the problem for years".

Vekarić noted that he will be able to comment on Marty's report in greater detail only after it has been officially published and reviewed, which is due to happen at the Thursday session of the CoE Human Rights and Legal Affairs Committee

If the committee adopts the report, the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly will discuss the document in late January.

In a book published upon termination of her office with the Hague Tribunal, former chief prosecutor Carla Del Ponte was the first to publicly address the issue of kidnappings and human organs trafficking in northern Albania in 1999. Serbia launched an investigation into the case, which has since been dubbed the Yellow House case.