EULEX still awaits evidence in organ trade case
Dick Marty has refused to provide any evidence for his claims to the EU mission in Kosovo, saying the mission was not up to handling the investigation and thus an "ad hoc" judicial structure needed to be set up, which would operate outside Kosovo.
(KosovoCompromise Staff) Wednesday, May 04, 2011
Months after Dick Marty's report accused Kosovo's top leaders of human organ trafficking, the mission says it can only launch an official investigation if enough hard evidence is received, and no specific persons are as yet under the spotlight.
EULEX said that anyone who had evidence to support the grave accusations made in the report, including Marty, needed first to come forward and submit their findings to EULEX prosecutors.
"We have exchanged letters with Mr. Marty. We have not yet received any hard evidence from him," a EULEX spokesperson told Balkan Insight.
"At this stage we have nothing more to add. When we have more to say, we will say it," the spokesperson added.
But Marty has refused to provide any evidence for his claims to the EU mission in Kosovo, saying the mission was not up to handling the investigation and thus an "ad hoc" judicial structure needed to be set up, which would operate outside Kosovo.
EULEX disputes this. "We have full confidence in our own witness protection unit, which has already shown itself capable of handling high-level and sensitive cases," EULEX said.
Serbia, meanwhile, has sent a proposal to the UN asking the international body to launch an independent investigation into the allegations.
