Organ trafficking investigation team ready
EULEX Spokesman Nicholas Hawton stated that members of a special team in charge of probing human organ trade allegations had been appointed.
(KosovoCompromise Staff) Wednesday, August 24, 2011
"The recruitment has been completed and we expect the special team to start working soon on the basis of the preliminary investigation launched by EULEX," Hawton said.
He added that EULEX was taking all necessary steps in order to enable the team to start investigating soon.
Hawton underscored that EULEX had received assurances regarding the support to the investigation by relevant bodies in Tirana and Belgrade.
In the report prepared for the sitting of the UN Security Council scheduled for August 29, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomed the constitution of special EULEX team for investigation into human organ trafficking, noting that the team would become operative by the end of the summer.
