Truth about crimes against Serbs lies hidden in KLA archives

“It is obvious that at this moment, we neither have a partner in the international administration nor in the representatives of Kosovo institutions,” Chairman of the Serbian government's Commission for Missing Persons Veljko Odalovic said at the panel. A number of mass kidnappings and killings of Serbs were carried out on the territory of Orahovac from July 11 to 22, 1998. These took place in the mining pit Belacevac, the villages of Opterusa, Retimlje, Velika Hoca, Zociste, Suva Reka, Glodjane and Livadice, at Radonjicko Lake, Livocko Lake, the Volujak pit, Klecka camp and other places. None of the almost 1,000 Serbs who went missing there have ever returned to their families, and the fate of 520 other people is still not known, the speakers at the panel said, noting that none of the ethnic Albanian commanders or criminals has been punished for the crimes. Reiterating that those responsible have not been prosecuted, Odalovic called it a big stain on the mandate and conscience of the international community and the institutions and structures of the government in Pristina. Odalovic voiced concern over the fact that the Pristina mortuary still has more than 300 unidentified bodies, and attempts to obtain information are fraught with difficulties. “We are especially concerned about that fact that the investigation into human organ trafficking has not resulted in enough information or measures that could bring back the hope that these crimes will be solved,” Odalovic said, stating that it is obvious that the clues lead to people who make up the very top of Kosovo institutions. Odalovic points out that the Commission will not give up and that no victim will remain unmentioned. Serbia's Deputy War Crimes Prosecutor Mioljub Vitorovic expects that a rehearing of about 400 witnesses and family members of the victims, who will be Serbs this time, will lead to results. The panel was organized and held in Belgrade on Wednesday by the Association of families of kidnapped, murdered and missing persons from Kosovo, and helped by the Serbian government's Office for Kosovo.