Williamson:Outcome of investigation should not be pre-judged
John Clint Williamson,lead prosecutor for the EULEX Special Investigative Task Force investigating the allegations presented in the report by Dick Marty,returned from a two-day visit to Pristina on Tuesday, where he underlined the need for bringing the investigation into the human organ trafficking to a close without pre-judgment and speculation.
(kosovocompromisestuff) Tuesday, March 11, 2014
Williamson was in Pristina on Monday and Tuesday, and he met with Hajredin Kuci, Kosovo's deputy prime minister and justice minister, and representatives of the European Union and international community in Kosovo, Williamson's spokesman Joao Sousa told the press.
In talks with Kuci, Williamson voiced resolve to arrive at the full truth concerning the serious allegations from Dick Marty's report through an impartial investigation, and underscored that it is in the interest if all that light be shed on the case once and for all, the spokesman said.It is expected that the investigation, in relation to the allegations by Council of Europe (CoE) Rapporteur Dick Marty about the crimes against civilians and the trafficking in organs that were harvested from Serbs and disloyal Albanians after the withdrawal of Serbian security forces from Kosovo, will result in indictments against several close associates of Kosovo Prime Minister Hasim Taci from the ranks of the former Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA).The stand of the international community is that the trial should be held before a special international court outside Kosovo due to numerous instances of intimidation, even killings of witnesses in previous trials of the KLA members who were charged with involvement in organized crime and war crimes.
In talks with Kuci, Williamson voiced resolve to arrive at the full truth concerning the serious allegations from Dick Marty's report through an impartial investigation, and underscored that it is in the interest if all that light be shed on the case once and for all, the spokesman said.It is expected that the investigation, in relation to the allegations by Council of Europe (CoE) Rapporteur Dick Marty about the crimes against civilians and the trafficking in organs that were harvested from Serbs and disloyal Albanians after the withdrawal of Serbian security forces from Kosovo, will result in indictments against several close associates of Kosovo Prime Minister Hasim Taci from the ranks of the former Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA).The stand of the international community is that the trial should be held before a special international court outside Kosovo due to numerous instances of intimidation, even killings of witnesses in previous trials of the KLA members who were charged with involvement in organized crime and war crimes.
