Kosovo War

"Western countries did not expect these results"

ZURICH -- The report of prosecutor Clint Williamson represents "a surprise to Western governments, which did not expected positive results," says Dick Marty.

"No conclusions, but truth’s onward march continues"

BELGRADE -- Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Anne Brasseur has welcomed a report by special prosecutor John Clint Williamson.

It concerned an investigation into the 1999 Kosovo organ trafficking case.

BRUSSELS - The families of the victims of crimes committed in Kosovo have been waiting for justice and the truth about the fates of their loved ones for too long, says Michael Montgomery, a US journalist who discovered the "Yellow House" in Albania, identified in a report by Council of Europe special rapporteur Dick Marty as the site of an organ harvesting operation whose victims were kidnapped

STRASBOURG - President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Anne Brasseur has welcomed a report by special prosecutor John Clint Williamson concerning an investigation into the 1999 Kosovo organ trafficking case, expressing satisfaction that “truth’s onward march continues also in this case.”

BELGRADE - Dusan Janjic, president of Active Serbia and political analyst, expects that several hundred members of the former Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), including several former commanders of that paramilitary unit, will be prosecuted in the future on suspicion that they committed war crimes.

The European rights body welcomed an EU report accusing senior Kosovo Liberation Army figures of post-war crimes and saying there were compelling indications of organ-trafficking by fighters.

Thaci will also be indicted, claims daily

BELGRADE -- Clint Williamson's statement that "KLA leaders will be accused of crimes reveals that the list will include KLA leader Hashim Thaci," writes a daily.

Beside Thaci, among those to be accused of war crimes will also be ten former members of the KLA, the Belgrade-based daily continued.

A Serbian man wanted in Croatia for alleged war crimes has been arrested in northern Greece.

Police said the unnamed man was arrested on Monday night near Kilkis, Central Macedonia, by officers from a local precinct.

Subsequent checks confirmed that there were a number of international warrants for his arrest.

Serbian officials react to prosecutor's report

BELGRADE -- Government's Kosovo Office head Marko Đurić says Serbia "welcomes any activity that leads to uncovering of war crimes and their perpetrators."

The Serbian government welcomed an EU task force announcement about indictments for alleged Kosovo Liberation Army crimes against Serbs, but said justice will only be done when perpetrators are convicted.