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Interfax
July 19, 2008
Belgrade demands people responsible for crimes
described in Del Ponte's book be punished
-[A]bout 300 young Serbs and other non-Albanians were
abducted in 1999 by leaders of the Kosovo Liberation
Army and transferred to Albania, where their organs
were extracted to be sold in foreign countries.
Hashim Thaci, the current prime minister of Kosovo,
figures in the book in connection with these alleged
crimes.
MOSCOW - Belgrade expects the people responsible for
crimes described in a book by Carla Del Ponte, a
former prosecutor for the International Criminal
Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), will be
found and brought to justice, said Serbian Foreign
Minister Vuk Jeremic.
"This book [entitled The Hunt: Me and War Criminals]
makes horrible accusations. We are expecting now that
some light will be shed on this story," Jeremic said
in an interview with Interfax on Saturday.
"The way the Hague Tribunal has been working lately
prompts a lot of questions and causes mistrust,"
Jeremic said.
He, however, suggested that "all the trials should be
brought to an end as soon as possible."
"Not so many cases are left to be considered by the
court," he added.
Several people who will have to defend themselves at
the ICTY are still at large, Jeremic said. "I hope
this will soon end and become part of the past," he
said.
Carla Del Ponte alleged in her book, which was
published in spring 2008, that about 300 young Serbs
and other non-Albanians were abducted in 1999 by
leaders of the Kosovo Liberation Army and transferred
to Albania, where their organs were extracted to be
sold in foreign countries.
Hashim Thaci, the current prime minister of Kosovo,
figures in the book in connection with these alleged
crimes.
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