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As Hague Prosecutor Geoffrey Nice played a role in destroying the evidence
related to trafficking in human organs, in the "Yellow House case."
Source: Tanjug Tuesday, January 15, 2019 | 11:25
(EPA, file)
This is according to Branislav Tapuskovic, who at the time participated in
the proceedings before the Hague Tribunal, and who now told Belgrade daily
Vecernje Novosti that former Chief Hague Prosecutor Carla del Ponte also
spoke about this in the past.
("Yellow House case" is the informal term for the allegations that members
of the so-called KLA ("Kosovo Liberation Army") were kidnapping Serbs and
harvesting their organs - something that was investigated by Council of
Europe rapporteur Dick Marty
<http://www.assembly.coe.int/nw/xml/XRef/Xref-DocDetails-EN.asp?fileid=12608
&wrqid=0&ref=3446&lang=EN> .)
Nice is now back in the public eye, after it was announced he would be
defending one of the former KLA leaders Sami Lushtaku, who will appear
before the prosecutors of the Kosovo Specialist Chambers ("special court")
set up to deal with the crimes committed by this terrorist organization.
Lushtaku will appear before the court, also located in The Hague, on January
16.
Another former KLA commander, Rustem Mustafa - whose name is linked to
torture and murder of Serbs, the bombing of the Nis Express bus when 12 Serb
passengers were killed, terrorist attacks, and showdowns with "disloyal"
Albanians - made his appearance before the court on Monday, the newspaper
noted.
Nice is going into all this with a great deal of "prior knowledge," the
article continued - because he had the opportunity to learn about the events
in Kosovo and Metohija as the chief prosecutor in the case against Slobodan
Milosevic. However, at the time, he was openly and unapologetically
representing the Albanian side, said the newspaper.
"Nice had access to numerous documents, something he would now be able to
make use of as a lawyer. He constantly insisted that everything that was
going on in Kosovo and Metohija had the purpose of creating 'Greater Serbia'
and that Kosovo and Metohija did not belong to Serbia. At the trial, he even
claimed that Serbs had destroyed a 7th-century mosque - while the Ottomans
(who built the first mosques in the region) came to the Balkans in the 14th
century. That's the Nice fellow for you," said Tapuskovic.
According Pristina media, Nice could also act as the defense counsel for
both Kosovo President Hashim Thaci and Kosovo Parliament Speaker Kadri
Veseli, should they find themselves indicted by the Specialist Chambers.
After leaving the Hague Tribunal, Nice worked on Thaci's biography, dealing
specifically with removing suspicions of Thaci's involvement in human organ
trafficking, writes Vecernje Novosti.
Following the release of the Marty report about KLA's crimes, Nice worked
for Pristina authorities to prepare materials that could be used in the
defense of Albanian terrorists before the Specialist Chambers.
During his career, there has been talk of Nice receiving large amounts of
money from the Albanian lobby, the newspaper said. Vecernje Novosti cited
Kosovo -based media, to report that on his new mission of rescuing KLA
terrorists, the British lawyer will be earning EUR 2,200 a day, plus travel
expenses.
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