Kosovo authorities are being urged to open an enquiry after allegations of trafficking in human body parts. Ex-war crimes prosecutor Carla Del Ponte has claimed in a new book that Albanian guerrillas killed and sold the organs of hundreds of serbians during the Kosovan war.
Human Rights Watch has written to Kosovo's Prime Minister to investigate the claims, but Serbia's Swiss representative Radivoje Radojevic has criticised Del Ponte.
He said: 'A Chief Prosecutor for International war crimes is expected to collect evidence and take legal action not write a book'.
Kosovo's justice minister Nekibe Kelmendi has also dismissed the revelations.
'It is immoral to write in books about issues that were never turned into official charges. If she knew of such cases then she should be charged withholding evidence. The sale of human organs, be they dead or alive is a criminal act.'
Hundreds of Serbians and ethnic Albanians are still missing from the war which took place at the end of the nineteen nineties.
The controversy is likely to add to tensions between Kosovo and Serbia after the state declared independence from Serbia earlier this year. The break-away state has been recognised by the US and most EU states.
Serbia and Russia oppose Kosovo's statehood.
Sunday, June 1, 2008
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