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Hague prosecution to investigate alleged organ harvesting in Albania

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TIRANA, Oct 6 – The Hague tribunal says the Council of Europe has already formed a committee and a team of investigators to investigate allegations hundreds of captured Serbs and Romas were murdered for their bodily organs.
A delegation of prosecutors from the UN war crimes tribunal is expected to visit Albania shortly.
Former chief UN war crimes prosecutor Carla del Ponte leveled the allegation in her book “The Hunt” saying the murders and organ removals occurred during the Kosova conflict in the northern Albanian village of Gur.
The Hague tribunal says the Council of Europe has already formed a committee and a team of investigators to handle with the case.
Albania, the government, lawmakers and civil society has denied such a charge and also urged the Hague Tribunal to send investigators for that.

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