A day after the publication of the main findings from the three-year investigation, EU Special Investigative Task Force (SITF) lead prosecutor Clint Williamson said that if the special court were in place, he would be ready to immediately file indictments against the most senior figures of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA).
Even though he hesitates to mention the names of those that are expected to be indicted, he says that the Special Task Force has the names.
However, his main duty, investigation on the suspicion for organ trafficking, remains unclear even after his public appearance on Tuesday in Brussels. He clarifies in his interview that he did not say that there is no evidence for organ trafficking,” and adds that “there are convincing indications that this happened.” He admits that his conclusions are mainly the same with those expressed in Dick Marty’s report as well as in the book of the former chief prosecutor of the Hague Tribunal, Carla del Ponte. The latter wrote in her book about suspicions that former KLA leaders kidnaped Serbs, and removed violently their organs for trafficking in Albanian territory.
“We know who the persons we think are responsible for these crimes are and investigations will continue and will focus on them. Depending on how investigations go in the coming months, other individuals could be included on the list”, said Williamson. He expressed his belief that a serious process against KLA top officials can take place only in a special court outside of Kosovo’s territory. Speaking about allegations of organ harvesting, Williamson said there is a compelling indication that such cases existed but on a limited scale. “But at this stage, we have no sufficient evidence to press charges”, said the SITF prosecutor who went on to stress that there is a huge difference between saying ‘there is no evidence’ and ‘there is no sufficient evidence’.
Williamson will be leaving from his post during August, however he claims that investigation and work of the Task Force that he lead, and which was a joint establishment of the EU, US and some other countries under EULEX umbrella, which aim to enlighten accusations raised in Dick Marty’s report, will continue.
