Minister claims: Europol started co-operating with Kosovo (B92, Beta)
Kosovo Interior Minister Flamur Sefaj received an official announcement that Europol decided to start co-operation with Kosovo, the ministry announced, reports B92 today. Sefaj met with Deputy Director of the EU Security Council Olivier Onidi, who told him that at the meeting of the Steering Committee, Europol decided that Kosovo “should be on the list […]
Read More →Communication troubles with INTERPOL and EUROPOL (Gazeta Tribuna)
The EU Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo (EULEX) and UN Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) are the only link that Kosovo institutions have with EUROPOL and INTERPOL, the news site reports. And even, it is these two missions, according to the news site, that decide what information to share with the local authorities. Meanwhile, the procedures for […]
Read More →Large group of smugglers of migrants from Kosovo arrested (B92)
European police forces have dismantled a large international criminal network that smuggled irregular migrants to Western European countries for money. The announcement was made by Europol on Wednesday. In a Europol-coordinated operation, which involved the police services of several countries, 77 people of various nationalities were arrested “in Kosovo, Hungary, Slovakia, Austria, the Czech Republic, […]
Read More →Europol arrests 77 suspects involved in trafficking of Kosovars (Lajmi)
With the support of Europol and Eurojust and nearly 400 law enforcement officers, 77 individuals suspected of large-scale irregular migrant smuggling from Kosovo to the EU have been arrested in Austria, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Slovakia and Kosovo. Law enforcement and judicial authorities of the countries involved, supported by Europol, Eurojust and Switzerland, […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 11 September
• EU: New government should continue dialogue (Epoka e Re)
• Internationals, concerned about the dialogue (Tribuna)
• Daka: Consecutive elections, challenging (Epoka e Re)
• Grabovci: Bloc and Vetevendosje are denying the state (Lajm)
• Hoxhaj wants Kosovo to join Interpol (Zeri)
• Serbia blocking Kosovo’s participation in regional security initiatives (Koha)
• Thaci hits at the media (Zeri)
• Detention extended for terrorist suspects (dailies)