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Del Ponte "would go back to prosecute KLA" (Vecernje Novosti, B92)

Former Chief Hague Prosecutor Carla del Ponte has said she would be willing to return to The Hague to prosecute the leaders of the KLA. Asked whether she felt the need to go back to the courtroom for this reason, Del Ponte responded affirmatively in a statement for the Belgrade-based daily Večernje Novosti. "Especially now that I'm in the UN Commission on Syria.

SITF report speaks less of Kosovo and more of international community (Koha Ditore)

Former head of economic division for the International Civilian Office, Andrea Capussela, writes in an opinion piece for the paper that there was nothing new in the report presented by the EU Special Investigative Task Force (SITF) lead prosecutor Clint Williamson apart from one thing: the report authored by Council of Europe rapporteur Dick Marty was accurate, in essence, even on the part of organ harvesting.

Conflicting interpretations of Williamson’s report (Danas)

Report of the Head of the Special team for investigation of the allegations on human organ trafficking, Clint Williamson, has sparked mixed reactions in the world and the public, but also completely different interpretations. The families of the killed and missing persons are disappointed by the fact that the American prosecutor, during a three-year investigation, failed to find evidence on trafficking in human organs.

Presse: Williamson’s report deconstructed the lie of Kosovo (Blic)

The report of the Chief Prosecutor for investigation into human organ trafficking in Kosovo, Clint Williamson, which talks about the crimes of the KLA, deconstructed Kosovo's lie, estimates Vienna daily, Presse. "This is a great day for Kosovo, although many Kosovo Albanians do not see it that way, because again their KLA is accused for war crimes. For too long, the Kosovo people were talking about a righteous war for liberation, in which something like a war crime was impossible.

The journalist who revealed the "Yellow house": Too long search for the justice (Blic)

The families of victims of crimes committed in Kosovo wait too long for the justice and the truth about the fate of their loved ones, said in an interview for Tanjug Michael Montgomery, an American journalist who discovered “Yellow House” in Albania, where, according to the report of the Special Rapporteur of the Council of Europe, Dick Marty, the organs of abducted people were harvested.  “Clint Williamson is a serious prosecutor and he led a serious investigation”, said Montgomery, referring to the report of a three-year investigation into Marty's allegations

AAK: Williamson’s investigations a step forward in clarifying allegations – KLA war just (Gazeta Blic)

The first political entity in Kosovo to react to the statement of findings presented today by the lead prosecutor of the EU Special Investigative Task Force (SITF), Clint Williamson, is the Alliance for Future of Kosovo (AAK). In a statement to the press, AAK noted that the party has watched the presentation of Williamson’s report with increased interest and considers that the SITF work is a step forward in clarifying allegations already known to the public. AAK also thinks the report is a huge step in establishing rule of law in Kosovo.

Williamson announces filing of indictments against KLA central figures (Koha)

The lead prosecutor of the EU Special Investigative Task Force (SITF), Clint Williamson, did not rule out the possibility that there were executions in Kosovo for organ harvesting purposes but that during the investigations he led he was unable to find sufficient evidence to file an indictment. However, he said that war crimes indictments can be expected against KLA central figures.

Possible indictment against Haradinaj (Danas)

There is a possibility for indictments against the commanders of operational zones of the former Kosovo Liberation Army on the basis of the evidence presented in the report of the Clint Williamson, Chief Prosecutor of the Special team for investigation human organs trafficking in Kosovo in 1999, learned Danas from diplomatic sources in Brussels. The most famous name among the commanders of the KLA operational zones is undoubtedly Ramush Haradinaj, who led the area "Dukadjin", whose headquarters was located in the village of Jablanica.

The Court for KLA crimes in the Netherlands (Danas)

“I expect that based on the testimony of over 400 witnesses Clint Williamson collected enough information about the kidnappings, killings, and trafficking in organs, i.e., crimes committed since 1998 till 2000 against the Serbian and other non-Albanian victims,” says Serbian War Crimes prosecutor, Vladimir Vukcevic. He added that Williamson’s special team investigated trafficking in organs in nine countries in the region, but also in Russia, Turkey and Ukraine.

10 to 20 accused from Marty’s report (Tribuna)

On the front page, the paper claims that investigations into war crimes allegations presented in the Council of Europe (CoE) report have concluded there is no evidence that an organ trafficking trade existed, but in the course of the investigation, evidence was found regarding other crimes alleged to have been committed by members of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA). 10 to 20 former KLA members are expected to be indicted for these crimes as soon as the Special Court is up and running. The indictment will include KLA members from the Drenica and Dukagjin zones, sources told the paper.