Blow to Kosovo on organ-trafficking claim

Kosovo’s campaign for wider acceptance by the international community suffered a blow on 25 January 2011 as delegates from around Europe overwhelmingly endorsed claims about illegal organ trafficking by Kosovan soldiers in the 1998-99 war.

BBC News, 25.1.11: Council of Europe calls for new Kosovo organ inquiry http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12279635

Deutsche Welle, 25.1.11: Kosovo under pressure as Europe's watchdog backs organ trafficking report http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,14788189,00.html

EUObserver, 25.1.11: More reports pinpoint Kosovo PM as 'big fish' in organised crime http://euobserver.com/9/31696

EurActiv, 26.1.11: Kosovo PM is ‘big fish’ in organised crime: NATO http://www.euractiv.com/enlargement/kosovo-pm-big-fish-organised-cri-news-501625

ESO: Background information: The perils of moral fervour in the Balkans http://www.europeansources.info/record/the-perils-of-moral-fervour-in-the-balkans/

ESO: Background information: Kosovar PM pleads innocence, as organ trafficking scandal simmers http://www.europeansources.info/record/kosovar-pm-pleads-innocence-as-organ-trafficking-scandal-simmers/

Eulex: Press Release, 28.1.11: EULEX statement on Council of Europe report into human organ trafficking http://www.eulex-kosovo.eu/en/pressreleases/0119.php

BBC News, 28.1.11: EU studies Kosovo 'organ traffic' allegations http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12309869

EUObserver, 31.1.11: Serbian PM wants 'truth' over organ-harvesting allegations http://euobserver.com/9/31725

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