EU takes first steps on probe into Marty organ-trafficking report

EUObserver reported that the EU's police mission in Kosovo, Eulex, began laying the groundwork in January 2011 for an investigation into claims that Kosovar Prime Minister Hashim Thaci was responsible for murdering Serb prisoners and selling their kidneys in the 1990s.

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

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

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/

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