Seven named as suspects in international organ trafficking network

A EUROPEAN UNION prosecutor has named seven people as suspects in an international organ trafficking network.

The indictment is the starkest revelation of the extent of organised crime in Kosovo since the country declared independence in 2008.

In the document, EU prosecutor Jonathan Ratel said that “the organised criminal group” trafficked persons into Kosovo for the purpose of removing “human organs for transplant to other persons”. It added that the investigation found that some 20 foreign nationals “were recruited with false promises of payments” in 2008.