4 minutes agoKosovo organ trafficking suspect arrested in Cyprus
Periskopi(8 years ago)
(8 years ago)An Israeli citizen accused of involviming in Kosovo's organ trafficking scandal a decade ago has been arrested in Cyprus and authorities in Pristina have sought his extradition to face trial, Kosovo police said yesterday. Police accuse Israeli citizen Moshe Harel of organizing some [...]
Police accuse Israeli citizen Moshe Harel of organising several illegal kidney transplants at the Medicus clinic in Pristina in 2008.
The Reuters agency reported last night that those who received organs through transplants paid up to 100,000 euros. But some donors have never received money, with as much as 12,000 euros promised.
“Based on the M.H. International arrest line. He was arrested a few days ago in Cyprus. He was a wanted person from 2010”, Kosovo Police spokesman Baki Kelani has said.
The next news agency, AFP, has reported today that the network of organ traffickers has been discovered in 2008, as a citizen of Turkey was unconscious at Pristina airport, having sold the kidney.
Consequently, Kosovo police have raided the Medicus clinic, which after the scandal has closed.
In 2013, a court led by the EULEX mission in Kosovo sentenced five Kosovo doctors to up to eight years in prison for organ trafficking. They all said they were not guilty.
The Supreme Court of Kosovo had annulled that decision in 2016 and ordered a new process, which is still continuing.
The indictment said that Moshe Harel is the main organiser of the trafficking network, while Turkish doctor Yusuf Ercin Sonmez, who is still on the run, is suspected of performing transplants at the clinic.
