Carla del Ponte: Very good news Thaci's judgment, Veselin and others at The Hague

Thaci had been transferred to the detention centre of the Special Court (KSC), which is in the Netherlands along with three former KLA leaders, Kadri Veselini, Jakup Krasniqi and Rexhep Selimi. According to the indictment, those men are suspected of murder, forced extinction, persecution and torture, alleged actions committed between March 1998 and September 1999.

When asked how she reacted to the news about the arrest of former Kosovo President, Mr. Hasim Thaci and his transfer to The Hague Special Tribunal for Crimes in Kosovo, Mrs. Carla del Ponte, former UN General Prosecutor for War Crimes in the former Yugoslavia, responded to the Albanian newspaper in Switzerland “Le Canton27. ch” that “ky is very good news from the point of justice to victims.

Because “sic I have always said, there will be no peace in the former Yugoslavia or in Kosovo without the arrest of those involved in war crimes”.

I think Mr. Thaci did well to resign as president for Kosovo's image. Unfortunately, time has passed, there is a delay in justice and this could work in favour of perpetrators. Actually, the evidence could disappear... as witnesses. “, she said.

I last met with Mr. Thaci on the 10th anniversary of the Dayton Conference. I told him we'd be investigating the field already. He responded when the KLA had never committed a crime and it was the Serbs who had received UCK uniforms! “

In international media, reports cited Thaci as being involved in organ trafficking, however in the indictment of the former Kosovo president and three other crimes indictees currently in The Hague, this is not mentioned.

About this question, Mrs. Del Ponte replied that <x0);rely strange because this organ traffic is mentioned by US Prosecutor John Clinton Wilson, previously confirmed by Mr. Dick Marty.

As far as I'm concerned, I never accused Mr. A bag for organ traffic. Regarding other crimes during and after the war, including those of Ibrahim Rugova's LDK political rivals, this is another issue to be addressed by The Hague Criminal Court in the coming days. “

According to the Swiss newspaper in Albanian “Le Canton27. ch” in Switzerland, the text of the indictment against Thaci and against three other persons in custody at The Hague, reportedly belong to “a joint criminal enterprise”

The same charge is found in the indictment of former Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic, which appears to have become a <x0cypy-pass”!

Can the crimes of Milosevic's Serb forces compare to those of the KLA?

Lady Del Ponte replied:

No, this is something else. The crimes of Milosevic's forces cannot be compared to those of UCK. This is a big mistake for those who prepared this act. As you know, Serbian forces led by Milosevic committed serious crimes against humanity, massacres, genocides and ethnic cleansing in Kosovo and the former Yugoslavia. We should not forget the rape of 20,000 Kosovo girls and women during the conflict. ”

“And I, also doubt as you are, if those who overexploited have done this actaquize piece-by-bag act against Milosevic, which is not fair. “

This Special Court's time of action is difficult to say. All depends on the number of charges and the number of cases to be prosecuted. As a prosecutor, you know when you start a trial, but not when it will end. I remind you that the ICTY for the former Yugoslavia began its work on May 25th 1993. At first we had thought it would last about ten years... but the work ended in 2017, meaning 25 years later. “, there's an echo at the end of Mrs. Del Ponte for the Swiss newspaper in Albanian “Le Canton27. ch”

The last war in the former Yugoslavia coincided with a tragic balance. Serb forces in Kosovo killed over 13,000 Kosovars, mainly feimjhe, gfra and pelkaks, about 20,000 girls and women were raped, almost one million refugees were deported to Albania and Macedonia.