“ - KFOR Following Arrest for Spying of Croatian Pilot, Serbian Girlfriend

We take these claims very seriously. Security of KFOR personnel and the integrity of classified information are priority”, an official said NATO for REL.

Croatian media have reported that the Croatian pilot has been arrested along with his Kosovo partner, under suspicion that it has provided sensitive data and then forwarded it. According to these reports, it is about information related to the movements of Serbs in northern Kosovo, as well as KFOR members.

The arrests have sparked great public interest, where part of the media have reported that authorities are also investigating the couple's possible ties with Serbian intelligence services.

Meanwhile, Croatia has pronounced the detention measure against two spying suspects for Serbia, as authorities in Kosovo said they are willing to co-operate on the case, as the “activity of the arrested has been held in Kosovo”.

The Split District Prosecutor announced on August 28th that after accepting the Independent Sector for Military Police Issues the previous day, he has taken the first investigative action and has made a decision to launch investigations against a citizen of the Republic of Croatia (born in 1971) for the criminal act of spying, and against a citizen of the Republic of Serbia (born in 1979) for the same criminal act.

Also, the District Prosecutor's decision in Split has been established to explain that publishing data from the procedure could harm the development of investigations”.

According to Croatian media, Index, pilot J.I. choirs and his girlfriend, A.M. Serbians from Northern Mitrovica are suspected of spying on Serbia. It was reported that she had been working on the European Union Mission in Kosovo for Sunding Law, EULEX.

According to Index, who was called to the sources, it is suspected that the Croatian pilot engaged in NATO's peacekeeping mission in Kosovo, KFOR has provided confidential information to its partner, who it has later forwarded to members of the Serbian List.

The Serbian list is the main Serb party in Kosovo, enjoying official Belgrade's support.

The Split District Prosecutor has nominated the Split District Court's investigation judge in Split to appoint detention for the first defendant, due to the risk of influence on witnesses and repeat criminal acts, while for the second defendant due to the risk of escape, influence on witnesses and repeat criminal work.

The judge of investigation has partially accepted the prosecution's request and has appointed detention for the first defendant due to the risk of influence on witnesses, as well as for the second defendant because of the risk of escape and influence on witnesses”, the District Prosecutor's Office in Split reported.

Kosovo's acting government has spoken of the case as well

Kosovo's incumbent Government spokesman Progress Kryeziu said that “was since A.M. activity. and Croatian citizens, both arrested in Croatia, have been held in Kosovo, our institutions are on full alert to co-operate with Croatia's institutions for further development of investigations and the complete dawning of activities and action network”.

Meanwhile, Serbian List deputy Igor Sim enemies, following the Kosovo Assembly session held on August 28th, was asked by journalists regarding the case. He answered briefly that neither he nor any other Serbian List exhibition knows A.M., denying that any of them had anything to do with it./Radio Free Europe/