Lina Veca: I do not expect the EU or Sorensen to solve the issue of missing persons in Kosovo

I do not expect the new EU mediator in the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue, Peter Sorensen, to deal with the issue of missing persons in Kosovo, just as I do not expect any other European official to do so. It is simply no longer important to them, Italian journalist and researcher Maria Lina Veca told Kosovo Online.

"No one wants to investigate the disappearances in Kosovo. At least 2,000 Serbs went missing and are still being searched for, but no one cares about that anymore," said Veca, who has authored several books on the issue of missing persons in Kosovo and human organ trafficking during the war.

She is convinced that there is evidence of where the bodies of the missing are located, but that there is no willingness to resolve the issue.

She also raises an additional question: why has the insistence on prosecuting those responsible for organ trafficking during and after the war in Kosovo been abandoned?

"Someone certainly knows where the bodies of the missing are, but no one is genuinely interested in asking what happened to these people. The missing were the lucky ones because they died immediately, but those who ended up as victims of organ trafficking were not so lucky," Veca stated.

She added that former Chief Prosecutor of the Hague Tribunal, Carla Del Ponte, shared a similar view and wrote about organ trafficking in Kosovo in her book "The Hunt: Me and the War Criminals."

"She stated that there is evidence of at least 300 Serbs who had their organs removed. But I believe the number is much higher. Years ago, I spoke with the families of the victims, and they know this is true, that their loved ones were victims of organ trafficking. And no one wants to talk about it. I do not expect anyone from European institutions to address this issue," Veca concluded.