11 March 2014

Today a mixed panel of local and international judges at the Basic Court of Prishtinë/Priština found A.V. guilty of Organised Crime in conjunction with Unauthorised Purchase, Possession, distribution and sale of Dangerous Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances and sentenced him to a term of imprisonment of ten years and a fine in the sum of 20,000 Euros.

Between January and June 2012 the defendant organized and participated in the trafficking of heroin from Kosovo into the Federal Republic of Germany.

The case was prosecuted by an international prosecutor from Kosovo Special Prosecution Office (SPRK).