02 April 2014

This morning EULEX Police, assisted by Kosovo Police, arrested three defendants and conducted searches at locations in the Prishtinë/Priština and Pejë/Peć regions.

The arrests and searches were conducted as part of an on-going investigation into offences of Organised Crime and Extortion and are linked to earlier arrests made on 28 October 2013. The investigation is being led by an international Prosecutor from the Special Prosecution Office of Kosovo (SPRK).