EU hails Albania's support in organ traffic probe

TIRANA, Albania (AP) — An EU prosecutor says he has secured Albania's commitment to cooperate in the investigation over the alleged sale of organs during the 1998-99 Kosovo war.

John Clint Williamson says he will "follow the evidence wherever it may lead," according to an EU statement.

In a report last year, a Council of Europe investigator alleged that Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci and other rebel commanders of the Kosovo Liberation Army ran detention centers on Albania's border, where civilian captives were killed and their organs sold on the black market during Kosovo's war for independence.

Thaci and Albania have denied the allegations.