Kosovo PM calls for inquiry over organ trafficking claims

Hashim Thaçi says authorities will be 'very co-operative' in dealing with allegations made in Council of Europe report

Hashim Thaci said he had 'nothing to hide'. Photograph: Visar Kryeziu/AP

Kosovo's prime minister, Hashim Thaçi, says he wants an independent investigation to "dispel the mist" over allegations he led a gang that murdered detainees to sell their kidneys.

Thaçi said he had "nothing to hide" and pledged Kosovo authorities would be "very co-operative" in dealing with allegations in a report by Council of Europe investigator Dick Marty that the Kosovo Liberation Army, led by Thaçi, killed Serb and Albanian civilian captives to sell their organs in 1999.

"It is a mist that I must and will work to dispel," Thaçi said.

He said the allegations were aimed at undermining Kosovo's 2008 declaration of independence from Serbia.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/dec/21/kosovo-hashim-thaci-inquiry