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[Mrs. Jela Jovanovic, Secretary General]

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Issue No. 99 14th - 27th July 2000


III.    The Adriatic, Central Europe, the Balkans and the Caucasus

Two Italian customs police murdered

Over the last week, the Italian police have engaged in a series of
high-profile swoops on the organised banditry which floods drugs,
prostitutes, contraband cigarettes and illegal immigrants into the country
and into Europe as a whole. The Italian press has been filled with horrific
stories about the sex slave trade which has blossomed throughout the county,
controlled by the Albanian and Kosovar Mafias. In this context, there has
been outrage as two Albanians have been arrested on suspicion of being the
motorboat drivers who killed two customs officers by driving their boat into
the police boat and causing them to drown. The drowned men were aged 22 and
26 years respectively and were childhood friends. In the search for their
bodies, the police found the bodies of two other men, probably Kurds, who
may have been illegal immigrants thrown overboard by the Albanian boatmen
after the incident. [La Repubblica, 25th July 2000]


Kosovar refugees fear being murdered by KLA

As Serbs continue to be killed in Kosovo by Albanians, and as their
suspected murderers continue to be set free by Nato, Kosovar refugees in the
United Kingdom have claimed that they risk being killed as traitors for
seeking asylum in the UK if they return to Kosovo. The Scottish Refugee
Council (SRC) claims that 11 families of more than 50 individuals had
reluctantly applied for asylum although it may mean a death sentence should
they be forced to return to Kosovo. Peter Barry, director of the SRC's
dedicated Kosovar programme, said the refugees fear the Home Office will not
extend their initial year's stay in the UK after others were refused an
extension, and so have applied for asylum. Their decision leaves them
vulnerable to attack by the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) if they return to
Kosovo. Mr. Barry said, "If it was found out that a person applied for
asylum when the family returned to Kosovo, it could rebound on them." No
doubt such claims are an example of special pleading and perhaps the asylum
seekers are guilty of exaggerating their plight in order to strengthen their
asylum claims. However, it is noteworthy that they consider it at least a
plausible argument that the KLA remains a threat, even to Albanians, despite
Nato's pretence that the terrorist force has been disbanded. [Albanian Daily
News July 13, 2000 ]

Hague prepares to indict Croatian generals

The spokesman for the Prosecutor's Office at the International Criminal
Tribunal in the Hague has confirmed that investigations are being carried
out into the activities of three Croatian generals and that these
investigations might lead to indictments being issued next month. Generals
Ivan Cermak, Ante Gotovina and Mirko Norc are being investigated for crimes
allegedly committed during the 1995 Operation "Storm" when the Croatian army
ethnically cleansed some 200,000 Serbs from the Krajina region in Southern
Croatia. Although the Prosecutor herself had recently told the Croatian
government that there were no charges outstanding against the generals, her
spokesman confirmed on Monday that investigations were under way. It is
speculated in Zagreb, however, that this may be a mere political manoeuvre
by the Tribunal, either to force the Croatian courts themselves to act in
this and other investigations, or perhaps even to extract some other
political concession. It is certain that the government would not like to
see these three generals sent to The Hague. [Vjesnik, 26th July 2000]

Published by The European Foundation, 61, Pall Mall, London SW1Y 5HZ, tel
020 7930 7319

Secretary General
Mrs. Jela Jovanovic
Art  historian
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