Short intro since it’s not a popular topic, in the late 90’s and early 2000’s, international criminal groups were involved in human trafficking in north Albania and Kosovo, not just any type of trafficking, but organ trafficking. In the beginning Yugoslav soldiers were kidnapped during the Kosovo war, but after that even random civilians, both Serbian and Albanian, they were then transported to a place called the “Yellow house”, where their organs were taken and sent to other countries. You can guess what happened to the “donors”, most of their families still don’t know what happened to them and where they are.
This was all confirmed by Interpol, Carla Del Ponte, a chief prosecutor of UN Hague tribunal, a report of Swiss prosecutor Dick Marty to the council of Europe, a bunch of independent groups and studios, amongst others even the more liberal Vice news ( a whole documentary on the issue, with the “Yellow house” mentioned and explained Strange Border Kidnappings in Kosovo: Correspondent Confidential - YouTube ) , there is even a “doctor” that is wanted by the Interpol, Yusuf Sonmez, nicknamed doctor Frankenstein, here’s a older Ny times report on that http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/11/world/europe/11organ.html
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Back to today, all that kind of went quiet, perhaps there still is some organ trafficking, but not nearly as much as in the 90’s and early 2000’s, however a few days ago the former Albanian president said that criminal groups in north Albania and Kosovo are not just human trafficking, but trafficking kids for their organs. He even stressed that they are younger than 18. He says that he got this info from a policeman that wanted to remain anonymous, so it’s not 100% trustworthy, but nonetheless there definitely was organ trafficking there earlier (even the same place menitoned, Kukes), so it wouldn’t be anything new, but still it is extremely disturbing that something like that is happening in Europe, in a country that is a NATO member. Here’s the original from Sali Berisha’s official Facebook profile, although in Albanian Sali Berisha - Nje denoncim trondites! Polici dixhital... | Facebook , I am not sure if there is a translation to English somewhere, perhaps a google search can find something, but this text can also be google translated.