Prishtina, March 21, 2023 - Acting Chief State Prosecutor, Mr. Besim Kelmendi, received today in a meeting the Chairwoman of the Kosovo Competition Authority, Ms. Neime Binaku who was accompanied by the General Director, Mr. Selajdin Beqa. During this meeting, Acting Chief Prosecutor Kelmendi and Chairwoman Binaku discussed the powers of the two institutions they lead. Also in this meeting, the possibilities of cooperation were discussed, including the preparation and signing of a memorandum for cooperation between the institution of the State Prosecutor and the Kosovo Competition Authority. Both sides agreed to hold joint training in the field covered by the ...

  Prishtina, March 20, 2023 - Acting Chief State Prosecutor, Mr. Besim Kelmendi, received today in a farewell meeting the current Head of the rule of law sector at the Embassy of Great Britain, Mrs. Jennifer Blakeney, who was together with her successor in this position, Ms. Margaret Beloff. During the joint meeting, it was discussed about the reforms in the prosecutorial system of Kosovo, as well as about the challenges and the steps that are being taken to overcome these challenges. Acting Chief State Prosecutor, Besim Kelmendi, has thanked the current Head of the rule of law sector at the Embassy ...

Prishtina, March 17, 2023 - Acting Chief State Prosecutor, Mr. Besim Kelmendi, received today in a working meeting the Chief Executive of the Police Inspectorate, Mr. Kushtrim Hodaj. In this meeting, they discussed about the advancement and intensification of cooperation between the two institutions, about the challenges during the implementation of the New Code of Criminal Procedure, as well as about raising the inter-institutional capacities to overcome the challenges. At the end of the meeting, Acting Chief Prosecutor Kelmendi has thanked Chief Hodaj for the cooperation so far that the Police Inspectorate has had with the institution of the State Prosecutor.

Prishtina, March 16, 2023 - The Acting Chief State Prosecutor, Mr. Besim Kelmendi and the Auditor General of Kosovo, Mrs. Vlora Spanca, have signed a cooperation agreement in order to strengthen the rule of law in the Republic of Kosovo, as well as in accordance with international standards and best practices,, where representatives of the OPDAT Office of the American Embassy in Kosovo were also present at the signing ceremony. The agreement between the institution of the State Prosecutor and the National Audit Office, defines the way of cooperation and coordination of inter-institutional activities and standard procedures in the exchange of information ...

Prizren, March 15, 2023 - The Office of the Chief State Prosecutor, namely Acting Chief State Prosecutor, Mr. Besim Kelmendi, together with the Director of the Tax Administration of Kosovo (ATK), Mr. Ilir Murtezaj, supported by the UNDP Office in Kosovo, through the SAEK III Project, held a joint meeting with the institutional actors of the Republic of Kosovo for the intensification and coordination in function of the development of the platform for criminal investigations on intelligent data, which platform stems  from the joint agreement between OCSP and TAK. This agreement aims to have a positive impact on reducing the level ...

Prishtinë, March 15, 2023 - The Chief Prosecutor of the Special Prosecution Office of the Republic of Kosovo (SPRK), Blerim Isufaj, today has held the  meeting with the joint team for the selection and identification of serious crimes, where two (2) new cases with forty-eight (47) people involved were identified. The Special Prosecution  Office announces that in the first case twenty-three (23) people are involved in the criminal offenses of "Organization of pyramid schemes and gambling", "Usury" and "Coercion", as well as "Participation or organization of an organized criminal group". Also, related to this ...

Prishtina, on March 13, 2023 - Upon the order of the Special Prosecution of the Republic of Kosovo, on 12.03.2023, the Kosovo Police, respectively the Directorate for Investigation of Organized Crime, in the course of realization of strategic objectives and operational plans aimed at combating criminal activities related to the field of organized crime, has conducted a police operation in the region of South Mitrovica and Prishtinë, which has included five (5) different locations, resulting in the arrest of five (5) people suspected of trafficking in arms. The suspects, organized as a dangerous criminal group, are suspected to have committed the criminal offenses "...

Prishtina, March 9, 2023 The Acting Chief State Prosecutor, Mr. Besim Kelmendi, received today in a working meeting the two-member team of experts Dr. Stefan Trunk and Thomas Siedel accompanied by IRZ representatives Mr. Frank Hupfeld and Mrs. Anja Finke. In this meeting, it was discussed about money laundering, about criminal offenses and criminal activities from which money laundering derives, about the methods of investigation and identification of property acquired through criminal activities, as well as about the exchange of information with the aim of combating these phenomena. The Acting Chief Prosecutor Kelmendi expressed his willingness to deepen cooperation in the future ...