Prishtinë, 8 March 2023 – The Special Prosecution Office of the Republic of Kosovo (SPRK) has filed an indictment in the Basic Court in Prishtinë   - Special Department, against six (6) defendants with the initials D.Gj, D.T, N.N, LJ.M, K.Gj and B.Gj . The Special Prosecution  Office announces that the defendants D.Gj, D.T, N.N, LJ.M, K.Gj and B.Gj., during July 2022, in the village of Kovaq, Municipality of Zubin Potok, in collaboration, were engaged in the cultivation of narcotic plants , in an improvised laboratory inside the house of ...

Prishtinë, 7 March  2023 – The Special Prosecutor's Office of the Republic of Kosovo announces the public  that in cooperation with the War Crimes Investigation Unit within the Kosovo Police, it has today arrested the defendant with the initials Z.A., of Serbian nationality. The Special Prosecution  Office announces that the defendant Z.A., allegedly during the war in Kosovo, specifically in March 1999, at the police station in Kamenica in the capacity of an official and in collaboration with other members of the Serbian police, uniformed and armed, initially had beaten the victim with the initials B....

Prishtinë, 2 March 2023  Acting Chief State Prosecutor, Mr. Besim Kelmendi, received today in a working meeting the director of the Tax Administration of Kosovo (TAK), Mr. Ilir Murtezaj, as well as representatives of UNDP in Kosovo. In this meeting, it was discussed about the platform for criminal investigations on intelligent data, which will be a good basis for preventing and fighting all criminal offenses related to the competences of TAK. Both holders of the institutions agreed to continue the efforts for the further intensification and development of this platform. Furthermore, they agreed to hold a joint meeting with all ...

Prishtina, January 20, 2023 - Acting Chief State Prosecutor, Mr. Besim Kelmendi, held a meeting of the Collegium of the chief prosecutors of the country prosecution offices, in which the chief prosecutors, representatives of the prosecutions and the prosecutors of the State Prosecutor’s Office participated, with whom they discussed various professional issues. During this meeting, the preparations being made for the implementation of the New Code of Criminal Procedure were discussed. With particular emphasis, the changes foreseen by the new Criminal Procedure Code were discussed, as well as the challenges and difficulties that prosecutors may face at the beginning of ...

Prishtina, January 16, 2023 - The Acting Chief State Prosecutor, Besim Kelmendi, together with the Chairman of the Prosecution Council of Kosovo, Jetish Maloku, the Chief Prosecutor of the Special Prosecution, Blerim Isufaj, have signed a memorandum of cooperation with the head of the Council of Europe Office in Kosovo, Frank Power, for the implementation of the program of exchange of experiences in the field of investigation and criminal prosecution against money laundering, which will be implemented within the framework of the Joint Project of the European Union/Council of Europe against Economic Crime (PECK III). This program aims to support the ...

Ferizaj, January 11, 2023 - The Chief Prosecutor of the Basic Prosecution in Ferizaj, Mr. Shukri Jashari, held a meeting at the Basic Prosecution in Ferizaj, with representatives from the Kosovo Police, the Center for Social Work, the Office for  Victims Assistance and Advocacy, as well as the prosecutor Ms. .Sebahate Sinani, from the Serious Crimes Department of this prosecution. During this meeting, inter-institutional cooperation and the responsibilities of competent institutions for handling cases related to criminal offenses against sexual integrity were discussed. Also, in this meeting, present participants expressed their concerns at the increase in the number of these cases ...

Prishtinë, 10 January 2023 – The Special Prosecution Office of the Republic of Kosovo (SPRK) has filed an indictment in the Basic Court in Prishtinë - Special Department, against the defendants S.S., G.K., S.F., A.P., L.P., F.H., F.S., J.Gj., F.K., D.A., B.S., T.P and Rr.M.   The Special Prosecution Office announces that in order to obtain illegal financial benefits, continuously, from the unverified time until March 2021, in complicity they have organized gambling games - online betting, though by  article 1 of Law no. 06/L-155  ...

Ferizaj, January 7, 2023 - The Basic Prosecution Office in Ferizaj, Department of Serious Crimes, has requested from the Basic Court in Ferizaj, imposing of the measure of detention on remand for a period of 30 days against the defendant A.K., who by the decision of the State Prosecutor is under the measure of detention for 48 hours due to the suspicion of the criminal offense "Attempted aggravated murder".   According to the application filed by the Prosecution, there is a well-founded suspicion that the defendant on January 6, 2023, at around 2:00 PM., in Gotovushë village, Shtërpcë municipality, ...