Mafiosi sentenced for smuggling of migrants
(B2) After four days of deliberation, the Prizren Magistrate's Court, made up of a mixed jury of European judges from EULEX and Kosovar judges, delivered its verdict against Adrian Bytyqi on Thursday (October 31). Arrested in April 2012 after an extensive joint investigation by EULEX police and Kosovar law enforcement, he was found guilty of migrant smuggling and sentenced to three years in prison. The smuggler was illegally taking migrants, mostly of Turkish origin, from Kosovo to the gates of Europe, in Croatia and Slovenia. Once there, they were on their way to their final destination: Italy, Hungary, Austria, Germany and other Western European countries. "The accused was sentenced on the basis of a "plea" agreement, the Eulex mission said. Followed by the Kosovo Special Prosecutor's Office (SPRK), the indictment had been filed April 16, 2013. This is not the first time that such a sentence has been pronounced in Kosovo.In 2011, human traffickers had already been sentenced by the Court of Pristina to terms ranging from 17 to 19 years of imprisonment.
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