Wrote: Fatbardh Dema
The Chairman of the Commission for Missing Persons in the Government of Serbia, Velko Odalović, in an interview with the Russian media outlet "RIA Novosti", spoke about the "yellow house", saying that the organs of Kosovo victims were sold to wealthy individuals abroad.
What did Odallovic say?
“At one point, Western media reported that a certain number of women from Eastern European countries and the former Soviet Union ended up in this country in Albania. However, no investigation was conducted, because if this were confirmed, it would be revealed that the organs taken were not destined for Serbia, Kosovo and Metohija or other countries in the region, but were transported by plane wherever someone had the opportunity to buy the organs of innocent victims.”
What's wrong with this claim?
The claim that the "yellow house" existed and that operations were carried out to traffic in the organs of Serbs has never been proven.
Investigations so far
Investigations conducted at the so-called "yellow house" in a village near Burrel in northern Albania have failed to substantiate claims that human organs were removed for commercial purposes in this house.
A March 2004 report compiled by five international experts from the Hague Tribunal and the United Nations states that based on our examinations, there is no convincing evidence that blood was shed in this house as a result of criminal acts. (here)
The "Yellow House" was first mentioned in the book by former International Court of Justice prosecutor Carla del Ponte, "The Hunt: Me and the War Criminals ", and then in report of the then Swiss senator, Dick Marty, which was adopted by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in 2010.
We recall that the Special Court in The Hague, also known as "Specialized Rooms"was created with the claims of Dick Marty's "Yellow House" report (hereHowever, these claims were never proven, and there is no element of organ trafficking in the indictments (here).
The lack of evidence was also confirmed by the head of the EULEX Investigative Task Force, Clint Williamson, who said that such a claim has never been proven (here).
The unfounded claim by Odalović was later republished in several Serbian-language media outlets as "Telegraf.rs","Pink.rs","B92.net","Tanjug.rs"and "Blic.rs".
Analyze:
The claim that the "yellow house" existed and that organ trafficking operations were carried out has never been proven. Investigations to date have not proven such a thing.
Odallovic's claims that the organs of Kosovo victims were sold to wealthy individuals abroad are not based on any facts.
Based on the working methodology, hibrid.info evaluates this claim as a "Conspiracy Theory".
Reasoning:
"Conspiracy theories" are considered to be informational content that contains a false or unverifiable description of a phenomenon, event or person, presenting it as part or the result of a secret plan ("conspiracy"). The characteristic of these contents is that they present a series of claims, presented as facts, between which cause-effect relationships are established, without providing any reliable evidence.