Published: June 25, 2007
Op-Ed Contributor
Crossfire War - UN Envoy Ahtisaari Accused of Taking Bribes
By Willard Payne
Editor's Note:
Since publication of the Focus report and this opinon based on that report, new information suggests that the intelligence report the Bosnian Serb news agency Focus claims was filed at the UN apparently was never received by the UN.
Since the alleged report is the only piece of evidence provided in support of the claims by Focus, the claims in the Focus story - and the opinion below based on that, may be false. Please check back later for an update.
Crossfire War - Tirana - New York - Brussels Watch - Southeast Europe Theatre: Tirana - Pristina - Tehran - Brussels - New York/(Vienna)/Kosovska Mitrovica - Belgrade - Athens - Tehran - Moscow; German Intelligence Investigation Reveals UN Kosovo Special Envoy Ahtisaari Received 2 Million Euros From Kosovo Albanian Criminal to Write Proposal in Favor of Kosovo Independence
Night Watch: NEW YORK - Sometimes the news is funny. The Bosnian news agency Focus is reporting the shocking news United Nations Special Envoy for Kosovo, Marti Ahtisaari, received at least 2 million Euros from an Albanian organized crime leader so Ahtisaari would write a proposal recommending Kosovo independence from Serbia.
The Focus report is based on an investigation by the German BND intelligence service, the lead investigating officer is BND Secret Service Brigadier Luke Neiman. Conversations between Ahtisaari and an ethnic Albanian crime figure have been recorded, regarding a transfer of 2 million Euros ($2,150,000) into Ahtisaari's Swiss bank account no. 239700-93457-00097, which was masked by an offshore account code XS52-KOLER.
The accounts are controlled by Exhet Boria a Kosovo Albanian widely known on the higher levels of Albanian and European criminal circles especially the ones involved in the trafficking of heroin. [SERBIANNA]
The investigation concentrated on a 6:23 a.m. delivery of two silver briefcases on the morning of February 12, 2007, when a jeep, owned by the Kosovo Albanian government based in Pristina, drove up to a UN building where Ahtisaari was staying. BND agents have confirmed both briefcases were full of cash.
Neither the UN or Ahtisaari are making any comments. Serbia Speaker of Parliament Oliver Dulic is calling for a formal inquiry. On March 18, 2007 crossfirewar.com mentioned an article-photo, which appeared on Serbianna, linked to Crossfire War, of a 2004 fundraiser for U. S. Presidential Candidate Senator John Kerry that was attended by an Albanian weapons dealer, Florin Krasniqi.
Night Watch Information Service
www.crossfirewar.com
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