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Crime in Kosovo. Kosovo within communist Yugoslavia had the lowest rate of crime in the whole country. [1] Following the Kosovo War (1999), the region had become a significant center of organized crime, drug trafficking, human trafficking and organ theft. There is also an ongoing ethnic conflict between Kosovar Albanians and Kosovan Serbs.
Kosovo 16 Albanians Serbian civilians On 17 and 18 March 2004, a wave of violent riots swept through Kosovo, 16 Serbs and 11 Albanians were killed during the unrest. Over 935 Serbian houses and 35 Churches were burned and destroyed. Over 4000 Serbs were expelled from Kosovo. Talinoc Killings: 6 July 2012 Talinoc i Muhaxhirëve: 2 Serbian civilians
Ruins of a Kosovo Serb house in Prizren that was destroyed by rioters. On 17 and 18 March 2004, a wave of violent riots swept through Kosovo, triggered by two incidents perceived as ethnically motivated acts. Demonstrations, although seemingly spontaneous at the outset, quickly focused on Serbs throughout Kosovo.
The Kosovo-Serbia border is guarded by peacekeepers from the 4,000-strong NATO-led KFOR force, which has been in Kosovo since 1999. In May, tensions in northern Kosovo left 93 peacekeepers hurt in ...
The protests organised by the Kosovo Serbs against the Kosovan government began on 20 September 2021. On the same day, over 20 vehicles of the Kosovo Police, of which over 10 were armoured, came to the site of the protests. Hundreds of local ethnic Serbs had been protesting daily.
According to the Kosovo government's Commission on Missing Persons, 560 non-Albanians are still missing from the war, including 360 Serbs. They are believed to have been kidnapped by KLA in Kosovo beginning in 1998 with the majority disappearing between June 1999 and December 2000 following the withdrawal of Yugoslav troops from the region.
The Kosovo Police is the national policing law enforcement agency of Kosovo.It was established in 1999 and took its current form with the 2008 police law. It consists of five departments and eight regional directorates and is represented at the political level by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Public Administration of the Republic of Kosovo.
The European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo, known as EULEX Kosovo or simply as EULEX, [1] [a] is the largest civilian mission ever launched under the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) of the European Union. EULEX supports selected Kosovo rule of law institutions on their path towards increased effectiveness, sustainability, multi ...