Serbia on Friday presented the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE PA) with its resolution calling for an independent UN led investigation into human organ trafficking in Kosovo.

"We believe a serious court investigation is the next and only logical step," head of the Serbian parliament delegation to the OSCE PA Suzana Grubjesic said presenting the draft resolution at a meeting of the General Committee on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Questions.

A UN led investigation is key to the success of the inquiry, an integral part of the search for justice and the only way to ensure cooperation from other countries, Grubjesic stressed.

The independent body that would be formed would coordinate with the EU Mission in Kosovo and other relevant institutions to secure information, facts and documents about kidnappings and illegal human organ trafficking in Kosovo and elsewhere.

The organ trafficking in Kosovo is a classic example of a criminal enterprise and war crime, but also one of the most hideous forms of crime, especially when committed against unarmed civilians in a war-torn area, Grubjesic added.

"The crime represents the worst form of collateral damage in a brutal ethnic conflict, which involved some people in Kosovo, and some are still involved," Grubjesic remarked, adding that the crimes were committed during and after the NATO bombing campaign in 1999 and that between 300 and 500 people went missing at the time.

People were killed for their kidneys and other organs, which were later sold on the international black market in northern Africa, Middle East, and areas where OSCE operates, Grubjesic said, adding that there was no comprehensive investigation into that crime, even though there is an agreement between the Serbian and Albanian prosecutors.

Had the investigation been carried out sooner, we believe that Dick Marty's report would never have been made. But it exists, just like the resolution of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly from December 2010. Therefore OSCE PA should not close their eyes to this issue, Grubjesic stated.

Head of Serbia's delegation said that all kidnappings occurred in the presence of KFOR, UNMIK and OSCE, adding that, from the aspect of human rights, the biggest problem of kidnappings is that the illegal and forced transfer of people from Kosovo and their murders happened in the presence of the international community.

Grubjesic called on OSCE PA to fully support the activities of the OSCE PA special representative and coordinator for the fight against transnational organized crime, as well as to propose that OSCE should investigate and record the cases of illicit human organ trade in the area it covers, with the aim of preparing a study which will point to the scope of that crime against humanity.