Canadian citizen Raul Fain, who claims that back in 2008, doctors of the Pristina-based clinic Medicus transplanted a kidney extracted from a Russian woman at the price of EUR 87.000, would appear as a witness via video link in the trial in the case of illegal organ trafficking and transplants, the biggest Canadian daily Toronto Star reported.

The daily noted that Fain would issue his testimony under oath before the Ontario Supreme Court in the trial that started on October 4, and quoted EULEX Special Prosecutor for Organised Crime Jonathan Ratel who said that Fain is in no way a suspect, but a key witness in the process.

In an interview for Toronto Star, former Canadian prosecutor Ratel recalled that the 46-page long indictment charges seven individuals with one or more criminal acts of human trafficking and organised crime, as well as illegal performance of surgeries or abuse of office.

According to the daily, in his statement before the Canadian authorities, Ratel, who works as an investment consultant in Toronto, gave a detailed account of the kidney transplant he underwent at the Pristina clinic.

Fain, who suffered from grave kidney problems, was notified in 2008 by his cousins from Israel that a certain agreement can be reached as regards kidney transplants in Kosovo.

He was introduced to Moshe Harel whom the authorities described in the indictment as the mediator of Turkish doctor Yusuf Sonmez, popularly known in the media as Doctor Frankenstein.

Harel is also said to be one of the major financiers of the surgery and Interpol has issued a warrant for his arrest due to human trafficking in Kosovo.