Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07SKOPJE698
2007-08-23 17:26:00
SECRET
Embassy Skopje
Cable title:
MACEDONIA: GOM SUSPECTS ESCAPED KOSOVO CRIMINALS
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S E C R E T SKOPJE 000698
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR EUR/SCE PPFEUFFER
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/23/2017
TAGS: PGOV KCRM PINR PTER ASEC KV MK
SUBJECT: MACEDONIA: GOM SUSPECTS ESCAPED KOSOVO CRIMINALS
MAY BE IN MACEDONIA
REF: PRISTINA 640
Classified By: CDA TNAVRATIL FOR REASONS 1.4 (B) AND (D)
Summary
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S E C R E T SKOPJE 000698
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR EUR/SCE PPFEUFFER
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/23/2017
TAGS: PGOV KCRM PINR PTER ASEC KV MK
SUBJECT: MACEDONIA: GOM SUSPECTS ESCAPED KOSOVO CRIMINALS
MAY BE IN MACEDONIA
REF: PRISTINA 640
Classified By: CDA TNAVRATIL FOR REASONS 1.4 (B) AND (D)
Summary
--------------
1. (S) On August 23, Macedonian Ministry of Interior (MOI)
Director of Public Security, Ljupco Todorovski, told us that
according to GOM intelligence sources, at least two of the
criminals who escaped from a Kosovo prison (ref) are in
Macedonia near the border with Kosovo. He also said the
escapees, or their associates, will attend a meeting of
extremists tomorrow (August 24) in the Albanian town of
Kruja. Todorovski said that the GOM has no plan at this time
to attempt to apprehend the convicts they believe are in
Macedonia, but that he will inform us if the MOI decides to
initiate such an operation. End Summary.
MOI Not Planning To Arrest Escapees At This Time
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2. (S) On August 23, Todorovski told RSO and ICITAP Program
Manager that the MOI has received reports from its domestic
intelligence sources that escaped inmates Lirim Jakupi and
Ramadan Shiti, and possibly others, are currently either in
the town of Brodec outside Tetovo, or in the border town of
Tanusevci. He said that the latest intelligence indicates
they are in Tanusevci, where Xhezair Shaqiri, a former
National Democratic Party member of parliament and National
Liberation Army Commander, is located. Todorovski said that
MOI intelligence also indicates that Xhemail Iseini, who
escaped from Macedonian custody on August 21, is also hiding
in Tanusevci. Iseini, who was convicted in 2004 for
terrorist activity in Macedonia, escaped from custody while
attending his mother's funeral.
3. (S) Todorovski also said that the intelligence sources
report that ethnic-Albanian extremists from the region are
planning to meet August 24 in the town of Kruja in Albania.
According to these reports, the escaped convicts, or their
associates, will attend the meeting, where they will discuss
future disruptive activities in the region related to Kosovo
status.
4. (S) Todorovski stressed that, given political
considerations, including the current sensitive nature of
Kosovo discussions, the MOI has no plan at this time to send
police to Tanusevci to try to find and apprehend the
convicts. He promised that the MOI would contact embassy
officials if the GOM's policy changes and they decide to
attempt to arrest the convicts.
NAVRATIL
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR EUR/SCE PPFEUFFER
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/23/2017
TAGS: PGOV KCRM PINR PTER ASEC KV MK
SUBJECT: MACEDONIA: GOM SUSPECTS ESCAPED KOSOVO CRIMINALS
MAY BE IN MACEDONIA
REF: PRISTINA 640
Classified By: CDA TNAVRATIL FOR REASONS 1.4 (B) AND (D)
Summary
--------------
1. (S) On August 23, Macedonian Ministry of Interior (MOI)
Director of Public Security, Ljupco Todorovski, told us that
according to GOM intelligence sources, at least two of the
criminals who escaped from a Kosovo prison (ref) are in
Macedonia near the border with Kosovo. He also said the
escapees, or their associates, will attend a meeting of
extremists tomorrow (August 24) in the Albanian town of
Kruja. Todorovski said that the GOM has no plan at this time
to attempt to apprehend the convicts they believe are in
Macedonia, but that he will inform us if the MOI decides to
initiate such an operation. End Summary.
MOI Not Planning To Arrest Escapees At This Time
-------------- ---
2. (S) On August 23, Todorovski told RSO and ICITAP Program
Manager that the MOI has received reports from its domestic
intelligence sources that escaped inmates Lirim Jakupi and
Ramadan Shiti, and possibly others, are currently either in
the town of Brodec outside Tetovo, or in the border town of
Tanusevci. He said that the latest intelligence indicates
they are in Tanusevci, where Xhezair Shaqiri, a former
National Democratic Party member of parliament and National
Liberation Army Commander, is located. Todorovski said that
MOI intelligence also indicates that Xhemail Iseini, who
escaped from Macedonian custody on August 21, is also hiding
in Tanusevci. Iseini, who was convicted in 2004 for
terrorist activity in Macedonia, escaped from custody while
attending his mother's funeral.
3. (S) Todorovski also said that the intelligence sources
report that ethnic-Albanian extremists from the region are
planning to meet August 24 in the town of Kruja in Albania.
According to these reports, the escaped convicts, or their
associates, will attend the meeting, where they will discuss
future disruptive activities in the region related to Kosovo
status.
4. (S) Todorovski stressed that, given political
considerations, including the current sensitive nature of
Kosovo discussions, the MOI has no plan at this time to send
police to Tanusevci to try to find and apprehend the
convicts. He promised that the MOI would contact embassy
officials if the GOM's policy changes and they decide to
attempt to arrest the convicts.
NAVRATIL