New Kosova Report

UNMIK admits uncontrolled goods enter from Serbia

Friday, 07 March 2008

UNMIK

In the absence of customs control at the border posts between Kosovo and Serbia, officials from UNMIK and Kosovo institutions have admitted that uncontrolled goods are entering Kosovo. UNMIK Pillar IV Spokesperson Mechthild Henneke is quoted as saying that there are goods that come from Serbia unchecked even though there are police officers there, adding that they are not customs officials. “Police and KFOR are not customs,” Henneke said.

KPS Spokesperson Veton Elshani said that in cases when suspected goods enter points where the customs do not function, the trucks carrying the goods are required to be checked at customs in the south.

UNMIK Spokesperson Russell Geekie said the main priority at the two border posts in the north had been to re-establish security, adding that a lot of work is being done in order to return the customs to those border posts.