‘Forgotten Recordings’: Criminal Investigations in Kosovo Often Use Unlawful Wiretapping of Suspects
Court monitors discovered several cases where Kosovo institutions violated the law on surveillance by illegally wiretapping citizens during criminal investigations. Murat Mehmeti, a tax inspector in Kosovo, was wiretapped for several months in 2016 by the country’s Special Prosecution. The surveillance ultimately proved Mehmeti’s innocence, but the prosecutor handling the case failed to inform him…