Javier Monjas - 13/01/2011 - 10:43 AM GMT+01:00
A surgeon charged with a role in the alleged trafficking of human organs in Kosovo has been arrested and bailed in his native Turkey (...). Charges against them include human organ trafficking and the unlawful exercise of medical activities.
Dr Sonmez is said to have previously denied organ trafficking.
The EU prosecutor in charge of the case, Jonathan Ratel, described him as a "key surgical participant" in operations performed at a private clinic on the outskirts of the Kosovan capital, Pristina.
The Turkish judge has less than two weeks to decide if the case against him will move to a trial, the Associated Press news agency reports from Istanbul.
A number of other suspects in the Medicus case were arrested earlier in Kosovo. All pleaded not guilty.
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