The Basic Prosecutor’s Office in Prizren, Department of Serious Crimes, has filed an indictment against S.D., due to the well-founded suspicion that he committed the criminal offense of “Smuggling with migrants”, while B.D., and A.F, due to the well-founded suspicion that they were complicit, have committed the criminal offense, Gazeta e Prizren reports.

“Smuggling with migrants” from Article 164, paragraph 1, related to article 31 of the penal code of the Republic of Kosovo.
According to the indictment, on September 23, 2025, in the vicinity of the Vërmica border crossing, specifically at the bridge in the village of Shkozë, S.D. organized and directed the actions for the smuggling of 10 migrants, all citizens of Egypt, who had illegally crossed the Kosovo-Albania border.

The accused S.D. had rented a vehicle, which he then handed over to them. B.D., and A.F., in order for the latter to carry out the transport of migrants from the area of Vërmica towards the Kosovo-Serbia border point. In order to achieve this goal, the defendants had gone towards the border area, while S.D. had communicated with B.D., and had instructed him about the place and time to wait for the migrants.

At around 01:50, B.D. and A.F. had stopped their vehicle in the emergency lane of the highway, near the bridge in the village of Shkozë, where the migrants had been waiting. When the police officers approached, 10 people were observed lying on the ground near the vehicle, who had illegally crossed the border and were waiting to be transported further.

According to the indictment, the 10 migrants had paid a total of 25,000 euros for the journey from their country of origin to Serbia.
The suspected actions were interrupted by the police officers, in which case B.D. and A.F. were detained, while S.D. left the scene after noticing the police intervention.

The prosecutor of the case, when the indictment was filed, proposed to the court that after holding the judicial review, administration and evaluation of the evidence, the aforementioned defendant, for the criminal offense for which are accused, found guilty and punished according to the law.

Source: prizrenpost