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The court indicted Thaçi, but the 2000 document challenges the Hague version of Behajdin Allaqin: His wife said that Serbian police took him

2026-09-17 10:03:01Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

The court indicted Thaçi, but the 2000 document challenges the Hague

An investigative document from 2000 is bringing the case of the disappearance of Behajdin Allaqi back into the spotlight, one of the cases that the Special Court used in justifying its September 16 verdict against former KLA leaders.

The document contains an important element that must be confronted with the Court's reasoning: Behajdin Allaqi's wife, Nazmije Allaqi, had stated to the authorities that her husband had been taken by the Serbian police.

According to the investigative report, on or about November 21, 2000, Nazmije Allaqi reported that her husband had been missing since June 11, 1998. The case was registered under the number 2001-000512.

In the “Background of Case” section, the document notes that Nazmije Allaqi had reported that her husband had been taken by Serbian police in the village of Drenoc/Drenoc and that she had not seen or heard from him since.

This version contradicts the conclusion that the Trial Panel of the Specialist Chambers made public on 16 September 2026. According to the summary of the judgment announced by Judge Charles Smith, the Court concluded that Hashim Thaçi was personally involved in the unlawful arrest, detention, transfer and murder of Behajdin Allaqi.

In the reasoning read out in court, the Court also linked the case to an earlier conflict. According to the Trial Panel, in 1993 Allaqi had had a serious disagreement with Hashim Thaçi and Azem Syla regarding Shaban Shala, who was suspected by them of being a spy for Serbia.

The Court also stated that, prior to his disappearance, Behajdin Allaqi was under the surveillance of the KLA intelligence service and that Thaçi and Kadri Veseli had requested to be informed about his presence at the KLA headquarters in Drenoc.
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According to the version accepted by the Trial Panel, on or about 11 June 1998, Allaqi left his home and went to the KLA headquarters in Drenoc. The Court found that Thaçi and Veseli arrived later and took Allaqi in handcuffs. He was not seen again and the Trial Panel stated that it was convinced that Allaqi had been killed.

The court also interpreted Communiqué No. 61 of the KLA General Staff, dated November 1, 1998, which stated that Behajdin Allaqi had been martyred in battle. According to the Trial Panel, this communiqué was used as a cover to hide what had happened to him.

But the 2000 document brings a different version from the person closest to Allaq. Two years after his disappearance, his wife told authorities that he had been taken by Serbian police in Drenoc.

This document does not prove, on its own, which of the two versions is correct. It does, however, raise direct questions about the reasoning behind the verdict: Was this report part of the evidence administered in the trial? Did the Court consider Nazmije Allaqi's statement? If so, why did it not consider it credible or decisive? And what evidence convinced the Trial Panel beyond this version given by the wife?

The final answer requires consideration of the full judgment and its evidentiary references, not just the summary read in court. The proceedings were extremely voluminous: The court says it had before it evidence from some 270 witnesses, 5,467 exhibits, and some 29,000 pages of transcripts.

This is where the document could become important in the upcoming legal battle. The defense could examine whether the wife's statement was administered and how it was weighed against the evidence on which the Court based its conclusion about Behajdin Allaqi's fate.

The Specialist Chambers announced the first-instance verdict against Hashim Thaçi, Kadri Veseli, Rexhep Selim and Jakup Krasniqi on 16 September. The trial had started on 3 April 2023 and the evidence phase had been closed in December 2025.

The Allaqi case is now expected to be one of the issues that will be carefully analyzed by the defense teams: on the one hand, the Court's conclusion that Allaqi was taken and killed by KLA members, and on the other hand, the document where his wife reported that her husband was taken by the Serbian police.

The court indicted Thaçi, but the 2000 document challenges the Hague

COURT REASONING:

…“Mr. Thaçi also participated in and encouraged the commission of crimes in various ways, including the following. Through the publication of political communiqués and statements and the use of “special warfare”, Mr. Thaçi expressed tolerance and encouragement for the commission of crimes against opponents. Mr. Thaçi also personally participated in the crimes, including the arrest, detention and interrogation of 13 parliamentarians in Qirez and Baica, the arrest, detention, transfer and unlawful killing of Behajdin Allaqi, and was aware of the arrest and detention of several other persons. With regard to Behajdin Allaqi, the Trial Chamber found that in 1993, Behajdin Allaqi had a serious disagreement with Hashim Thaçi and Azem Syla, who accused him of bringing an alleged spy for Serbia, Shaban Shala, into the ranks of the political movement to which they belonged, thereby placing the members of the movement at great risk. This resulted in Mr. Thaçi took over the role that had been promised to Behajdin Allaqi. The Trial Panel also found that before his disappearance, Behajdin Allaqi had been under the surveillance of the KLA intelligence service. Hashim Thaçi and Kadri Veseli had requested information about his presence at the KLA headquarters in Drenoc/Drenoc. On or about 11 June 1998, Behajdin Allaqi left his home and went to the KLA headquarters in Drenoc/Drenoc. Shortly afterwards, Mr. Thaçi and Kadri Veseli arrived. They took Behajdin Allaqi in handcuffs. Behajdin Allaqi was never seen again and the Trial Panel is satisfied that he was killed. In order to conceal their responsibility, the persons in question took various measures. On 1 November 1998, Communiqué 61 was issued by the KLA General Staff stating that Behajdin Allaqi had been martyred in battle. This was cover that was intended to hide the truth about what had happened to Behajdin Allaqi. Likewise, after the war, Hashim Thaçi, Kadri Veseli and Azem Syla tried to appease the family of Behajdin Allaqi with bribes and promises so that they would give up their search for justice and the truth. It is to the extraordinary merit of the family that they resisted these offers. Shaban Shala was also 24 arrested and mistreated by the KLA in Drenoc. He too was killed in the circumstances described in the Judgment,” said Judge Charles Smith


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