Kosovo Police lieutenant Bojan Jevtiq, accused of espionage, has reached a plea agreement with the Special Prosecution.
This was confirmed by Judge Kushtrim Shyti, who stated that today’s hearing at the Basic Court concerns the review of the plea agreement.
Jevtiq, who has been suspended from the Police, is accused in the indictment of sending confidential and secret documents to Serbia through internet communication platforms, according to the Special Prosecution’s indictment.
The indictment states that he transmitted the documents to Serbia’s Security and Intelligence Agency (BIA) and that his actions seriously endangered Kosovo’s security, for which the prosecution requested punishment under paragraph 6 of Article 124 of the Criminal Code, which foresees a sentence ranging from 10 years to life imprisonment.
“From an unspecified period until July 17, 2025, respectively until the moment of his arrest, the defendant [redacted], in the capacity of a police officer with the rank of lieutenant and serving as Chief of Operations Sector at the Border Police Station [redacted], intentionally and continuously collected, secured, and transmitted official information and documents classified as ‘Confidential’ and ‘Secret,’ related to the security and constitutional order of the Republic of Kosovo,” the indictment against Bojan Jevtiq states, reports Koha.
According to the Special Prosecution, Jevtiq sent the BIA information that endangered the lives of officials from Kosovo’s security institutions as well as citizens.
The indictment emphasizes that the messaging applications WhatsApp and Telegram were used to transmit state secrets to a BIA official with the codename “Qira,” with whom he also met physically on several occasions in Belgrade.
“Through these actions, although fully aware of the classified nature of the documents and the possible consequences, the defendant seriously undermined national security, the constitutional order, and the functioning of the institutions of the Republic of Kosovo, while directly endangering the lives and security of state officials and its citizens,” the indictment states.
Former Kosovo police officer Aleksandar Vlajiq was convicted of espionage in Kosovo last year after pleading guilty. This year, OSCE official Jelena Gjukanoviq was also convicted in a first-instance ruling and sentenced to six years in prison.
Meanwhile, the trials of Muharrem Qerimi, Bedri Shabani, and Hysri Selimi are ongoing.
Fatmir Sheholli, who was part of Serbia’s State Security during the 1990s, also remains in detention on suspicion of espionage.
