
On March 3, 2010 Ministry of Justice in support of Police of the Republic of Kosovo, extradited a Belgian citizen, Peter De Vos, from Kosovo to Belgium.
The handover of De Vos from the Kosovo Police officials to representatives of the Belgian state police, was conducted in Pristina International Airport, on March 3, 2010 at 16:30 min.
De Vos, born on August 7 1980, with the last residence in Gent, Belgium was arrested by Kosovo police on December 18, 2009, based on an international wanted notice issued by Belgian Interpol, on suspicion that De Vos has committed a criminal offense of sexual exploitation of children under the age of 16 years in, the territory of the Belgian state, in violation of Articles 373 and 374 of the Criminal Code of Belgium, and punishable with Criminal Law applicable in the Republic of Kosovo.
On December 24, 2009, Pristina District Court has confirmed that are met all legal conditions for extradition of defendant to Belgium.
In accordance with this, the Ministry of Justice on January 27, 2010 , in accordance with the provisions of the Criminal Procedure Code has permitted the extradition of De Vos from Kosovo to Belgium.