The Prishtina Basic Court sentenced Hysri Selimi on Monday to six years’ imprisonment for espionage for feeding information on religious radicalisation and former members of the Kosovo Liberation Army to Serbia’s intelligence agency, BIA.

Selimi pleaded not guilty last September for working for BIA although he confirmed during the trial that he had met with BIA agents, claiming that he was actually a double agent.

According to the prosecution, Selimi was paid to collect and provide information to Serbian intelligence about religious radicalism in Kosovo, the number of people who participated in ISIS and returnees to Kosovo from the wars in Syria.

The indictment alleged that Selimi was recruited by BIA in November 2009 and remained active until his arrest in May 2025. He was provided with three smartphones, financial resources and promised a house as compensation for his work.

The indictment also stated that he went to Syria in 2015 to join the so-called Islamic State with a mission from Serbian intelligence to collect data on Kosovo Albanians in Syria.

Selimi continued his espionage activities after his return from Syria when he was repatriated to Kosovo in 2022, it was alleged. According to the prosecution, Selimi was paid a monthly fee of 700 euros.

Monday’s verdict can be appealed.

In a separate trial in 2022, Pristina Basic Court in 2022 found Selimi guilty of terrorism charges and sentenced him to four years and eight months in prison.

The prosecution claims that after he finished his sentence for terrorism, he returned to work for BIA.

Selimi also provided information to BIA regarding the activities of former KLA members and murders during the 1998-99 Kosovo war, according to the indictment.

This is the fourth espionage sentence issued by the Pristina Basic Court since June 2025.

In May, the court sentenced Kosovo Police lieutenant Bojan Jevtic to six years’ imprisonment for espionage. Jevtic was found guilty of leaking information about the Kosovo police to BIA.

In April, the court sentenced Jelena Djukanovic, an employee of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, to six years’ imprisonment for spying for Serbia by providing internal OSCE information related to the situation mainly in the four Serb-majority municipalities in the north of Kosovo.

In June 2025, the court sentenced Aleksandar Vlajic to five years’ imprisonment for espionage as BIA’s resident agent.