On September 11, Kosovo’s Special Prosecution indicted Hysri Selimi on charges of espionage, accusing him of working for Serbia’s Intelligence and Security Agency, BIA. Selimi is alleged to have supplied sensitive information about Kosovo’s security, war history, and extremist religious networks in exchange for payments from Serbian intelligence.

The indictment notes that during interrogation, Selimi admitted to all the allegations made by the prosecution, stating that his primary motivation was financial and that he did not intend to harm Kosovo’s national interests. He said he initially began passing information to BIA in 2009, receiving around 100 euros per report, and that these reports were mostly based on open-source data about KLA leaders.

According to the indictment, Selimi allegedly collaborated with BIA from November 2009 until his arrest on May 6, 2025. 

According to the indictment, Selimi gathered and delivered sensitive information to Serbian intelligence, including “data on religious radicalism in Kosovo, senior figures of the Kosovo Liberation Army, KLA, war-time killings, and the number of Kosovans who joined or returned from the Islamic State in Syria, ISIS.”

Selimi, who had previously served a prison sentence in Kosovo for participation in terrorist organisations, reportedly traveled to Syria in late 2015, where he joined ISIS. 

The indictment also stated that, after returning and serving time in prison, he allegedly resumed contact with BIA officials in Serbia, including meeting with the agency’s Counterterrorism officials.

Prosecutors claim that Selimi supplied BIA with detailed intelligence, including the number of ethnic Albanians who joined ISIS, their organisation, and areas of operation in Syria. He was reportedly paid up to 700 euros per month for providing such information.

To support the espionage charges, the Special Prosecution presented several pieces of evidence, including detailed records of Selimi’s border crossings between Kosovo and Serbia. These showed that he often returned illegally—on foot or in private vehicles—after traveling to Serbia under the guise of a regular bus passenger. These cross-border trips allegedly occurred frequently and were often completed within the same day.

The indictment also includes video surveillance obtained through covert measures. In one instance, Selimi was observed travelling from his apartment to Dheu i Bardhë, the eastern crossing point with Serbia.

This case is one of several recent espionage investigations involving suspected collaboration with Serbian intelligence services. 

On September 4, the Special Prosecution of Kosovo filed an indictment against Jelena Djukanovic on charges of espionage, alleging that as an official of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo she had been distributing sensitive documents and information to BIA for an unspecified period of time before her arrest on February 28, 2025.

In June, the Basic Court in Prishtina sentenced Aleksandar Vlajic to five years in prison after he pleaded guilty to spying for BIA.

Meanwhile, two other suspects—Bedri Shabani and Muharrem Qerimi—are currently on trial at the Basic Court in Prishtina. During a court session in March, they both pleaded not guilty to charges of having shared information with BIA about Kosovo’s security institutions, the KLA, and the Recak massacre.