PRISTINA, Kosovo, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- An uncle of Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci is under investigation by the European Union for alleged connections to a convicted hit man.
The investigation is part of a larger-reaching mission by the EU to investigate organized crime and corruption within the southeastern European country.
The announcement of the investigation came after the EU came under fire for not targeting senior politicians as part of the mission.
Thaci's maternal uncle, Azem Syla, is accused of working with Nazim Bllaca, who confessed on video to killing political opponents for the governing Democratic Party of Kosovo. Bllaca said he did so under direction from Syla.
Syla and nine other people are under investigation as a result of the video confession, which was filmed in November 2009.
