PRISTINA (Reuters) - Italy's embassy in Kosovo faced a growing scandal on Friday over sales of Schengen visas for thousands of euros, with prosecutors and defence lawyers saying at least two embassy employees were implicated in a scam allegedly led by the son of Kosovo's late independence leader, Ibrahim Rugova.
Uke Rugova, a member of parliament from the ruling coalition, was among 10 people arrested by European Union police on Wednesday on suspicion of organised crime in the sale of much-coveted visas to Europe's borderless Schengen zone.
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