8 | Acquisition International, Expert Witness Awards 2024 Best Southeast Europe Country of Origin Reports Specialist 2024 Vebi Kosumi LLB, LLM is the visionary behind Alb & Kos, specialising in providing expert Country of Origin Information (COI) such as reports to people in the Western Balkan countries, primarily Albania and Kosova, but also North Macedonia, Montenegro, and Serbia. Across this one-man operation, Vebi works closely with solicitors who, in turn, enquire and provide detailed instructions to their clients, many of whom are facing removal, extradition, or deportation to the above countries. Contact: Vebi Kosumi LLB, LLM Alb & Kos Web Address: https://www.albkos.co.uk An international lawyer and political scientist based in Kent, England – Vebi Kosumi LLB, LLM leverages decades of experience in the field of COI and research across such areas as public law, international private law, terrorism, international human rights law, and immigration law. Having previously been OISC (Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner) accredited for ten years, Vebi’s expertise spans everything from human trafficking and modern slavery to political persecution and torture. Some highlights of Vebi’s storied career include having written more than 250 expert reports for immigration tribunals, extradition courts, and the UK Crown Court. Beyond this, Vebi has also appeared as an expert witness in all of the above settings. This has been made possible thanks to the law degree (LLB) from the University of Prishtina, Kosova and the Master of Law (LLM) in international law that Vebi received from the University of Kent, UK. These prestigious qualifications set the wheels in motion for the mastery that would follow over subsequent decades. The majority of the clients that Vebi takes on are asylum seekers whom the Home Office is attempting to return to their countries of origin, meaning that his work has an effect on an international level. Vebi speaks fluent Albanian, Serbian, Croatian, and Bosnian alongside English, which is useful when obtaining insight from Western Balkans clients, particularly Albanian and Kosovar clients. This is just one of the elements that put him firmly ahead of regional country-of-origin experts. He has contributed significantly to his professional advancement, having been accredited as a member of the Academy of Experts since 2020. Further distinguishing Vebi Kosumi LLB, LLM is that he ensures that a solicitor thoroughly checks every of his country’s expert reports, and he always requests detailed feedback. The reports that this expert provides are consistently excellent, corresponding with the five-fold increase in demand for his services that has been experienced over the past few years; this is predominantly on the back of the government seeking to resolve the backlog of asylum claims that has been building up in recent years. Despite the considerable increase in demand experienced by existing and prospective Alb & Kos customers, Vebi has not been able to increase the production of his reports, as this undertaking will be impossible without sacrificing the quality that he has become renowned for in this increasingly challenging field of expertise. His work depends almost solely on the strength of his name, his experience, and his results, and Vebi is unwilling to compromise on any of these areas as he looks ahead to the future. This does not diminish Alb & Kos’s reliable and professional service for every client; however, it does reflect the quality of the reports that can be expected for a country expert report. Vebi remains easily contactable by email and is aware of the challenging times that his clients are experiencing. In short, the quality country expert reports for asylum, extradition, and crime that Vebi Kosumi LLB, LLM provides clients across the Western Balkans through Alb & Kos have the power to change lives for the better. The quality that Vebi embodies regularly can be seen further in this extract from a recent tribunal hearing at which he was an expert witness: “Mr Kosumi’s report runs to 57 pages. The bibliography alone runs to seven pages. His report was not challenged in cross-examination.” An asset to the field, it is our pleasure to recognise Vebi Kosumi LLB, LLM, as the Best Southeast Europe Country of Origin Reports Specialist 2024. Through Alb & Kos, this professional put his more than two decades of experience to good use, and his unwavering commitment to setting the highest standards will continue to stand him and his business in good stead for many years to come.
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