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December 2009
INVESTIGATION LAUNCHED AGAINST FIVE SUSPECTS IN BELI
MANASTIR CASE
Upon an order issued by the Serbian War
Crimes Prosecutor, officers of the Serbian Ministry of the
Interior (MUP) have arrested four out of a total of five
individuals
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14
December 2009
PROSECUTOR BRINGS CHARGES AGAINST DUŠKO KESAR FOR A PRIJEDOR
WAR CRIME
The Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor has raised
an indictment against Duško Kesar (46), on suspicion of
involvement in a war crime
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8
December 2009
WAR CRIMES PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE MAINTAINS EFFECTIVE
COMMUNICATION WITH SERBIA’S CITIZENS
The latest opinion poll conducted by the
agency Ipsos Strategic Pulse in cooperation with the OSCE
Mission to Serbia and the Belgrade Human Rights Centre has
shown that 65% of Serbia’s citizens are acquainted with the
activities of the Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor’s Office,
whereas 56% of them have expressed a positive opinion of its
work.
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(THE OVERALL RESULTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH VERSION)
7
December 2009
NENAD MALIĆ SENTENCED TO 13 YEARS IN PRISON
The Belgrade District Court’s War Crimes
Chamber has found defendant Nenad MALIĆ (48) guilty and
SENTENCED HIM TO 13 YEARS IN PRISON for a war crime against
civilian population, which occurred in Stari Majdan
(municipality Sanski Most, BH) in 1992.
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6
November 2009
PROSECUTOR REQUESTS INVESTIGATION AGAINST SIX SUSPECTS FOR A
WAR CRIME IN ZVORNIK AREA (VILLAGES SKOČIĆ, MALEŠIĆ,
PETKOVCI AND DRINJAČA)
In a motion made to the investigative judge
of the Belgrade District Court’s War Crimes Chamber, the
Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor has requested investigation
against six individuals
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5
November 2009
VUKČEVIĆ – BRAMMERTZ MEETING: HIGH LEVEL OF MUTUAL
UNDERSTANDING
Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor Vladimir
Vukčević received yesterday Mr. Serge Brammertz, the Chief
Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the
Former Yugoslavia (ICTY).
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6
October 2009
WAR CRIMES PROSECUTOR BRINGS INDICTMENT FOR MEDAK CRIME
The Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor has raised
an indictment against five Serbian citizens
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5
October 2009
SERBIAN AND CROATIAN PROSECUTORS JOINTLY LOOK INTO
ALLEGATIONS OF STAJIĆEVO AND BEGEJCI WAR CRIMES
The Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor is probing
into the allegations of a crime report against FNU LNU
persons, which was filed in May 2008 by the association
Vukovar 1991.
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28 September 2009
VERDICT TO ILIJA JURIŠIĆ ESTABLISHES JUDICIAL TRUTH ABOUT
THE TUZLA CRIME OF MAY 1992
Office of the War Crimes Prosecutor will not
forget a single soldier perished in Tuzla.
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22 September 2009
IN THE BYTYQI BROTHERS CASE, THE WAR CRIMES CHAMBER’S
DECISION TO ACQUIT POPOVIĆ AND STOJANOVIĆ PENDING APPEAL,
THE PROSECUTOR SAYS
The Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor is not satisfied with the
judgment rendered by the Belgrade District Court’s War
Crimes Chamber on the Bytyqi Brothers case, and is therefore
going to lodge an appeal with the Serbian Supreme Court ...
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21 September 2009
PROSECUTION PRESENTS ITS CLOSING ARGUMENT IN THE TUZLA
CONVOY CASE (ILIJA JURIŠIĆ)
Presenting its final argument at the trial of Ilija Jurišić
in a case known as the Tuzla Convoy, the Serbian War Crimes
Prosecutor’s Office proposed that the War Crimes Chamber
find the defendant guilty and sentence him in accordance
with the law, given that all basic elements of the criminal
offence – recognized by article 148 (use of impermissible
means of combat) of the SFRY Criminal Code – had been proved
beyond doubt.
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17 September 2009
PROSECUTOR LODGES APPEAL AGAINST FIRST-INSTANCE VERDICT IN
THE SUVA REKA CASE
In his motion to the Serbian Supreme Court, the Serbian War
Crimes Prosecutor has lodged an appeal against the judgment
rendered by the Belgrade District Court’s War Crimes Chamber
on the Suva Reka case, for a war crime against 50 Albanian
civilians that took place on 26 March 1999.
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16 September 2009
PROSECUTION PRESENTS ITS FINAL ARGUMENTS IN THE BYTYQI
BROTHERS CASE
As the trial of Sreten POPOVIĆ and Miloš
STOJANOVIĆ in the Bytyqi Brothers case is drawing to an end,
the prosecution presented its final arguments before the War
Crimes Chamber presided by Judge Vesko Krstajić, requesting
that the two be found guilty and duly punished. According to
the Prosecutor’s charges, POPOVIĆ and STOJANOVIĆ acted as
co-perpetrators in a war crime against war prisoners Illy,
Agron and Mehmet Bytyqi, which took place in Petrovo Selo in
1999.
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8 July 2009
NENAD MALIĆ INDICTED FOR A WAR CRIME IN STARI MAJDAN
The Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor has issued an indictment
against Nenad MALIĆ (48) from Bečej, for involvement in a
war crime against civilian population that took place in
village Stari Majdan (Sanski Most municipality, BH) in 1992.
At the time member of the 6th Krajina Brigade – part of the
BH Serbian Republic’s Army, MALIĆ allegedly killed two
Muslim civilians, and tried to kill a third one, in front of
a local café on 21 December 1992.
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2 July 2009
OFFICE OF THE PROSECUTOR OF THE ICTY WELCOMES LIAISON
PROSECUTORS FROM BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA, CROATIA AND SERBIA
TO THE TRIBUNAL
According to the latest information issued by the ICTY
Prosecutor’s Office (OTP), Prosecutor Serge Brammertz
welcomed colleagues from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and
Serbia who have arrived in The Hague where, for the next six
months, they will be working side by side with staff in the
Tribunal’s Office of the Prosecutor. The Serbian War Crimes
Prosecutor’s Office has designated its Secretary General,
Mr. Bojan Lapčević, as participant in the OTP training
programme.
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26 June 2009
PROSECUTOR BRINGS CHARGES AGAINST GNJILANE GROUP
The Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor has issued an indictment
against 17 individuals – members of the so-called ‘Gnjilane
Group’, which operated as part of the Kosovo Liberation Army
(UCK) – for a war crime against civilian population
committed in the area of Gnjilane in the period between June
and September 1999. As a result of the said criminal event,
at least 52 Serbs, Roma and Albanians were brutally killed,
whereas a great number of women fell victim to rapes.
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23 June 2009
FOR OVČARA WAR CRIME, SIRETA RECEIVES MAXIMUM SENTENCE
The Belgrade District Court’s War Crimes Chamber presided by
Judge Vesko Krstajić has sentenced Damir SIRETA to 20 years
in prison – which is a statutory maximum – for involvement
in a war crime against 200 (193 identified) war prisoners of
Croat nationality, which took place at the Ovčara farm near
Vukovar in 1991.
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19 June 2009
Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor and BH Prosecutor Meet for
Official Talks
Dubrovnik, 12 June 2009
Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor Vladimir Vukčević and BH
Prosecutor Milorad Barašin met in Dubrovnik earlier this
month, in order to discuss ways of promoting their two
Offices’ cooperation in ongoing cases.
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PLATFORM OF
BASIC PRINCIPLES OF COOPERATION BETWEEN THE REPUBLIC OF
SERBIA’S WAR CRIMES PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE AND BH STATE
PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE
18 June 2009
VERDICTS PASSED IN THE PODUJEVO WAR CRIME CASE
The Belgrade District Court’s War Crimes Chamber presided by
Judge Snežana Nikolić-Garotić has pronounced 20-year
sentences to Željko ĐUKIĆ, Dragan MEDIĆ and Dragan
BOROJEVIĆ, and a 15-year sentence to Miodrag ŠOLAJA, for a
war crime against 19 Albanian civilians – women and children
of the Bogojevci and Duriqi families, which took place in
Podujevo on 28 March 1999.
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12 June 2009
VUKČEVIĆ AND BARAŠIN MEET TO DISCUSS PROMOTING COOPERATION
Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor Vladimir Vukčević and BH Chief
Prosecutor Milorad Barašin met in Dubrovnik earlier today,
in order to draft the two Offices’ common platform of
preventing impunity for war crimes perpetrators.
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27 May 2009
BORO TRBOJEVIĆ SENTENCED TO 10 YEARS FOR A WAR CRIME IN
VELIKA PERATOVICA
The Belgrade District Court’s War Crimes Chamber has
sentenced Boro TRBOJEVIĆ to 10 years in prison, for
involvement in a war crime against civilians, which took
place in the area of Grubišno Polje, Croatia, in the period
between late August and late October 1991.
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27 April 2009
U.S. supports WCPO
efforts, Ambassador says
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Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor Vladimir Vukčević received
Cameron Munter, the U.S. Ambassador to Serbia, in an
official visit earlier today. The issues discussed during
the meeting included the ongoing war crimes proceedings,
current investigations, regional cooperation and cooperation
between Serbia and the U.S.A. in war crimes prosecutions.
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13 April 2009
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Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor Vladimir Vukčević received Mr.
Jovan Elezar, President of the Jewish Municipality, and Mr.
Avram Izrael, President of the Supervising Committee, in an
official visit earlier today. During the meeting, Prosecutor
Vukčević informed the Jewish officials that Serbia was going
to request the extradition of Peter Egner from the United
States. Egner (87) is suspected of involvement in acts of
genocide and war crimes against civilians – mostly Jews –
which took place in Belgrade during World War II.
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6 April 2009
AS THE SUVA REKA TRIAL APPROACHES END, PROSECUTION PRESENTS
CLOSING ARGUMENTS
Nobody stopped the criminals going on rampage against their
neighbours of different language and religion.
Giving his closing arguments in the Suva Reka case, the War
Crimes Prosecutor requested that seven defendants – members
of formations that included the Special Police Units (PJP),
local active and reserve police forces of Suva Reka, State
Security Services and Territorial Defence – be pronounced
guilty of the crime against 48 Albanian civilians committed
in Suva Reka (Kosovo and Metohija) on 26 March 1999.
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23 March 2009
VLADIMIR VUKČEVIĆ AND SLOBODAN RADOVANOVIĆ HEADING SERBIAN
DELEGATION AT A PROSECUTORS’ WORLD SUMMIT IN BUCHAREST
Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor Vladimir Vukčević has left for
Bucharest today, in order to attend the World Summit of
General, Public and Chief Prosecutors which is taking place
in the Romanian capital from 23 to 25 March.
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22 March 2009
IN AN OFFICIAL UNMIK DELIVERY, PROSECUTOR RECEIVES A REPORT
ON THE ’YELLOW HOUSE’ WITH ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTS
The United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo
(UNMIK) has provided Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor Vladimir
Vukčević with documents related to investigations into
alleged organs trafficking during the 1999 conflicts.
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18 and 19 March 2009
Serbia fully
cooperates with the ICTY, Prosecutor Vukčević says in
Brussels
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Serbia has achieved full cooperation with the Hague
Tribunal, estimated Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor Vladimir
Vukčević at a meeting with European Commissioner Olli Rehn
in Brussels.
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SPEECH OF WAR CRIMES PROSECUTOR VLADIMIR VUKČEVIĆ
14 March 2009
LISTS OF SUSPECTS BEAR LITTLE RELEVANCE TO WAR CRIMES
PROSECUTIONS
Since 31 January 2007, the War Crimes Prosecutor’s Office
has been handling a war crime case, which has resulted in
recent detentions of four policemen – members of the Serbian
MUP force – suspected of involvement in war crimes in Kosovo
and Metohija during 1998 and 1999.
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13 March 2009
PROSECUTOR REQUESTS INVESTIGATION AGAINST FIVE FORMER
SPECIAL POLICE MEMBERS
In the aftermath of the Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor’s
request lodged with an investigative judge of the Belgrade
District Court’s War Crimes Chamber, investigation is
expected against five former members of the 37th Detachment
– part of the Special Police Units (PJP), on suspicion of
involvement in the criminal acts recognized as war crimes
against civilian population and war crimes against prisoners
of war.
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5 March 2009
PROSECUTOR VLADIMIR VUKČEVIĆ MEETS THEO JACOBS, THE EULEX
CHIEF PROSECUTOR
Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor Vladimir Vukčević received in
his office Mr. Theo Jacobs, the EULEX Chief Prosecutor, in
an official visit earlier today.
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4 March 2009
PROSECUTION LODGES APPEAL AGAINST SENTENCE IMPOSED ON
ALEKSANDAR MEDIĆ (“SCORPIONS“)
The Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor has filed an appeal with
the Serbian Supreme Court, against the decision rendered by
the Belgrade District Court’s War Crimes Chamber sentencing
Aleksandar Medić to five years in prison for assistance in a
war crime against civilian population.
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4 March 2009
Vladimir Vukčević
and Bruno Vekarić come top on the list of the most
communicative persons, a Pragma survey reveals
According to a survey conducted by agency Pragma, Vladimir
Vukčević, the War Crimes Prosecutor, and Bruno Vekarić, the
Senior Adviser to the Prosecutor and WCPO Spokesperson, have
for the third time been awarded the title of the “most
communicative state officials“.
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26 February 2009
PROSECUTOR REQUESTS INVESTIGATION AGAINST EJUP GANIĆ AND
OTHERS
In a motion filed with an investigative judge of the
Belgrade District Court’s War Crimes Chamber, the Serbian
War Crimes Prosecutor has requested investigation into case
ref. KTRZ 14/08 against 19 individuals suspected of
involvement in crimes that took place in Sarajevo on 2 and 3
May 1992.
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28 January 2009
PROSECUTOR OPENS FINAL ARGUMENTS AT A NEW TRIAL AGAINST
ALEKSANDAR MEDIĆ (“SCORPIONS“)
In his final arguments at a new trial against Aleksandar
Medić, member of the paramilitary unit Scorpions charged
with a war crime against six Muslim civilians in Trnovo (BH)
in July 1995, the Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor demanded a
severe penalty for the defendant, which should be “much
closer to the statutory maximum than to the statutory
minimum“.
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20 January 2009
PROSECUTION OPENS ITS FINAL ARGUMENT IN THE OVČARA CASE
In the Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor’s final argument at a
repeated trial of eighten individuals charged with
involvement in a war crime committed at the Ekonomija farm
outside Vukovar, the Court was urged to pronounce the
indictees guilty and sentence them in accordance with the
law, taking into consideration the level of each indictee’s
individual responsibility.
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