Doubts regarding Serbia’s cooperation with the Hague Tribunal will be removed in February, said Deputy War Crimes Prosecutor Bruno Vekarić.
“The War Crimes Prosecution is in constant contact with the Hague Tribunal Chief Prosecutor Serge Brammertz,†he pointed out.
Serbia has asked Bosnia to extradite Croatian national Tihomir Purda, wanted on a war crimes indictment. Serbian Deputy War Crimes Prosecutor Bruno Vekarić said this office “with regret accepted the decision” of Croatia not to request Purda’s extradition.
Serbian Deputy War Crimes Prosecutor Bruno Vekarić has stated that EULEX has the capacities to investigate the organ trafficking allegations in Kosovo.
He noted, however, that it was questionable whether the EULEX had the courage to do so.
Deputy War Crimes Prosecutor Bruno Vekarić says the Kosovo Albanian PM was threatening witnesses and calling for their lynching. Hashim Thaci announced over the weekend that he would disclose the names of Albanians who helped the Council of Europe (CoE) Rapporteur Dick Marty prepare his report on human organ trafficking, which accuses Thaci and his KLA.
Deputy War Crimes Prosecutor Bruno Vekarić says that Dick Marty’s report is important because it says for the first time that the KLA committed horrible crimes.
“This is information that is upsetting every normal human being in Europe,†he told Novi Sad-based daily Dnevnik.
Deputy War Crimes Prosecutor Bruno Vekarić says that Dick Marty’s report is important because it says for the first time that the KLA committed horrible crimes.
“This is information that is upsetting every normal human being in Europe,†he told Novi Sad-based daily Dnevnik.
Serbia will not indict Kosovo Albanian PM Hashim Thaci because he is beyond reach of the Serbian legal bodies, Deputy War Crimes Prosecutor Bruno Vekarić says.
“If someone is beyond reach of our legal bodies, it is not logical to institute a proceeding since it would be much alike a political trial. Moreover, it would be very difficult to execute justice in the absence of the defendant,†he told daily Blic.
Serbia will not indict Kosovo PM Hashim Thaci because he is beyond reach of the Serbian legal bodies, Deputy War Crimes Prosecutor Bruno Vekarić says.
“If someone is beyond reach of our legal bodies, it is not logical to institute a proceeding since it would be much alike a political trial. Moreover, it would be very difficult to execute justice in the absence of the defendant,†he told daily Blic.
Deputy War Crimes Prosecutor Bruno Vekarić Hague Chief Prosecutor Serge Brammertz will base his report on whether two remaining indictees have been arrested.
The report is important for Serbia’s application for accession in the European Union, but the arrest of Mladić, who is indicted for the murder of 8,000 people and who costs Serbia EUR 160 per capita, is also a moral obligation, Vekarić told B92 in Belgrade on Tuesday.
Deputy Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor Bruno Vekarić saya that the inability of Serbia to arrest fugitive Ratko Mladić costs Serbia more than EUR 1bn a year. This money is lost investments and EU access funds, he explained.
The Serbian War Crimes Prosecution has yet to decide on whether it would be appealing the decision of a London court not to extradite Ejup Ganić to Belgrade.
Deputy Prosecutor Bruno Vekarić said that he does not have any information on when the appeal would be filed, stating that it depends on the suggestions of the English prosecution that is representing Serbia in the case.
The Serbian War Crimes Prosecution will be deciding on whether to appeal a London court’s decision not to extradite Ejup Ganić to Serbia. Deputy War Crimes Prosecutor Bruno Vekarić said that the decision would be made through an agreement with the British prosecution that represented Serbia in the case.
Deputy Prosecutor for War Crimes Bruno Vekarić said that the defense in the Ejup Ganić trial is trying to turn the case into a political one. The London court in which the case is being tried will decide in 10 days on Serbia’s demand to have the former wartime member of the Bosnian presidency extradited to stand trial in Belgrade.
Deputy Serbian Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor Bruno Vekarić announced “new blows to the (criminal) undergroundâ€. At the same time, he assessed that mafia in Serbia and Croatia were now weaker then ever.
Deputy War Crimes Prosecutor Bruno Vekarić says there will be a meeting with EULEX on suspected mass grave near Raška. Vekarić said that he believes that charges could be pressed against unnamed persons based on the information that has been exchanged.
Deputy War Crime Prosecutor Bruno Vekarić says the arrest of Sabit Geci in PriÅ¡tina yesterday is the result of “excellent cooperation with EULEXâ€. Vekarić clarified that the ethnic Albanian was indicted in the case of human organ trafficking, the so-called Yellow House case, and for the crimes committed in the Drenica region.
The Serbian War Crimes Prosecution has received the lists of persons indicted or convicted of war crimes in absentia in Croatia. Serbian Deputy War Crimes Prosecutor Bruno Vekarić confirmed this for Tanjug on Wednesday.
Deputy War Crimes Prosecutor Bruno Vekarić says Dragan Vasiljković aka Captain Dragan is not in Serbia. Vasiljković has a warrant was issued for him by Australia and Croatia, and Vekarić added that if he was found in the country, the Serbian prosecution could institute proceedings against him for war crimes he is charged with by the Croatian judiciary.
Two men suspected of commiting crimes against civilians in the Ćuska village in Kosovo in 1999 have been arrested and several others have been located. One suspect was arrested in Sweden and the other in Kragujevac, central Serbia, Deputy War Crimes Prosecutor Bruno Vekarić said.
Deputy War Crimes Prosecutor Bruno Vekarić says that the prosecution is carrying out several new investigations and that 2010 will be a year of new cases. Vekarić said that the War Crimes Prosecution was intensively investigating and gathering information in several locations but he did not want to state what the probes concerned.
