The Serbian War Crimes Prosecution has called for start of investigative activities on discovering a mass grave site.
The suspected location is near the town of Raška in southern Serbia.
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Mass grave investigated near Raška
May 10th, 2010 |
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The Serbian War Crimes Prosecution believes that it has the location of a mass grave containing the bodies of ethnic Albanians. 250 bodies are believed to have been buried near the southwestern town of Raška.
Prosecution receives lists of Serbs convicted in Croatia
May 5th, 2010 |
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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.
Bosnian official wants apology from VukÄević
April 16th, 2010 |
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Bosnia-Herzegovina Court President Medžida Kreso asked for a public apology from Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor Vladimir VukÄević. Kreso said she asked for apology for what she described as “using lies” made in public by irresponsible politicians.
Prosecutor sees Ganić trial in Serbia
April 15th, 2010 |
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Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor Vladimir VukÄević says it is “possible, and even highly likely” that Ejup Ganić will be tried in Serbia. “Serbia’s request for extradition is valid in terms of procedure. It was adopted by the UK Home Secretary and the extradition process to Serbia was launched before a London court. There is only one request for Ganić’s extradition and that is the one that Serbia filed,†VukÄević said for the Belgrade-based daily Danas.
London court releases Ganić on bail
March 11th, 2010 |
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A court in London has released Ejup Ganić, previously arrested in the UK on a Serbian war crimes warrant, on bail today. Ganić was a wartime Muslim member of the Presidency of Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Ganić arrested, in custody until March 29
March 2nd, 2010 |
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Former Muslim member of the war-time Bosnian Presidency Ejup Ganić has been arrested and remanded in prison in London. Ganić will be detained until March 29. He was arrested on a Serbian war crimes warrant.
Prosecutor: Serbia not hiding Mladić
February 25th, 2010 |
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Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor Vladimir VukÄević denied allegations that Serbia was protecting Gen. Ratko Mladić, Beta reports. Mladić is the former military leader of Bosnia’s Serbs and has been indicted by the Hague Tribunal for genocide against non-Serbs in Bosnia-Herzegovina.
War crimes prosecutor: Hague is intriguing topic
February 24th, 2010 |
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Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor Vladimir VukÄević stated that the topic of the Hague Tribunal legacy was “very intriguing.“ “Here is the meeting of representatives from the whole region, it’s very temperamental. It is designed so the panelists, those were Judge Patrick Robinson, Chief Prosecutor Serge Brammertz and several others now, are directly answering questions. The questions are quite provocative, atmosphere in the hall is overheated, there are many a lot interruptions,†he said.
Justice officials to sign memorandum in Canada
February 18th, 2010 |
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Serbian Justice Minister Snežana Malović and Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor Vladimir VukÄević are in Canada for a three-day visit. On Thursday they will discuss the promotion of cooperation, particularly in processing war crimes cases, with Canadian Attorney General Robert Nicholson.
War crimes prosecutor on Hague archives
January 20th, 2010 |
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Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor Vladimir VukÄević says that he does not support the transfer of the Hague Tribunal’s archives to Sarajevo. He also spoke against such a transfer to any other place in former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRJ).
VukÄević, Marty on Kosovo organ trade case
December 22nd, 2009 |
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Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor Vladimir VukÄević has meet with CoE Parliamentary Assembly Rapporteur Dick Marty in Zurich, Switzerland. VukÄević informed Marty about the latest findings of his office in the Kosovo organ trade case, the prosecution said in a statement in Belgrade on Tuesday.
War crime charges against former RS police officer
December 14th, 2009 |
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A former member of Republic of Srpska police has been indicted for war crimes by the Serbian War Crimes Prosecution. Duško Kesar is suspected of participating in the killing of three Muslim civilians in Prijedor, in Bosnia, in 1994.
New details in Kosovo organ trade case
December 1st, 2009 |
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Some EU member-states will very soon join the investigation into the fate of the kidnapped Kosovo Serbs, a Belgrade daily writes. The case, known also in the media as the Yellow House, after a house in northern Albania where the victims were allegedly held before being murdered, was picked up last year by the Serbian War Crimes Prosecution.
Prosecutor says Mladić statement was “imprecise”
November 20th, 2009 |
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Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor Vladimir VukÄević says Serge Brammertz did not, “in a single word”, say that Mladić is out of Serbia’s reach. Earlier this week, media in Serbia reported that VukÄević said Brammertz’s report states that “Hague fugitive and indictee Ratko Mladić is not within the reach of the Serbian security forces”, and that, if that were the case, “he would most likely already have been located and arrested”.
U.S. embassy voices concern over Bytyqi case
September 24th, 2009 |
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The U.S. embassy in Belgrade has expressed concern that no one has been convicted for the murders of American citizens Agron, Ylli and Mehmet Bitiqi in 1999. “We understand that the Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor plans to appeal the acquittals that were announced on September 22. We hope that prosecutors will aggressively pursue any leads on this case,†the American Embassy stated.
Prosecutor to attend Hague meeting
September 11th, 2009 |
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Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor Vladimir VukÄević has been invited to visit the Hague Tribunal, spokesman Bruno Vekarić says. Vekarić told B92 TV on Friday in Belgrade that the prosecutor’s discussions there will focus on the transfer of some cases from the UN war crimes court.
Prosecutor to attend Hague meeting
September 11th, 2009 |
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Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor Vladimir VukÄević has been invited to visit the Hague Tribunal, spokesman Bruno Vekarić says. Vekarić told B92 TV on Friday in Belgrade that the prosecutor’s discussions there will focus on the transfer of some cases from the UN war crimes court.
“Arrests attempt to discredit investigation”
August 15th, 2009 |
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Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor Vladimir VukÄević said that the arrest of a Serbs in PriÅ¡tina is an effort to discredit the organ trafficking investigation. “The arrest of three Serbs in PriÅ¡tina and the broadcasting of recorded discussions on television in which, reportedly, they are trying to convince people to testify regarding organ trafficking, has the goal of compromising and belittling the war crimes prosecution’s investigation,†VukÄević told daily Politika.
Albania refuses “foreign investigations”
August 7th, 2009 |
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Officials in Albania have told Council of Europe’s Dick Marty that “there can be no organ trade probe based on accusations of Carla Del Ponte or Belgrade”. The CoE rapporteur has been appointed to investigate allegations that first appeared in the former chief Hague prosecutor’s book, and were later probed by the Serbian War Crimes Prosecution.