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Ailing Serbian Security Chief Stanisic’s Release Extended
The UN court in The Hague has extended former Serbian State Security Service chief Jovica Stanisic’s temporary release for treatment in Belgrade until August 30 because of his continuing illness.
Serbian State Security ‘Didn’t Recruit Captain Dragan’
Former Serbian State Security Service official Franko Simatovic’s defence at his Hague Tribunal trial denied that the service brought Serb paramilitary commander Dragan Vasiljkovic, alias Captain Dragan, to Yugoslavia in 1990.
Stanisic Lawyers Duel Over Red Berets' Links to Serbia
The defence for Jovica Stanisic denied that the Red Berets unit was associated with the Serbian State Security Service, SDB – while a Hague prosecution expert witness maintained that they were the Serbian service’s special forces.
‘No Evidence’ that Serbian Security Commanded Paramilitaries
Former Serbian State Security chief Jovica Stanisic’s defence told his trial in The Hague that there was no evidence that paramilitary forces who committed war crimes in Croatia and Bosnia were under the service’s control.
15th anniversary of Djindjic assassination marked
The former commander of the Red Berets (JSO) Milorad Ulemek, as well as Zvezdan Jovanovic, who is the immediate perpetrator of the murder and former Ulemek deputy, were sentenced to 40 years in prison for organizing the murder of the prime minister.
The political background of Djindjic's murder has not yet been revealed.
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Serbian Security Chief Denies Controlling Arkan’s ‘Tigers’
Former Serbian State Security Service Jovica Stanisic’s defence denied that the ‘Tigers’ paramilitary unit led by Arkan and the ‘Scorpions’ fighters were commanded by Belgrade during the Croatian and Bosnian wars.
Serbian State Security ‘Controlled Scorpions Paramilitary Unit’
An ex-member of the Scorpions told the trial of former Serbian State Security chiefs Jovica Stanisic and Franko Simatovic that the wartime paramilitary unit was “sponsored” by Belgrade.
Arkan’s Fighters ‘Killed Non-Serbs’ at Croatia Base
The trial of former Serbian security chiefs Jovica Stanisic and Franko Simatovic was told that fighters allegedly controlled by the defendants detained and killed non-Serbs at a base in Croatia run by paramilitary boss Arkan.
Arkan’s Masked Paramilitaries Accused of Croatia Killings
At the trial of former Serbian security chiefs Jovica Stanisic and Franko Simatovic, a prosecution witness said that paramilitary boss Arkan’s unit - allegedly controlled by the defendants - murdered Croats in 1991.
Croatia ‘Still Searching for War Missing from 1991’
A Croatian official told the trial of former Serbian security chiefs Jovica Stanisic and Franko Simatovic that Zagreb is still searching for people who disappeared as a result of Serb forces’ attacks in 1991.