Franko Simatović
Belgrade ‘Controlled Fighters’ Who Committed Crimes in Croatia
A prosecution military expert told the trial of Serbian State Security Service chiefs Jovica Stanisic and Franko Simatovic that units under the service’s control committed war crimes against non-Serb civilians in Croatia in 1991.
Belgrade ‘Supported Creation of Bosnian Serb State’
A prosecution witness told the trial of Jovica Stanisic and Franko Simatovic that the Belgrade authorities supported Bosnian Serb leaders their attempt to create a homogenous Serb state in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Serbian Security Service ‘Deployed Arkan’s Paramilitaries’
An expert witness told the Hague trial of Jovica Stanisic and Franko Simatovic that the Serbian State Security Service, which they ran, was able to deploy paramilitary boss Arkan’s forces - a claim rejected by the defence.
UN Court Screens Video of Serbian Unit Shooting Bosniaks
At the trial of former Serbian State Security chiefs Jovica Stanisic and Franko Simatovic in The Hague, prosecutors played a video of paramilitaries from the Scorpions unit murdering men from Srebrenica in July 1995.
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.
Serbian Responsibility for Missing Croatian Civilians Contested
Defence lawyers for former Serbian security chiefs Jovica Stanisic and Franko Simatovic denied a Zagreb official’s claim that all the people who went missing during the Croatian war were civilians.
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.
‘More Croats than Serbs’ Displaced in Wartime Croatia
A prosecution expert told the trial of former Serbian state security chiefs Jovica Stanisic and Franko Simatovic that the majority of people displaced from war-affected areas of Croatia were Croats.