War Crimes

Chief Hague prosecutor received by Serbian officials

The cooperation between the Serbian War Crimes Prosecution and the Hague Tribunal "is proceeding at a highly professional level."

This is what Serbia's War Crimes Prosecutor Vladimir Vukcevic and Serge Brammertz, chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), said during a meeting in Belgrade on Friday

Kosovo FM to Attend Belgrade Conference, Risks Being Arrested

Serbian Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic announced on Thursday that the Foreign Minister of Kosovo Hashim Thaci risks being arrested if he attends a conference in Belgrade next week.

Stefanovic explained that in case Thaci comes to Serbia, the Interior Ministry will take action in accordance with the law and bring him to justice, Tanjug state news agency reports.

Stefanovic: We will arrest Taci if he comes to Belgrade

BELGRADE - Serbia's Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic said on Thursday that Kosovo's Foreign Minister Hasim Taci will be arrested if he comes to Belgrade.

"If he appears in Belgrade, the interior ministry will take action in line with the law and bring him to justice," Stefanovic said, replying to reporters' questions at the Palace of Serbia.

Vukcevic: Further search of site near Djakovica expected

BELGRADE - No remains were found at the first searched location in the village of Piskota near Djakovica, southwestern Kosovo-Metohija, which is believed to contain bodies of 20 Serb civilians killed in the prison camp of Likovac, Serbia's War Crimes Prosecutor Vladimir Vukcevic told Tanjug on Wednesday.

War Crimes Prosecutors' Office, MICT sign MoU

BELGRADE - Serbia's War Crimes Prosecutor's Office and the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT), which is the successor to the ad hoc Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) based in The Hague, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Belgrade on Monday.

New probe into crimes in four villages in Kosovo

BELGRADE - Serbia's War Crimes Prosecutor Vladimir Vukcevic ordered an investigation against Gen. Dragan Zivanovic, former commander of the 125th motorized brigade, on suspicion that he is responsible for the crimes committed against the civilian Albanian population in four villages in Kosovo-Metohija from April 1 to May 15, 1999.

Organ trafficking case investigator to meet with PM

Organ trafficking case investigator to meet with PM

BELGRADE -- Clint Williamson is visiting Belgrade on Tuesday and and will meet Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić, it has been announced.

The American prosecutor heads an investigation team of the EU that is looking into allegations of human organ trafficking in Kosovo.