Mladić secretly taped conversations

Ratko Mladic secretly taped his phone and direct conversations, and these recordings have been sent to the Hague Tribunal. The UN war crimes court has indicted the former military leader of Bosnia's Serbs on charges of genocide and war crimes. Mladic secretly taped conversations Beta news agency reports this Wednesday that the recordings will be used as important evidence in several trials. Mladic is currently at large, but the former political leader of Bosnia's Serbs, Radovan Karadzic, is at the Hague Tribunal undergoing his genocide and war crimes trial, and has requested a three-week recess in the proceedings so that he could study the tapes, sent to him by the prosecution on August 4. His defense said in a written submission to the court that it had received 93 audio and 10 video tapes, as well as two CDs and eight DVDs containing video recordings. This evidence was seized in Serbia during the searches of the Mladic family property in Belgrade in February of this year, along with wartime diaries kept by Mladic, that reports said contained several thousand pages. Mladic taped his conversations with Slobodan Milosevic, Radovan Karadzic, Jovica Stanisic, Mica Stanisic, Momcilo Perisic, Zdravko Tolimir and others. The tapes are now to be used as crucial evidence against some Hague indictees, Beta's Hague source said. Asked what prompted Mladic to tape the conversations, the source was quoted as saying that this was "a question for doctors". A file photo of Ratko Mladic (FoNet)

Mladić secretly taped conversations

Beta news agency reports this Wednesday that the recordings will be used as important evidence in several trials.

Mladić is currently at large, but the former political leader of Bosnia's Serbs, Radovan Karadžić, is at the Hague Tribunal undergoing his genocide and war crimes trial, and has requested a three-week recess in the proceedings so that he could study the tapes, sent to him by the prosecution on August 4.

His defense said in a written submission to the court that it had received 93 audio and 10 video tapes, as well as two CDs and eight DVDs containing video recordings.

This evidence was seized in Serbia during the searches of the Mladić family property in Belgrade in February of this year, along with wartime diaries kept by Mladić, that reports said contained several thousand pages.

Mladić taped his conversations with Slobodan Milošević, Radovan Karadžić, Jovica Stanišić, Mića Stanišić, Momčilo Perišić, Zdravko Tolimir and others. The tapes are now to be used as crucial evidence against some Hague indictees, Beta's Hague source said.

Asked what prompted Mladić to tape the conversations, the source was quoted as saying that this was "a question for doctors".