Ex-paramilitary to be extradited to Serbia
Serbian War Crimes Prosecution has welcomed France’s decision to extradite the last member of Scorpions paramilitary unit Milorad Momić to Serbia.
Friday, 25.03.2011.
11:36
Serbian War Crimes Prosecution has welcomed France’s decision to extradite the last member of Scorpions paramilitary unit Milorad Momic to Serbia. Deputy War Crimes Prosecutor Bruno Vekaric has stated that investigation against Momic stalled since he was on the run but that it will be relaunched after the extradition. Ex-paramilitary to be extradited to Serbia Pointing out that the Scorpions case had a negative impact on Serbia’s reputation in the world, the deputy war crimes prosecutor has expressed hope that justice will be at least partially served with the suspect’s arrest and trial. A court in Grenoble made a decision yesterday to extradite Momic who was arrested on January 31 in the town of La Verpilliere on the Serbian warrant. The French authorities did not specify the extradition date due to security reasons. False documents were found on the suspect at the time of the arrest. He is suspected of taking part in execution of six Muslim civilians from Srebrenica, including three minors, in the village of Trnovo in July 1995. In 2007 four members of the Scorpions paramilitary unit were sentenced to a total of 50 years in prison for the same crime. The Scorpions unit came under the Serbian public’s spotlight in early June 2005 when a video showing execution of six Srebrenica Muslims in the village of Trnovo was showed in the Hague Tribunal. Several witnesses said that the paramilitary unit had about 150 members, while police General Miroljub Stevanovic testified that the Scorpions had been formed in the beginning of conflicts in former Yugoslavia as a “regular unit” of then Republic of Serb Krajina Army. The unit performed operations in Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina until 1995 when it was dissolved. However, the Scorpions became active again in 1999 when NATO bombing started in order to operate in Kosovo. Bruno Vekaric (FoNet, file)
Ex-paramilitary to be extradited to Serbia
Pointing out that the Scorpions case had a negative impact on Serbia’s reputation in the world, the deputy war crimes prosecutor has expressed hope that justice will be at least partially served with the suspect’s arrest and trial.A court in Grenoble made a decision yesterday to extradite Momić who was arrested on January 31 in the town of La Verpilliere on the Serbian warrant. The French authorities did not specify the extradition date due to security reasons.
False documents were found on the suspect at the time of the arrest.
He is suspected of taking part in execution of six Muslim civilians from Srebrenica, including three minors, in the village of Trnovo in July 1995.
In 2007 four members of the Scorpions paramilitary unit were sentenced to a total of 50 years in prison for the same crime.
The Scorpions unit came under the Serbian public’s spotlight in early June 2005 when a video showing execution of six Srebrenica Muslims in the village of Trnovo was showed in the Hague Tribunal.
Several witnesses said that the paramilitary unit had about 150 members, while police General Miroljub Stevanović testified that the Scorpions had been formed in the beginning of conflicts in former Yugoslavia as a “regular unit” of then Republic of Serb Krajina Army.
The unit performed operations in Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina until 1995 when it was dissolved. However, the Scorpions became active again in 1999 when NATO bombing started in order to operate in Kosovo.
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