War crimes fugitive's wife, son sue Serbia

Ratko Mladic’s wife Bosiljka and son Darko have sued the state of Serbia over foreign currency seizure, daily Vecernje novosti writes. According to the daily, the daughter-in-law of the former military leader of Bosnia Serbs is suing the state for being fired from Telekom Srbija. War crimes fugitive's wife, son sue Serbia The most wanted Hague fugitive's wife and son have decided to sue the state because the War Crimes Prosecution and police unlawfully seized EUR 14,540 when they searched their home on February 22, 2010. Their lawyer Milos Saljic, who file the suit, points out that there was no basis whatsoever to seize the money. “They seized EUR 1,904 from Bosa and EUR 12,600 from Darko. This is why we are suing the state, requesting the return of unlawfully seized things. Police and the prosecution did not have any legal basis to do this. No proceeding has been launched against the two of them based on which they could seize the money. The state was supposed to prove that the money was used to finance his hiding, which definitely is not true here,“ he stressed. He also points out that there is no evidence that Bosiljka and Darko Mladic intended to use the money for anything illegal, adding that the money was in the house before but that nobody paid any attention to it until the fourth search of the house in February 2010. The beginning of the trial was scheduled for May 23 before the First Municipal Court. Mladic's daughter-in-law Biljana is suing the state-owned company Telekom Srbija for being, as she said, unlawfully fired from her job. When asked about Darko Mladic's motion to declare his father dead, Saljic says that there was nothing new and that a key document was missing. “I have already asked police three times to issue Ratko Mladic’s certificate of residence but they keep rejecting me. And the first Municipal Court cannot act because of this,“ he pointed out.

War crimes fugitive's wife, son sue Serbia

The most wanted Hague fugitive's wife and son have decided to sue the state because the War Crimes Prosecution and police unlawfully seized EUR 14,540 when they searched their home on February 22, 2010.

Their lawyer Miloš Šaljić, who file the suit, points out that there was no basis whatsoever to seize the money.

“They seized EUR 1,904 from Bosa and EUR 12,600 from Darko. This is why we are suing the state, requesting the return of unlawfully seized things. Police and the prosecution did not have any legal basis to do this. No proceeding has been launched against the two of them based on which they could seize the money. The state was supposed to prove that the money was used to finance his hiding, which definitely is not true here,“ he stressed.

He also points out that there is no evidence that Bosiljka and Darko Mladić intended to use the money for anything illegal, adding that the money was in the house before but that nobody paid any attention to it until the fourth search of the house in February 2010.

The beginning of the trial was scheduled for May 23 before the First Municipal Court.

Mladić's daughter-in-law Biljana is suing the state-owned company Telekom Srbija for being, as she said, unlawfully fired from her job.

When asked about Darko Mladić's motion to declare his father dead, Šaljić says that there was nothing new and that a key document was missing.

“I have already asked police three times to issue Ratko Mladić’s certificate of residence but they keep rejecting me. And the first Municipal Court cannot act because of this,“ he pointed out.