NATO raids house of Karadžić's wife

NATO raids house of Karadžić's wife

"We are looking for items of interest to ICTY and for information about Karadžić's support network," NATO spokesman Derek Chappell told Reuters.

Chief Hague Prosecutor Carla del Ponte told the European Parliament on Tuesday she had no idea where Karadžić was hiding though he “had to be somewhere in the Balkans.”

Chappell said the operation was led by the EU peacekeeping force (EUFOR) with extra back-up from the Bosnian Serb police.

A Reuters correspondent said some 30 EUFOR and NATO vehicles blocked entrances to Karadžić's house in Pale in the Republic of Srpska, while Italian paramilitary carabinieri conducted the search.

NATO and EUFOR have raided houses of the Karadžić family on several occasions and even detained his son in 2005, but they have failed to find him.

There have been no credible reported sightings of Karadžić for several years.