The state prosecution filed an indictment against former fighters Miroslav Hrstic, Ivan Medic, Miljenko Nogolica and Tonco Raic for crimes against Serb victims in the Dretelj detention camp in 1992.
Five individuals suspected of war crimes committed in the Capljina area were arrested in the Ljubuski, Siroki Brijeg, Capljina and Mostar areas, as per a warrant issued by the state prosecution.
Two former members of the Croatian Defence Council, Veselko and Ivo Raguz, were sentenced to three years in jail each for abusing four prisoners at the Dretelj detention camp near Capljina in 1993.
Four former members of the Croatian Defence Forces were sentenced to a total of 24 years in prison for abusing Serb prisoners at the Dretelj detention camp and in Mostar in 1992.
The Supreme Court of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina has increased prison sentences for Mijo Banovic and Gojko Granic, both convicted of crimes committed against civilians during the Bosnian war.
The presentation of evidence at the trial for crimes in Dretelj, near Capljina, has been completed with the examination of an additional Srecko Hercegs Defence witness.
An additional witness of Edib Buljubasic, who is charged with crimes in Dretelj, near Capljina, denies having been superior and issued orders to the indictee.
Edib Buljubasic, the former deputy commander at the Dretelj wartime jail camp near Capljina, admitted that Serb detainees were abused every day and that female prisoners were often raped.
Testifying at the trial for crimes in Dretelj, Vinko Martinovic, known as Stela, says that the military police was in charge of detainees in a military dispensary and that he never even entered the Dretelj premises.