Person: Mladic Ratko Archives

Former Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic’s defence team, plus his relatives’ visits to the detention unit and financial aid to him personally, have cost the Hague Tribunal, the Bosnian Serbs and Serbia over two million euros.

Author Julian Borger argues that because Serbia was not penalised for shielding Ratko Mladic while he was on the run, it helped foster a culture of denial of war crimes and genocide.

After his arrest, Bosnian Serb military commander Ratko Mladic told his lawyers not to waste time defending him, but instead to defend the “Serb army and people”, defence team member Miodrag Stojanovic told BIRN.

During 16 years on the run, Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic was aided by Serbian officers, his Bosnian comrades and his family - but Serbia seems determined to keep the facts secret.

Darko Mladic, the son of former Bosnian Serb military commander Ratko Mladic, told BIRN that he believes that the Hague Tribunal will acquit his father next week and set him free.

Yugoslav bodybuilding star Fikret Hodzic was a victim of the 1992 campaign of military persecution for which former Bosnian Serb Army chief Ratko Mladic faces judgment next week - but can prosecutors prove it was genocide?

Ahead of former Bosnian Serb military commander Ratko Mladic’s war crimes verdict next week, BIRN has compiled all its reports on the landmark case into a free, downloadable e-book.

The former Bosnian Serb commander’s relatives still live in the rural village where he was born and where a street is named after him - and they insist he was not a murderer.

He was a devoted Yugoslav soldier, then a war crimes suspect on the run - now former Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic awaits his verdict for the worst atrocities in Europe since WWII.

Serbia’s prosecution told BIRN that the indictment of 11 people who allegedly helped Bosnian Serb Army commander Ratko Mladic hide in Belgrade while he was a fugitive has been declared a state secret.

Person: Mladic Ratko

Hague Tribunal and Serbs Spent €2m on Mladic Trial

By Hiding Mladic, Serbia ‘Fostered Culture of Denial’

Mladic Wanted to Use Trial to ‘Defend the Serbs’

Ratko Mladic’s Fugitive Years Cloaked in Secrets and Lies

Ratko Mladic’s Son Expects Father’s Acquittal

Bodybuilder’s Murder Highlights Mladic’s 1992 Genocide Charge

BIRN Publishes Ratko Mladic Trial E-Book

In Ratko Mladic’s Village, He’s an Innocent Man

Ratko Mladic: Europe’s Most Wanted Faces Judgment

Serbia Declares Mladic Aides’ Indictment a State Secret

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