UN War Crimes Tribunal For Former Yugoslavia Hands Down Final Indictments
The United Nations war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia today handed down its final indictments, charging an
ex-Interior Minister of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) and a police officer with war crimes that
included murder and the wanton destruction of cities, towns, or villages.
Former minister Ljube Boskoski and police officer Johan Tarculovski were indicted in The Hague before the International
Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), which is to complete trying all defendants before it by 2008.
Other important investigations that have not led to indictments by the Tribunal will now be transferred to the local
authorities. Meanwhile, the Tribunal continues to urge States to assist in transferring 17 indicted fugitives, including
General Ratko Mladic and Radovan Karadzic who are wanted for their roles in the 1992-95 war in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The highest ranking defendant before the court is former Yugoslav President Slobodan Miloševic, whose trial has been
going on for more than three years.