BRIEF: EU Cracking Down on Karadzic Supporters

PALE, Bosnia-Herzegovina - In the latest search for war crimes fugitive Radovan Karadzic, EU troops searched the home of Dragan Sojic, an alleged member of Karadzic’s support network.  It is believed that a strong network of supporters like Sojic, has been a major factor in Karadzic’s ability to evade capture for the past nine years.

A statement from EU forces said the goal of Monday’s operation was to disrupt Karadzic’s support network and to uncover any information that may lead to Karadzic’s capture.  The raid was conducted at the request of the U.N. war crimes tribunal at The Hague.

Karadzic is the former leader of the Serb Republic of Bosnia and one of the most wanted figures by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.  He is charged with genocide, crimes against humanity, and other violations for a series of atrocities committed during the Bosnian War.  One such atrocity involved the massacre of over 7,000 men and boys in the city of Srebrenica - the worst massacre on European soil since WWII.

It is believed that Karadzic is hiding in Serbia or the Serb-dominated areas of Bosnia.

For more information, please see:

Yahoo (AP) - EU troops raid home in Karadzic hunt - 19 November 2007

UN – Case Information Sheet KARADZIC Case (IT-95-5/18) – 23 June 2004