Wanted fugitive may be hiding outside Serbia, says prosecutor

THE chief UN war crimes prosecutor for the former Yugoslavia left open for the first time the possibility that Europe’s most wanted fugitive, Ratko Mladic, may be hiding outside Serbia.

The prosecutor, Serge Brammertz, said Serbia remains responsible for arresting Mladic, the wartime Bosnian Serb army commander, who is wanted for genocide.

Brammertz said the clues to hunting Mladic, wherever he is, lie in Serbia.

“The solution to his arrest is in Belgrade,” Brammertz said, referring to the capital of Serbia.

“But, of course the operational activities are not only concentrated on Serbia.”