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1 online resource |
| Contents |
From Interpol to the Hague -- Operation little flower -- The tribulations of Slavko Dokmanovi? -- How a police officer, a dentist, and a warehouseman became the presidents of the Republic of Serbian Krajina -- The case of Dubrovnik -- Everything is controlled from Belgrade -- Carla del Ponte visits eastern Slavonia -- The international tribunal in the eyes of a Czech prosecutor -- The reckoning -- Final word -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix 1: List of people -- Appendix 2: List of institutions -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
The war that broke out in the former Yugoslavia at the end of the twentieth century unleashed unspeakable acts of violence committed against defenseless civilians, including a grizzly mass murder at an Ovčara pig farm in 1991. An international tribunal was set up to try the perpetrators of crimes such as this, and one of the accused was Slavko Dokmanović, who at the time was the mayor of a local town. Vladimír Dzuro, a criminal detective from Prague, was one of the investigators charged with discovering what happened on that horrific night at Ovčara. The story Dzuro presents here, drawn from his daily notes, is devastating. It was a time of brutal torture, random killings, and the disappearance of innocent people. Dzuro provides a gripping account of how he and a handful of other investigators picked up the barest of leads that eventually led them to the gravesite where they exhumed the bodies. They were able to track down Dokmanović, only to find that taking him into custody was a different story altogether. The politics that led to the war hindered justice once it ended. Without any thoughts of risk to their own personal safety, Dzuro and his colleagues were determined to bring Dokmanović to justice. In addition to the story of the pursuit and arrest of Dokmanović, The Investigator provides a realistic picture of the war crime investigations that led to the successful prosecution of a number of war criminals. Visit warcrimeinvestigator.com for more information or watch a book trailer |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 09, 2019) |
| Subject |
Yugoslav War, 1991-1995 -- Atrocities.
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War crime trials -- Netherlands -- Hague
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Trials (Crimes against humanity) -- Netherlands -- Hague
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War criminals -- Trials, litigation, etc
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War crimes investigation.
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Detectives -- Czech Republic
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Eastern.
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War criminals
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Atrocities
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Detectives
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Trials (Crimes against humanity)
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War crime trials
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War crimes investigation
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Czech Republic
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Netherlands -- Hague
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| Genre/Form |
Trials, litigation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781640122291 |
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164012229X |
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9781640122277 |
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1640122273 |
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