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Željko Ražnatović, also known as Arkan, was a Serbian mobster, warlord and war criminal.
On 28th December 1973, he was arrested in Belgium following a bank robbery and was sentenced to ten years in prison, but he escaped on 4th July 1979. Before he got arrested again in October 1979 in the Netherlands, Ražnatović committed at least two more armed robberies in Sweden and three more in the Netherlands. On 8th May 1981, he escaped again but was arrested later that year, on 5th June in West Germany, during a robbery at a jewellery store. He escaped 4 days later, supposedly by jumping from the window, beating up the first passer-by and stealing his clothing before disappearing. On 15 February 1983, he was arrested again in Switzerland, but he escaped several months later and returned to Yugoslavia. During the 1980s in Yugoslavia, Ražnatović ran a nightclub, engaged in gambling, particularly poker, and ran a fan club of the Red Star Belgrade football team.
On 11th October 1990, Ražnatović created a paramilitary group named the Serb Volunteer Guard, which fought during the Yugoslav wars. During the Bosnian war, Ražnatović and his group carried out multiple acts of ethnic cleansing by killing and forcefully deporting mostly Bosnian civilians. They also fought against Bosnian and Bosnian-Croat paramilitary groups. Ražnatović was also accused of kidnapping Serb refugees and forcing them to fight in his group. Following the signing of the Dayton Agreement in November 1995, which ended the Bosnian War, Ražnatović was celebrated as a folk hero by Serbs for his exploits. On 30th September 1997, the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia issued an indictment against him for war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. In March 1999, another indictment was issued against Ražnatović, which contained 24 charges of crimes against humanity. These included:
On 28th December 1973, he was arrested in Belgium following a bank robbery and was sentenced to ten years in prison, but he escaped on 4th July 1979. Before he got arrested again in October 1979 in the Netherlands, Ražnatović committed at least two more armed robberies in Sweden and three more in the Netherlands. On 8th May 1981, he escaped again but was arrested later that year, on 5th June in West Germany, during a robbery at a jewellery store. He escaped 4 days later, supposedly by jumping from the window, beating up the first passer-by and stealing his clothing before disappearing. On 15 February 1983, he was arrested again in Switzerland, but he escaped several months later and returned to Yugoslavia. During the 1980s in Yugoslavia, Ražnatović ran a nightclub, engaged in gambling, particularly poker, and ran a fan club of the Red Star Belgrade football team.
On 11th October 1990, Ražnatović created a paramilitary group named the Serb Volunteer Guard, which fought during the Yugoslav wars. During the Bosnian war, Ražnatović and his group carried out multiple acts of ethnic cleansing by killing and forcefully deporting mostly Bosnian civilians. They also fought against Bosnian and Bosnian-Croat paramilitary groups. Ražnatović was also accused of kidnapping Serb refugees and forcing them to fight in his group. Following the signing of the Dayton Agreement in November 1995, which ended the Bosnian War, Ražnatović was celebrated as a folk hero by Serbs for his exploits. On 30th September 1997, the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia issued an indictment against him for war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. In March 1999, another indictment was issued against Ražnatović, which contained 24 charges of crimes against humanity. These included:
- Forcibly detaining approximately thirty non-Serb men and one woman, without food or water, in an inadequately ventilated boiler room of approximately five square metres (54 sq ft) in size.
- Transporting twelve non-Serb men from Sanski Most to an isolated location in the village of Trnova and shooting them, where they shot and killed eleven of the men
- Transporting approximately sixty-seven Bosnian men from Sanski Most, Šehovci, and Pobriježe to an isolated location in the village of Sasina, and shooting them, killing sixty-five of the captives. etc.
