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Venhar Isufi
- December 7, 2023 20:07
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Milan Radoicic's circle has narrowed. He and 20 members of the uniformed Serbian group, which carried out the terrorist attack in Banjska, have been added to the Interpol red list.
The person who took responsibility for the terrorist attack in Banjska i Zveçani, Milan Radoicic, has been added to the Interpol red list as an international wanted person.
Nenad Rashić, minister in the Government of Kosovo, said that the request was made with the mediation of UNMIK, based on the request of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kosovo.
On Thursday, the ministry and other authorities refused to speak on the grounds that "it is a sensitive case".
TIME sources within these institutions have said that besides Radoicic, Interpol is looking for 20 other Serbian members who carried out the attack in Banjska on September 24, where a Kosovar policeman was killed. Among them, according to sources, is Uglesha Jaredić, former head of the Special Unit in the north.
KOHA sent questions to Interpol, but did not receive a response Thursday. And for REL, he said that he does not comment on specific cases or individuals.
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"Red Notice" alerts police around the world to internationally wanted fugitives and helps bring them to justice. However, it is within the competence of INTERPOL member countries to decide whether to arrest a person or not.
Radoicic is in Serbia. Days ago, according to the Serbian authorities, his passport was confiscated.
The Serbian President, Aleksandar Vucic, after the news about Interpol, said that the former vice-president of the Serbian List, Radoicic, will face "serious procedures in Serbia". But he has not indicated whether his country will cooperate with Interpol in this case.
"I am not a person who wants to disturb people when they are going through a difficult period, but I know how provoked the Serbs have been. He will face serious proceedings in Serbia. Of course, all this dramatically complicates the position of Serbia, and if we did not have elections, I would show in some detail how many problems it really brought to the country", said Vucic in an interview for "NIN".
The security expert, Fatmir Çollaku, said that he does not expect Serbia to cooperate with Interpol in this case.
"It is my assessment that Serbia does not respect these international instruments, especially the case of Radoicic, because even the frequent declarations of higher officials, i.e. President Vucic and others, that they do not extradite him, do not send him to Kosovo, do not help and they don't do any activity to send him before the justice bodies", said Çollaku.
According to Çollak, Interpol has several categories in which the wanted persons are placed.
Kosovo, since it is not a member of the UN, does not have the right to submit requests directly to Interpol, but within the Police there is a directorate for international cooperation in the field of law enforcement, including with Interpol.
On September 24, besides the Kosovar policeman, Afrim Bunjaku, three members of the Serbian terrorist group were also killed. After the operation, the Police confiscated weapons and military equipment worth about 5 million euros.
Radoicic, shortly after it was revealed through video recordings that he was part of the group in Banjska, admitted that he organized the attack and resigned from the position of vice president of the Serbian List.
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After international pressure, Serbia started a process against him. By order of the court in Belgrade, he was arrested, to be released after 24 hours. According to the announcement, he was released on the condition that he report to the police twice a month, not to go to Kosovo, and his passport was confiscated.
Bojan Ellek from the non-governmental Belgrade Center for Security Policy said that Serbia is not obliged to arrest and extradite Milan Radoicic, because the INTERPOL arrest warrant is a notification to member countries of that international police organization, that another country is looking for a person.
As he said, the arrest warrant, first of all, can prevent Radoicic from traveling outside Serbia, mainly to countries that have good bilateral relations with Kosovo, since they can act on the arrest warrant and arrest him.
"The INTERPOL arrest warrant is applied, because the member countries act according to the internal legislation, and according to the internal legislation, Serbia does not recognize Kosovo and there is no extradition agreement", said Ellek for REL.
He also emphasized that Serbia will certainly not act according to the arrest warrant, since the institutions in Belgrade are also developing proceedings against Radoicic.
"Potentially, it could be a problem if Serbia does not lead that investigation properly and if it does not communicate actively, as there are recommendations from the European Union, even from the secretary general of NATO, when he came to Belgrade, he insisted that Serbia implement an adequate investigation for Banjska", said Ellek.
The extradition procedure in Serbia is regulated by the Law on International Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters.
Article 18 states that upon receiving the request for extradition, the Ministry of Justice submits the request to the court "in whose territory the person to be extradited resides or is found".
The investigating judge issues an order to bring the person before the court, and the order is executed by the police.
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Upon arrival at the court, the investigating judge determines whether there are prerequisites for extradition.
The final decision is made by a panel of three judges.
