Catching Mladic
The International Criminal Tribunal wants to try Ratko Mladic for war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity. However, this war criminal has a loyal fan base in Serbia where he is being portrayed as a national hero. Thanks to the Mladic Network, he remained at liberty for over a decade. This documentary film investigates this network and gives the viewer new insights in the persecution of Mladic. Furthermore, the film contains interviews with Mladics family, the International Criminal Tribunal, the Serbian army and police force and Eufor.
Political Interest
Ratko Mladic was a commander of the Serbian army located in Bosnia. Shortly after the Bosnian Republic’s declaration of independence in 1992, Mladic started the infamous Siege of Sarajevo. Mladic is accused of ethnic cleansing by killing the non-Serbian population in Bosnia. Although he was indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal of the former Yugoslavia International for genocide, crimes against humanity, and numerous war crimes, he has been able to live in freedom in Serbia until his arrest in 2011.
Scenes
Serbian army commander Mladic in Bosnia
Following the implosion of Yugoslavia in 1991, Mladic becomes commander of the Serbian troops located in Bosnia. Under his command, the town Srebrenica was a site of massacre in July 1995
IFOR unsuccesful in capturing Mladic in 1996
The international peacekeeping force IFOR tries to arrest Mladic in 1996 but are being held back by his Serbian supporters. Soldiers return empty handed.
France’s ambiguous role in the hunt for Mladic
French minister of defence Alain Richard claims he was unable to track down war criminal Mladic. The Serbian police however obtained video footage of Mladic moving about freely. Florence Hartmann, working together with Carla del Ponte, states that Richard must have known where Mladic was. Did the French make a deal with the Serbs?
Hunt for war criminals proven to be very dangerous
The head of Serbian secret service and the new prime minister Zoran Dindic decided to track down war criminals including general Mladic with the aim to arrest him. Dindic hands over Milosevic to the International Criminal Tribunal and promises Carla del Ponte to do the same with Mladic. However, president Vojislav Kostunica and the army are protecting him. Later, Dindic is assassinated.
Police looking for Serbian war criminals
The head of police in the Republica Srbska claims he’s trying to arrest war criminals including Mladic but the citizens and even some policemen are reluctant to cooperate, as they still support Mladic.
Serbian military protecting Mladic
The Serbian military has been hiding former general and war criminal Mladic in barracs. Two soldiers who accidentally saw Mladic, were killed by the army. In this clip, the claim that the soldiers committed suicide is being questioned.
Serbian authorities exposed protecting war criminals
In this clip we see how Carla del Ponte, chairman of the International Criminal Tribunal proves that the Serbian authorities still protect Serbian war criminals like Goran Hadzic.
Serbian supporters of Mladic and Karajec
In this clip it becomes clear how many Serbian people support Mladic and Karadzic. These former Serbian leaders are wanted by the International Criminal Tribunal because of the war crimes they committed.
Commemoration of the Srebrenica massacre
This clip contains images of the 2010 commemoration of the Srebrenica massacre. In that year, 775 bodies were found in mass graves.