Croatia

In November 200, a Croatian war criminal, wanted for crimes against humanity, was arrested at the Zurich-Kloten airport, and later extradited to Croatie. She had been convicted there in 1998 for her role in the attack of a village, during which 43 civilians were forced to come out of their houses and either shot dead or run over by military vehicules. She was sentenced to 20 years of prison.

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During the night from 16 to 17 November 2005, at the border post of Nickelsdorf (Austria), a Croat citizen, aged 48, with a resident status in Switzerland was arrested after a quick check of his identity papers, because an international arrest warant for genocide had been issued against him.

• See on this case the question that was raised in Parliament by MP Carlo Sommaruga (in French)