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| |  | | Franko Simatovic | | | context : | Former Yugoslavia  | | judgement place : | ICTY (Yugoslavia) | | status : | Indicted | | particulars : | Initial court appearance on 2 June 2003; provisional release on 9 December 2004; start of trial adjourned for at least 3 months on 16 May 2008; provisional release granted on 27 June 2008 | | position : | Commander of the Special Operations Unit of the State Security Service (or |
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| | | | Franko Simatovic, aka “Frenki”, was born on 1 April 1950 in Belgrade, Republic of Serbia. He commenced work with the State Security Service (or "DB") in 1978, where he initially worked in counter intelligence. He then moved into the newly formed Intelligence Administration (or Second Administration) of the DB and as such was the commander of the Special Operations Unit of the DB. As Commander he had responsibility for thi special unit of the Republic of Serbia DB and directed its involvement in particular operations in Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH). He held this position in the DB until 2001.
The Bill of Indictment alleges that, from or about 1 April 1991 until 31December 1995, Franko Simatovic, acting together with Jovica Stanisic (See “Related Cases”) planned, ordered, committed or otherwise aided and abetted the persecution of Croats, Bosnian Muslims and Bosnian Croats in the autonomous region of Krajina, in the Croatian regions under Serbian control as well as in the municipalities in the north and east of Bosnia-Herzegovina. These persecutions were perpetrated on discriminatory grounds and included various forms such as murder, forcible transfer and deportation on non-Serb civilians.
According to the Indictment, the defendant was part of a joint criminal enterprise whose aim was the forcible and permanent removal of the majority of Muslims and non-Serbs from around one third of the territory of the Republic of Croatia and a large part of the Republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina, where it was foreseen to create a new State dominated by the Serbs. This joint criminal enterprise came into being on 1st August 1991, and is said to have gone on until 31 December 1995.
Based on the Indictment, Franko Simatovic, acting individually and/or in concert with other members of the joint criminal enterprise, participated in this enterprise in the following ways:
1. By participating in the formation, financing, supply and support of special units of the Republic of Serbia DB and the Republic of Serbia.
2. By directing members and agents of the DB who participated in the perpetration of the crimes in this Indictment;
3. By providing arms, funds, training, logistical support and other substantial assistance or support to special units of the Republic of Serbia DB and the Republic of Serbia that were involved in the commission of crimes in Croatia and BiH between 1 August 1991 and 31 December 1995.
Franko Simatovic was arrested on 13 March 2003 in Serbia and was transferred to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on 30 May 2003. | |     click for more... | | Trial Watch would like to remind its users that any person charged by national or international authorities is presumed innocent until proven guilty. | |  |  | | nationality : | | | Serbia and montenegro | | | date of birth : | | | 01.04.1950 | | | also known as : | | | Frenki | | | last time seen : | | | The Hague, Netherlands | | | period of charges : | | | 01.04.1991 - 31.12.1995 | | | charges : | | | Crimes against humanity
War crimes | | | profile last modified : | | | 28.06.2008 |
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