- Summary
- The war that broke out in the former Yugoslavia at the end of the twentieth century unleashed unspeakable acts of violence committed against defenseless civilians, including a grizzly mass murder at an Ovčara pig farm in 1991. An international tribunal was set up to try the perpetrators of crimes such as this, and one of the accused was Slavko Dokmanović, who at the time was the mayor of a local town. Vladimír Dzuro, a criminal detective from Prague, was one of the investigators charged with discovering what happened on that horrific night at Ovčara. The story Dzuro presents here, drawn from his daily notes, is devastating. It was a time of brutal torture, random killings, and the disappearance of innocent people. In addition to the story of the pursuit and arrest of Dokmanović, The Investigator provides a realistic picture of the war crime investigations that led to the successful prosecution of a number of war criminals.
- Uniform Title
- Vyšetřovatel. English
- Format
- Book
- Author/Creator
- Dzuro, Vladimír, 1961- author.
- Published
- [Lincoln, Nebraska] : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, [2019]
- Locale
- Netherlands
Hague
Czech Republic
- Contents
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From Interpol to the Hague
Operation little flower
The tribulations of Slavko Dokmanovic
How a police officer, a dentist, and a warehouseman became the presidents of the Republic of Serbian Krajina
The case of Dubrovnik
Everything is controlled from Belgrade
Carla del Ponte visits eastern Slavonia
The international tribunal in the eyes of a Czech prosecutor
The reckoning
Final word
Acknowledgments
Appendix 1: List of people
Appendix 2: List of institutions
Bibliography
Index.
- Notes
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Place of publication from publisher's website.
Translated from the Czech.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
From Interpol to the Hague -- Operation little flower -- The tribulations of Slavko Dokmanovic -- How a police officer, a dentist, and a warehouseman became the presidents of the Republic of Serbian Krajina -- The case of Dubrovnik -- Everything is controlled from Belgrade -- Carla del Ponte visits eastern Slavonia -- The international tribunal in the eyes of a Czech prosecutor -- The reckoning -- Final word -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix 1: List of people -- Appendix 2: List of institutions -- Bibliography -- Index.
