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...reward for his staunch support, Milosevic installed Kertes as customs chief at the height of the Bosnian war in 1994. "The customs service was a crucial part of Milosevic's system, almost as important as the police," recalls Mladjan Dinkic, recently appointed head of the Yugoslav Central Bank and the author of a book on the regime's financial improprieties. "It was Milosevic's primary source of cash, and it never ran dry." Last week, investigators estimated that between 1994 and 2000 as much as $4 billion passed through Kertes' hands to Milosevic's inner circle...
...favorite of Milosevic's wife, Mira, for 2 million deutsche marks ($900,000) on Oct. 4, 2000 - the day before the revolution. When Dragan and his armed men raided Kertes' offices two days later, they found a trove that included $1.3 million in deutsche marks and Yugoslav dinars, 15 sniper rifles, 10 bulletproof luxury cars, and, in a safe, 7 kg of high-grade heroin...
...this sense, the message being sent by requesting unconditional extradition of Milosevic is one of two different yardsticks, which makes for a very weak imitation of international justice. If international justice is what we are really looking for, then not only should we first allow the Yugoslav judicial system to prosecute Milosevic (carefully following the process and deciding after its conclusions whether further prosecution by the International Criminal Tribunal is necessary) but, more importantly, the U.S. government should reexamine its opposition with regard to the ICC and send out a clear message that international justice is indeed the goal...
...YUGOSLAVIA Milosevic Standoff Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic vowed to resist arrest Friday night in Belgrade. Police besieged his house a day before a U.S. deadline for the Yugoslav government to comply with the U.N. war crimes tribunal in the Hague or lose $100 million in aid. Milosevic could stand trial in Belgrade or the Hague...
Conflicting interpretations are expected given the ambitious nature of the project: to adapt the universal theme of emigration to the Yugoslav émigré audience, with each different socio-economic and educational subgroup having its own specific émigré dilemmas. Although each audience responds to the play in a unique way, “people react almost uniformly in self-recognition,” says Lausevic. Be it recognition or denial, sympathy, humor or sorrow, the audience is left with a strong emotional experience...