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Mladic search centres on factory Serbs hunt Mladic in factory raid
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Serbian security forces hunting the fugitive ex-Bosnian Serb army chief Ratko Mladic are searching a factory in the west of the country. Serbian special forces hunting the fugitive former chief of the Bosnian Serb army Ratko Mladic are searching a factory in the west of the country.
Armed agents are searching the plastics factory on the orders of Serbia's war crimes office, the BBC has been told. The search in Valjevo was ordered by Serbian war-crimes prosecutors.
Ratko Mladic is wanted on genocide and crimes against humanity charges for his part in the Bosnian war of 1992-1995. Ratko Mladic is facing charges of genocide. He is the most senior war-crimes suspect from the 1990s Bosnian conflict who is still at large.
His boss, the former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, is already facing trial in The Hague.His boss, the former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, is already facing trial in The Hague.
Serbia's war crimes office said the search was centred on a factory in the town of Valjevo. Serbian police were seen entering the factory in Valkevo armed with machine-guns, local media reported.
Local media reported that police were seen entering armed with machine-guns. CHARGES AGAINST MLADIC GenocideCrimes against humanityViolations of laws of war class="" href="/1/hi/world/europe/1423551.stm">Profile: Ratko Mladic
Mr Mladic is wanted by the UN war crimes tribunal at The Hague on numerous counts of genocide, crimes against humanity and violation of the laws of war in Bosnia-Hercegovina between April 1992 and July 1995. Security forces are not only looking for Gen Mladic, but also for those who may have helped him to evade justice for so many years, the BBC has been told.
He is accused of leading the Serb onslaught against the UN-protected enclave of Srebrenica in 1995, which led to the massacre of at least 7,500 Bosniak (Bosnian Muslim) men and boys. Gen Mladic is wanted by the UN war-crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia at The Hague in the Netherlands.
Massacre 'mastermind'
The Bosnian Serb general was indicted in 1995 on counts of genocide, crimes against humanity and violation of the laws of war in Bosnia-Hercegovina between April 1992 and July 1995.
Speculation that he would soon be arrested has been mounting since the arrest of Radovan Karadzic in July 2008.Speculation that he would soon be arrested has been mounting since the arrest of Radovan Karadzic in July 2008.
Mr Karadzic was found to have spent years living in Belgrade, in disguise and using a new name, practising alternative medicine.Mr Karadzic was found to have spent years living in Belgrade, in disguise and using a new name, practising alternative medicine.
Correspondents say the capture of Gen Mladic would be a significant success for The Hague tribunal, which has vowed to stay in operation for as long as it takes to bring him to trial.
Prosecutors at The Hague believe he directed some of the main atrocities of the Bosnian war, including the siege of Sarajevo, and the massacre at Srebrenica, in which at least 7,500 unarmed Bosnian Muslim (Bosniak) men and boys were killed.
The European Union has said Gen Mladic must be delivered before Serbia can be put on the path to EU membership - one of Belgrade's main objectives.
Apart from Gen Mladic, only one other man remains on The Hague tribunal's wanted list - the Croatian Serb Goran Hadzic.