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Pajzoš camp at Ilok and Bosanski Šamac operations, late 1991-May 1992
1508. The Trial Chamber now turns to the Pajzoš camp near Ilok and the Bosanski Šamac
operations. The Trial Chamber will consider whether the Accused directed the involvement of
the Unit in particular operations in Bosanski Šamac. 2896 The Trial Chamber will further
consider whether the Accused organized, supplied, financed, and supported the Unit’s
involvement in those particular operations. 2897 The Trial Chamber will also review whether
the Accused directed and organized the financing, training, logistical support, and other
substantial assistance or support for the Unit at Pajzoš. 2898 Finally, the Trial Chamber will
consider whether the Accused directed and organized the training of other groups at Pajzoš.
1509. In its Final Trial Brief, the Prosecution submits that in late 1991, the Red Berets
established a camp at Pajzoš, near Ilok, commanded by Božović, Baklaić, and Kujundžić.
Other Serbian DB members were also based there, where they trained Serbs from Bosnia-
Herzegovina, Croatia, and Serbia. 2899 Simatović visited the Pajzoš camp on various occasions
and Stanišić made appearances in the area as well. 2900 Following the training at Pajzoš in
March 1992, Simatović ordered members of the Red Berets to participate in the take-over of
Bosanski Šamac. 2901 The Serbian MUP paid the salaries of the Bosanski Šamac Red
Berets. 2902
1510. The Trial Chamber has received evidence from Witness JF-047, Witness JF-031,
Dušan Knežević, Stevan Todorović, and Borislav Bogunović, as well as documentary
material.
1511. The Trial Chamber will first review the Adjudicated Facts and evidence in relation to
training men at the Pajzoš camp prior to the take-over of Bosanski Šamac.
1512. According to the Adjudicated Facts, in or around mid-March 1992 a group of local
Serb men from Bosanski Šamac were sent for training at a camp near Ilok, in Western
Slavonia geographically in Croatia, but under the control of Serbia, close to the border with
Serbia. 2903 The municipal section of the MoD (Secretariat for National Defence), represented
by Miloš Bogdanović, together with Stevan Todorović, as a member of the command of the
2896 Indictment, para. 7.
2897 Indictment, para. 7.
2898 Indictment, paras 3, 5, 15(c).
2899 Prosecution Final Trial Brief, 14 December 2012, paras 227-237.
2900 Prosecution Final Trial Brief, 14 December 2012, para. 229.
2901 Prosecution Final Trial Brief, 14 December 2012, paras 239-240; T. 20199, 20209-20211.
2902 Prosecution Final Trial Brief, 14 December 2012, paras 239-240.
2903 Adjudicated Facts I, fact 294.
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