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fighting near Brčko on 22 June 1992. According to the note, a reserve force salary and daily
allowances were paid to his father. 3027 A document of the Serbian MUP DB Belgrade JSO of
10 May 1996 noted that the next day, Željko Torbica would be conferred a posthumous
award. 3028
1557. On 9 July 1992, Živojin Ivanović, in his capacity as commander of the SAO Semberija
and Majevica Unit for Special Purposes Brčko, signed a certificate confirming that Joco
Stevanović was a member of the unit in Brčko from 20 June 1992 onwards. In the document,
Ivanović noted the cooperation of the SAO Semberija and Majevica Units with the MUP
Krajina. 3029
1558. On 27 June 1992, the unit commander of the Krajina MUP Special Purpose Unit
reported that he had requested funds from the Brčko municipal Presidency in order to
purchase communication equipment. 3030
1559. On 28 July 1992, VRS Colonel Zdravko Tolimir reported that a Krajina Special Police
paramilitary group of 45 men led by Živojin Ivanović was present in Brčko. Ivanović had not
placed himself under the command of the Brčko Brigade and was allegedly sent by the
Serbian Republican SUP. The report was critical of the paramilitary groups in the Bosnian-
Serb Republic, noting that many of them engaged in looting and war profiteering. 3031
1560. On 8 August 1992, Milorad Davidović of the Federal MUP Belgrade, reported that a
group of 40 members led by Živojin Ivanović posed as Serbian MUP officials with official
Serbian MUP identity cards and used a stamp of the Krajina MUP. The group further
threatened the police at the police station, taking 22 official Bosnian-Serb Republic MUP
identity cards, and began investigating war criminals, searching flats, and seizing cars and
weapons. The group also beat up, harassed and mistreated police officers, army officers,
soldiers and local civilians, and stole property which it transferred to the SFRY. According to
the report, during an interview, Živojin Ivanović had showed a Serbian MUP ID card and
claimed that he had been sent by “Tepa” and “Frenki” from the Serbian MUP SDB and that
they had lent them weapons, equipment, and cars from the station. 3032
3027 P3183 (Series of Serbian MUP SDB documents relating to Željko Torbica), p. 3 (Notification of funeral of
Željko Torbica on 24 June 1992), p. 19 (Biography of Željko Torbica).
3028 P3183 (Series of Serbian MUP SDB documents relating to Željko Torbica), pp. 4-5 (Serbian MUP DB JSO
conferment of awards on the occasion of the security day, 10 May 1996).
3029 P1085 (Unit for Special Purposes Certificate signed by Živojin Ivanović, 9 July 1992).
3030 D175 (Series of three requests by special units in Brčko, 18-27 June 1992), p. 3.
3031 P383 (VRS Main Staff report on paramilitary formations, Zdravko Tolimir, 28 July 1992), pp. 1-2, 10-11.
3032 P3017 (Federal MUP Belgrade report, Milorad Davidović, 8 August 1992), pp. 7-8, 10.
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