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Milan Milanović of the SAO SBWS Vukovar MoD approved the payment of the expenses of
the TO Centre at Erdut by the Dalj socially-owned enterprise. 3666
1832. In its Final Trial Brief, the Prosecution does not focus on the different forms of support
it alleges the Accused provided to the SDG in the SAO SBWS operation, but instead infers
that Stanišić played a key role in such matters due to the nature of Stanišić’s relationship with
Arkan. 3667 This aspect is dealt with in the section on whether the accused directed the
involvement of the SDG in the SAO SBWS operation in 1991/1992. The Prosecution argues
that because of Arkan’s relationship with the Serbian DB, it was made possible for Arkan to
cross the border between Serbia and the SAO SBWS with weapons. 3668 The Prosecution also
argues that Stanišić sent Arkan to the SAO SBWS. 3669 In its arguments, the Prosecution relies,
inter alia, on exhibit P327, a report by the Federal Secretariat for National Defence Security
Administration dated 1 October 1991, as evidence that Arkan was fully supported by the
Serbian MUP and MoD. 3670 However, the Trial Chamber considers that the relevant part of
the report is, at best, hearsay evidence and of a general nature, without any clear reference to
evidence in support of it. Given its limited probative value, the Trial Chamber will not rely on
this statement.
1833. The Stanišić Defence argues that Arkan was supplied with weapons by the Serbian
MUP and the JNA, and not the Serbian DB. 3671 It submits that the evidence of Milomir
Kovačević and Witness JF-030, suggesting that the Serbian DB supplied Arkan and the SDG
with weapons, lacks probative value. 3672 The Trial Chamber recalls that it has deemed witness
Kovačević unreliable and will thus not consider his evidence further. 3673 With regard to the
probative value of Witness JF-030’s evidence, the Trial Chamber recalls its finding in chapter
6.4.2. The Stanišić Defence opposes the Prosecution’s thesis that Arkan’s ability to be able to
move around freely must have been because he was supported by the Serbian DB. 3674 The
Trial Chamber finds this thesis unpersuasive.
3666 P1187 (Approval of payment of expenses at Erdut, signed by Milan Milanović for the MoD, Vukovar).
3667 Prosecution Final Trial Brief, 14 December 2012, paras 655-656.
3668 Prosecution Final Trial Brief, 14 December 2012, para. 308.
3669 Prosecution Final Trial Brief, 14 December 2012, para. 655.
3670 Prosecution Final Trial Brief, 14 December 2012, para. 656.
3671 Stanišić Defence Final Trial Brief, 17 December 2012, paras 438-445.
3672 Stanišić Defence Final Trial Brief, 17 December 2012, paras 439-442.
3673 See Chapter 2.
3674 Stanišić Defence Final Trial Brief, 17 December 2012, paras 441-442.
Case No. IT-03-69-T 644
30 May 2013