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amounts received. 3791 The witness testified that the money received from the DB was never
put into bank accounts and that, for example, the Tigers would receive their salaries in
individual envelopes, and that the rest would be divided into two equal parts, one of which
was put into Arkan’s safe, and the other going to a contractor who was building Arkan’s
house. 3792 The witness acknowledged that the direct knowledge on payments by the Serbian
DB to the SDG as provided is limited to the period of November 1994 to January 1996. 3793
1889. Witness JF-057 testified that the SDG was also sponsored by way of money and other
contributions by wealthy businessmen and that some companies contributed to the funding of
the SDG. 3794 This money was used to buy supplies for the Erdut training camp. The witness
testified that no specific conditions were placed on the donations received; some people gave
money “because of Arkan”, some thought they should donate to “help the Serb people” and
that the SDG was defending the Serb people. 3795 The witness testified that the SDG company
on Kneza Miloša Street kept receipts for these transactions. 3796 The SDG company account
was used to pay the workers in Arkan’s companies and the SDG office workers. 3797
1890. Other witnesses also provided evidence in relation to salaries of SDG members.
According to Nebojša Bogunović, Arkan’s unit was funded in part by donations from Serbs
living abroad, and was better equipped than other formations in Eastern Slavonia. Arkan’s
men were regularly paid in foreign currency, either DEM or Swiss francs. 3798 Dejan
Slišković, a Serb who was a member of the JATD from June 1994 to May 1995, 3799 testified
that when he was paid during his time with Arkan’s Tigers, after May 1995, he received his
salary, consisting of about 300 DEM per month in brand new, freshly printed notes, in the
same white stapled envelopes with blue letters as he had when he had been in the Red
Berets. 3800 In Erdut, SDG Captain Lada, who was in charge of the Erdut camp, told the
3791 P1615 (Witness JF-057, witness statement, 9 July 2002), p. 4.
3792 P1616 (Witness JF-057, witness statement, 10 November 2002), p. 11; P1618 (Witness JF-057, prior
testimony), p. 19454; Witness JF-057, T. 9467-9468, 9470.
3793 Witness JF-057, T. 9472.
3794 P1615 (Witness JF-057, witness statement, 9 July 2002), p. 4; P1616 (Witness JF-057, witness statement, 10
November 2002), p. 10; P1618 (Witness JF-057, prior testimony), pp. 19453, 19555-19556, 19558; Witness JF-
057, T. 9379, 9463-9465, 9552-9555, 9561, 9563; P1620 (Charts of exhibits commented on by Witness JF-057,
22 November 2010), p. 1.
3795 P1616 (Witness JF-057, witness statement, 10 November 2002), pp. 10-11; P1618 (Witness JF-057, prior
testimony), p. 19569.
3796 P1615 (Witness JF-057, witness statement, 9 July 2002), p. 4.
3797 P1616 (Witness JF-057, witness statement, 10 November 2002), pp. 10-11.
3798 D334 (Nebojša Bogunović, witness statement, 15 August 2011), para. 64.
3799 P440 (Dejan Slišković, witness statement, 14 September 2003), p. 1, paras 3-4, 20; P441 (Dejan Slišković,
witness statement, 8 April 2010), p. 1, paras 13-14, 63.
3800 P440 (Dejan Slišković, witness statement, 14 September 2003), para. 22; P441 (Dejan Slišković, witness
statement, 8 April 2010), paras 24, 46, 68; Dejan Slišković, T. 5137-5138.
Case No. IT-03-69-T 664
30 May 2013