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2093. According to the Indictment, the Accused directed and organized the financing,
training, logistical support, and other substantial assistance or support for the Skorpions. 4387
Having already considered, in chapter 6.5.3, the Prosecution’s allegations with regard to the
assistance rendered by the Accused to the Skorpions in Operation Pauk, and in the 1995
Trnovo/Treskavica and SAO SBWS operations, in the present section the Trial Chamber will
consider whether the Accused directed and organized the financing, logistical support, and
other substantial assistance or support for the Skorpions outside the time-period of these
operations, and whether they directed and organized the Skorpions’ training.
2094. In this respect, the Trial Chamber has received evidence from Witness JF-024, Goran
Stoparić, Witness JF-029, Petar Djukić, and Gvozden Gagić. The Trial Chamber will now
deal with the evidence concerning the financing and logistical support for the Skorpions.
2095. Witness JF-024, a Serb from Croatia, 4388 testified that in 1994, Skorpion members had
unlimited access to fuel and were paid 750 DEM a month, and he believed that the payments
were made by the oil industry of Krajina. 4389 Before an operation, the Skorpions received
weapons from Milanović who would inform Medić where to pick up trucks with ammunition,
weapons, and other equipment required for the operation. The witness believed that most of
the weapons came from the Vukovar barracks. The witness testified that the Skorpions
received vehicles with civilian RSK and SVK license plates, from Srdjan Manojlović, and that
Medić’s vehicle had a blue license plate, identical to that of the Serbian police and other
government agencies, with the letter M which, according to the witness, indicated Milicija. 4390
2096. Goran Stoparić, a former member of the Skorpions, 4391 testified that at Đeletovci, the
Skorpions were regularly visited by persons, who some soldiers referred to as Serbian DB,
who brought them “whatever equipment they needed”, and salaries in envelopes. 4392 The
4387 Indictment, paras 3, 5, 15(c). In its Final Trial Brief, the Prosecution further alleges that the Accused trained,
financed, and provided logistical support to the Skorpions, which the Trial Chamber understand to be reflecting
the aforementioned wording of the Indictment. See Prosecution Final Trial Brief, 14 December 2012, paras 187,
192, 194, 610, 641,755.
4388 P2146 (Witness JF-024, witness statement, 17 February 2005), p. 1, paras 4-6; P2147 (Witness JF-024,
witness statement, 25 May 2005), pp. 1-2; P2148 (Witness JF-024, witness statement, 31 May 2005), p. 1; P2149
(Witness JF-024, witness statement, 7 October 2010), p. 1.
4389 P2146 (Witness JF-024, witness statement, 17 February 2005), paras 41, 44; Witness JF-024, T. 11108-
11110.
4390 P2146 (Witness JF-024, witness statement, 17 February 2005), paras 45, 88; Witness JF-024, T. 11014-
11015, 11099, 11112-11113, 11168, 11181-11184; P2153 (Witness JF-024 comments on Pauk Video and
Scorpion Video), p. 5; P2154 (Witness JF-024 comments on stills from Scorpion Video); P2161 (Video of
Trnovo Skorpion Operation); D225 (Video still from Skorpion Video).
4391 P1702 (Goran Stoparić, witness statement, 24 November 2003), paras 68, 77; Goran Stoparić, T. 10327.
4392 P1702 (Goran Stoparić, witness statement, 24 November 2003), paras 73-74; Goran Stoparić, T. 10432-
10437.
Case No. IT-03-69-T 748
30 May 2013