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2272. The Trial Chamber has further reviewed the evidence about the arrest of Legija and
three other men on the eve of the Zvornik take-over and Pavlović’s role in securing their
release, but considers that this evidence neither shows that Pavlović participated in the
formation of the Zvornik TO, which already existed at the time, nor that his actions were in
any way linked to the Accused. In fact, the Trial Chamber notes that JNA officials also
intervened with the Muslim police in relation to the arrest of the four men.
2273. In view of the above, the majority, Judge Picard dissenting, is unable to conclude that
the Accused directed and organized the formation of the Zvornik TO.
6.7.6 The Accused directed and organized the financing, training, logistical support, and
other substantial assistance or support to the Zvornik TO units
2274. According to the Indictment, the Accused directed and organized the financing,
training, logistical support, and other substantial assistance or support to the Zvornik TO. 4849
In its Final Trial Brief, the Prosecution submits that the Serbian DB began sending arms to
Zvornik municipality in November 1991, and later it supplied weapons through Kostić and
Pavlović. 4850 The Trial Chamber will now review the evidence it has received in this respect.
2275. The Trial Chamber will begin with the evidence on the arming of the Zvornik TO.
Witness JF-026 testified that the distribution of arms to the Serbian population in Zvornik
started in 1991, and was carried out, besides the legalisation of weapons already in possession
of Serbs, through the legal distribution of arms to 450 reserve policemen and to reserve JNA
members, and through illegal channels from Croatia and Serbia. 4851 The weapons from Serbia
were provided by the JNA and the Serbian security services, which the witness testified
referred to the security services of the Yugoslav MoD, MUP, and the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs. 4852 In particular, of the weapons distributed in Zvornik, at least two thirds of the
quantity distributed in the autumn of 1991, and 90 per cent of the overall quantity was from
the JNA depots and warehouses, in part distributed through the SDS, and the remaining 10 per
cent from Baranja. 4853 The federal MUP, MUP of the Republic of Serbia, and the Bosnian-
4849 Indictment, paras 3, 5, 15(c).
4850 Prosecution Final Trial Brief, 14 December 2012, paras 631-633.
4851 P1700 (Witness JF-026, witness statement, 16 December 2008), para. 31; D215 (Witness JF-026, Šešelj
transcript, 12-13 January 2010), pp. 14884-14885; Witness JF-026, T. 9723.
4852 P1700 (Witness JF-026, witness statement, 16 December 2008), para. 32; Witness JF-026, T. 9667-9668,
9844-9845.
4853 P1700 (Witness JF-026, witness statement, 16 December 2008), para. 34; P1701 (Witness JF-026, Slobodan
Milošević transcript, 23 and 26 May 2003, 5 June 2003), p. 21184; Witness JF-026, T. 9719-9721, 9789.
Case No. IT-03-69-T 814
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