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6.8 Channels of communication
2290. According to the Indictment, the Accused participated in the joint criminal enterprise
by providing “channels of communication” between and among its core members in Belgrade,
in the specific regions, and locally throughout the Indictment period. 4891 In its Final Trial
Brief, the Prosecution argue specifically that Stanišić served as a channel of communication
between Milošević, on the one hand, and Martić and Babić, on the other; between Milošević,
on the one hand, and Hadžić and the RSK government, on the other; and between Milošević
and Karadžić. 4892 With regard to Simatović, the Prosecution argue that he served as a channel
of communication through intelligence-gathering. 4893 In that capacity, both of the Accused coordinated
a large, geographically dispersed and multi-faceted joint criminal enterprise
composed of powerful personalities who were aligned along the common criminal
purpose. 4894 The Trial Chamber understands the allegation in this respect to mean that the
Accused enabled, or at least greatly facilitated contact between the alleged members of the
joint criminal enterprise.
2291. Besides the evidence reviewed below, the Trial Chamber has also considered the
evidence on contacts between the Accused and other alleged members of the joint criminal
enterprise reviewed in other sections of the Judgement, including the evidence on the contacts
between Martić and the Accused reviewed in chapters 6.3.2 in relation to the Golubić camp
and chapter 6.6.2.
2292. With regard to serving as a channel of communication between Milošević, on the one
hand, and Martić and Babić, on the other, the Trial Chamber has considered relevant evidence
of, inter alia, Witness JF-039, Milan Babić, and documentary material.
2293. Witness JF-039, a Serb from Croatia, 4895 testified that in late November or early
December 1990, a group of expert technicians from the Serbian DB came to Knin and at this
time, Martić was provided with a direct telephone line to Stanišić. 4896 Simatović was also
present at this visit in Krajina. 4897 According to the witness, around this time “it was
4891 Indictment, para. 15 (a).
4892 Prosecution Final Trial Brief, 14 December 2012, paras 187, 669-681.
4893 Prosecution Final Trial Brief, 14 December 2012, paras 192, 682-684.
4894 Prosecution Final Trial Brief, 14 December 2012, paras 187-189, 192, 668-682, 729, 734.
4895 P978 (Witness JF-039, witness statement, 12 September 2003), p. 1, paras 1, 5, 23; P977 (Witness JF-039,
prior testimony), pp. 1958-1959.
4896 P978 (Witness JF-039, witness statement, 12 September 2003), paras 22, 26; P977 (Witness JF-039, prior
testimony), pp. 1992, 1996, 2085-2086; Witness JF-039, T. 7345.
4897 P977 (Witness JF-039, prior testimony), pp. 1991-1992; Witness JF-039, T. 7345.
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