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was accompanied by two trucks (bearing police registration plates) full of equipment when it
travelled to Ležimir from the DB headquarters in Belgrade, and that Serbian DB drivers
delivered weapons and equipment to the Ležimir camp. Documentary evidence reviewed
above, 2858 corroborates the evidence of Witness JF-031 in respect of the Unit being equipped
at Ležimir. Witness JF-031 also testified that at Ležimir, DB drivers brought Unit members
irregular payments of newly printed Dinars and that he was twice paid between 2,000 and
4,000 DEM. Further considering its findings above on the Unit’s connection to the Accused,
the Trial Chamber finds that the Accused supplied, financed, and supported the Unit’s
involvement in the aforementioned SBWS operations and directed and organized the
financing, training, logistical support, and other substantial assistance for the Unit at the
Ležimir camp between September 1991 and early 1992
1493. The Trial Chamber finally will now consider the training of other forces by Unit
members at Ležimir. On the basis of the testimonies of Witness JF-031 and Witness JF-
047, 2859 as well as exhibits P2984 and P3177, the Trial Chamber finds that from May 1992, at
Ležimir, Unit members trained a number of persons, including members of Witness JF-047’s
SBWS MUP group (which was subordinate to Debeli). While some of the persons who left
the camp wore red berets and were referred to as “Red Berets”, when they returned to their
areas of origin, Witness JF-031’s evidence indicates that they were not members of the Unit.
In view of the totality of the evidence before it, the Trial Chamber understands that different
groups were at different times referred to as the “Red Berets” and that many persons who
were trained by the Unit did not become Unit members, but returned to, or became members
of, other armed forces. In view of the above, the Trial Chamber concludes that the Accused
organized the training of members of Witness JF-047’s SBWS MUP group at Ležimir. The
Trial Chamber has considered the Stanišić Defence’s submissions that in August or
September 1991, Stanišić intended only to create an anti-terrorist unit that would operate
within the Republic of Serbia. 2860 However, in view of the evidence on the Unit’s SBWS
operations and the training of other groups at Ležimir, the Trial Chamber does not consider
this interpretation of the evidence to be reasonable.
2858 In particular Živojin Ivanović’s Unit Commander’s Report (in evidence as exhibit P2984) and exhibits
D457, D1623, P2745, P2771, P3038, P3142, and P3153.
2859 With regard to the reliability of Witness JF-047’s testimony, the Trial Chamber recalls its discussion in
chapter 3.4.1.
2860 See Stanišić Defence Final Trial Brief, 17 December 2012, paras 497-504.
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