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Thursday, 21 March, 2002, 09:35 GMT
Del Ponte calls for snatch squad
![]() Del Ponte (left) says Mladic is in Yugoslavia
The chief prosecutor of the United Nations crimes tribunal, Carla Del Ponte, has said a special squad should sent to search for the fugitive Bosnian Serb leader, Radovan Karadzic.
She said she had called for a plainclothes team to go in, rather than uniformed soldiers - but countries making up the Nato force had declined.
She said Mr Mladic had been in Serbia for about a month. The two leaders are wanted on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity. Aid cut threat Yugoslavia has until the end of March to start co-operating with the international war crimes tribunal if it does not want to lose $40m in vital financial aid from the US.
His dramatic arrest coincided with a deadline for international aid, which was subsequently granted. Yugoslavia has been criticised for failing to hand over several indicted war crimes suspects to the tribunal, some of whom remain in public life, such as Serbian President Milan Milutinovic.
Co-operation with the tribunal is a divisive issue in Yugoslavia. It is opposed by President Vojislav Kostunica, but supported by Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic.
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