Comparution initiale - Stanišić, Jovica - 13 juin 2003

An Indictment against Jovica Stanisic and Franko Simatovic was confirmed on 1 May 2003. According to the Indictment, Jovica Stanisic was de facto Chief of the State Security Services (the "DB") in the Republic of Serbia throughout 1991 until his formal appointment from 31 December 1991 to 27 October 1998. It is alleged in the Indictment that from no later than May 1991, secret units, which were not legally authorised, were established by or with the assistance of the Serbian DB for the purpose of undertaking special military operations in the Republic of Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina ("BiH"). In the Indictment, Stanisic and Simatovic are accused of participating in a joint criminal enterprise, the objective of which was the forcible and permanent removal of the majority of non-Serbs, principally Croats, Bosnian Muslims and Bosnian Croats, from large areas of Croatia and BiH. This joint criminal enterprise was in existence no later than 1 August 1991 and continued until at least 31 December 1995.