Serbian Man Arrested in Budapest for Alleged War Crimes

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Friday, November 4, 2022
Author: 
Kayla DeAlto
Volume: 
38
Issue: 
11
Abstract: 

On October 18, 2022, a Serbian man identified by authorities only by the initials S.S. was arrested by Hungarian authorities.[1] S.S. was arrested on an international arrest warrant filed by the Kosovan authorities for suspected participation in criminal events that occurred from March 26 to May 28, 1999.[2] The alleged criminal activity took place during a bloody war in 1998-1999 that ended with NATO intervention.[3] Ten Thousand ethnic Albanians were killed during the conflict and more than One Thousand Six Hundred are still missing.[4]



[1] The Associated Press, Serb Arrested in Hungary for Alleged War Crimes in Kosovo, ABC News (Oct. 18, 2022), https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/serb-arrested-hungary-all....

[2] Id.

[3] Id.

[4] Id.