UN Prosecutor Prepares for New Indictment Against Milosevic

In the aftermath of Milosevic’s resignation from office, Carla Del Ponte, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), is preparing a new indictment and will seek a meeting and cooperation from the new Yugoslav Government. Del Ponte, who was in the Balkans during Milosevic’s resignation, has asked for a meeting with Vojislav Kostunica, the new Yugoslav President. She plans to deliver to him the details about frozen Swiss bank accounts belonging to Milosevic associates. Del Ponte is said to have information on 100 bank accounts held by persons close to Milosevic, which have been frozen in Switzerland...[more]