Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic is in UN custody after he was arrested by the Serbian Secret Service on Monday according to Swiss Info Channel. He was taken to Serbian Court, which decided to give custody to the UN crime court in Hague. Karadzic had change his appearance and was walking freely on the street practising alternative medicine. According to Swiss Info Channel and BBC the arrest of Karadzic is very positive step for Serbia. Formerly, the Serbian government was heavily criticized for not turning in the suspect war criminals. Now that the government has to deal with the separation of Kosovo and the accusation from the UN that no peaceful actions have been adopted for dealing with Kosovo, Serbia is trying to show the world and more over the EU and the UN that they can be responsible for their actions. Serbia wants to be considered for EU accession soon and their looking to promote more positive look over their politics. (It is an interesting fact that Karadzic was not arrested for 13 years after many people have said they had seen him.)
Karadzic is set to appear in court on Thursday at 4 PM local time (10 AM EST). At that time one would know how is the former Bosnian Serb leader going to plead and defend against the "11 charges of including genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, which Brammertz called "the most serious crimes under international law". (CNN World News)
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