the cokksucker has gone into hiding.....
the ba.stard is for sure going to try and get out of the country under a fake passport, and go to exile in belarus or russia, where interpol will not be able to reach him. he will ofcourse get help to do this from people within the serbian community in australia.
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www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/afp-unable-to-find-war-crimes-suspect-captain-dragan/story-e6frg6nf-1225848248255AFP unable to find war crimes suspect Captain Dragan Vasiljkovic authors: Paul Maley and Peter Kogoy From: The Australian April 01, 2010 12:00AM
THE Australian Federal Police was frantically searching last night for an Australian accused of war crimes, after a five-year legal battle ended with the High Court ruling that an arrest warrant for him be reinstated and he be extradited to Croatia.
The disappearance of Dragan Vasiljkovic is a major embarrassment for the AFP, which is understood to have had officers monitoring him while he sat in the High Court on Monday.
The High Court on Tuesday reinstated a 2006 warrant for his arrest and paved the way for his extradition to Croatia to face war crimes charges.
A spokeswoman for the Attorney-General's Department confirmed the court's decision required Mr Vasiljkovic, also known as "Captain Dragan" and by his Australian name Daniel Snedden, to surrender himself into custody.
"Following the High Court's decision on 30 March, 2010, to uphold the Republic of Croatia's appeal, Mr Snedden is now required to be committed to prison to await the Minister for Home Affairs' final determination whether or not to surrender him to Croatia to face prosecution for war crimes offences," the spokeswoman said.
Late yesterday, the department admitted the AFP had yet to find Mr Vasiljkovic, who is accused of leading a Serb paramilitary unit during the bloody ethnic conflicts that wracked the Balkans during the 1990s.
"The Australian Federal Police is continuing to make inquiries to locate Mr Snedden," the spokeswoman said.
Mr Vasiljkovic was in the High Court on Monday but did not attend the following day. He was thought to have returned to his home in Coffs Harbour on Monday night. He has not been seen since.
The Australian understands the AFP had agents in the High Court on Monday and Tuesday in preparation for a decision clearing the way for his extradition.
It is understood the AFP had no authority to arrest the Serbian until the High Court made its ruling.
Croatian authorities allege Mr Vasiljkovic ordered the abuse and interrogation of Croatian prisoners.
Mr Vasiljkovic's lawyers had contested the extradition order, arguing he would not get a fair hearing in Croatia because of his political opinions.
Yesterday, Lidia and Luigi Zecchinati, neighbours to Nada Lukich-Bruce, a supporter of Mr Vasiljkovic and the owner of the house where he was living until recently, said two police cars and a police van arrived at Ms Lukich-Bruce's property on Tuesday in what is believed to have been a search for Mr Vasiljkovic.
"We never get much traffic up here and these three cars -- a Land Cruiser, a marked police car and a big van -- came driving up here at around 5.30pm," Mrs Zecchinati said yesterday.
"We didn't know what was going on."
Mrs Zecchinati said two of the cars stayed at the property for 45 minutes, while the third stayed for an extra 20 minutes.
AFP officers were at the house again yesterday.
Mr and Mrs Zecchinati both said they had never seen anyone fitting the description of Mr Vasiljkovic anywhere near the house.
When shown a picture of Mr Vasiljkovic, Mr Zecchinati, 67, said: "We heard Nada had a guy living up there with her about five months ago, but we'd never seen anyone like that." The Zecchinatis said they had only had "broken" conversations with Ms Lukich-Bruce, whose estranged husband was believed to have still lived on the property in Boambee, in the hilly rural rainforest surrounding Coffs Harbour, on the NSW mid-north coast.
"She's lived here for nearly 10 years and we only ever said hello to her every now and then," Mrs Zecchinati said. "She just kept to herself . . . It's a bit strange really."
The Attorney-General's Department confirmed Mr Vasiljkovic's passport had been surrendered and that court orders were in place prohibiting him from international departure points. He is required to notify authorities about any change of address.
"Mr Snedden had complied with these court orders restricting his movement until 30 March, 2010, when the appeal was determined," the spokeswoman said.
Mr Vasiljkovic's friend George Bubalo said nobody in the Serbian community had heard from the former paramilitary leader in the past two days.
"I can tell you my opinion is that he did not leave the country and he is just probably somewhere in Sydney or Canberra," Mr Bubalo said.
"My advice to him if I see him is that he gets to the nearest police station straight away."