US embassy cable - 05ZAGREB475

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Identifier:	05ZAGREB475
Wikileaks:	View 05ZAGREB475 at Wikileaks.org
Origin:	Embassy Zagreb
Created:	2005-03-24 14:34:00
Classification:	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Tags:	KAWC PREL MK HR War Crimes
Redacted:	This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.

UNCLAS ZAGREB 000475 
 
SIPDIS 
 
 
SENSITIVE 
 
DEPARTMENT FOR S/WCI, EUR/SCE 
THE HAGUE FOR JOHNSON AND KAYE 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: KAWC, PREL, MK, HR, War Crimes 
SUBJECT: BOSKOSKI TRANSFERRED TO THE HAGUE 
 
REF: A) 04 ZAGREB 829 B)04 ZAGREB 933 C) 04 ZAGREB 1567 
 
1. (U) Croatian authorities today transferred Former 
Macedonian Interior Minister Ljubo Boskoski to the custody of 
the ICTY in The Hague.  Croatian authorities had been holding 
Boskoski in a Pula prison since August of 2004 on charges 
stemming from the murder of seven Pakistanis in Macedonia in 
2002.  Per reftels, Boskoski was being brought up on these 
charges in Croatia because he holds Croatian citizenship and 
therefore could not be extradited to Macedonia to face these 
charges there.  Croatian law allows for the extradition of 
its citizens to the ICTY and other international tribunals. 
 
2. (SBU) The ICTY representative office in Zagreb told Poloff 
that the actual transfer went smoothly.  Boskoski had waived 
his right to contest or appeal his extradition, which 
simplified the proceedings considerably.  The court in Pula 
carefully but expeditiously suspended the domestic criminal 
case and released Boskoski to Interpol custody.  Boskoski was 
escorted by Interpol officers on a direct Zagreb-Amsterdam 
flight and turned over to Dutch custody on arrival. 
FRANK 
 
 
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