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her what was once the Serb Volunteer Guard with the wartime "Red Berets". Jovica
Stani ic,[3] head of the State Security Service asked Ulemek to join the unit. In
1999, Ulemek became the leader of the "Red Berets",[4] and became the official
commander of "JSO SDB Serbia" in April 2001.
The Red Berets were used during Milo evic's rule for special operations in Croatia
, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo, as well as for the elimination of Milo evic's
political opponents.[2]
indic's assassination was described by Presiding Judge Nata Mesarovic as "a polit
ical murder, a criminal act aimed against the state", in which police officers a
nd the Mafia had joined hands to kill indic and gain political power.[2]
Ulemek's deputy in the Red Berets, Zvezdan Jovanovic, was convicted of shooting i
ndic.[2]
The indic murder trial was the first organised crime trial in Serbia. There were
widespread threats to the trial chamber, as well as witness intimidation and the
murder of a witness. The first trial chamber president, Marko Kljajevic, left t
he process in August 2005. One of the most controversial moments of the trial wa
s Ulemek's surrender in May 2004, after he claimed that he had been hiding in hi
s house for nearly 14 months.[2]
Personal[edit]
He married Maja Lukovic in 1994, in the Hotel Majestic (Ma estik) in Belgrade. He
took the surname of his wife.
Trivia[edit]
He was sentenced to 120 years in prison for his crimes. In prison, he has writte
n several novels: The Iron Trench, The Legionnaire, The Boys from Brazil, The Ju
das: A Novel about Friendship, Pack of Wolves, The End, The Magician and The Sec
ret of my Heart. His favorite song is Fire at Will by Rammstein.
References[edit]
Jump up ^ His birthyear in some sources are 1968.Gvozdeni rov
^ Jump up to: a b c d e "Djindjic's killers convicted, sentenced after 3-year tri
al" by Igor Jovanovic, Southeast European Times, 24 May 2007, accessed 21 Januar
y 2011
^ Jump up to: a b c http://www.blic.rs/stara_arhiva/tema/62658/Legija-Od-najtraz
enijeg-begunca-do-najcuvanijeg
Jump up ^ Encyclopedia of war crimes and genocide, page 470: Milorad Ulemek
Sources[edit]
Biography of Legija (Serbian)
Profile: Milorad Lukovic, BBC Europe, Last Updated: Monday, 3 May 2004
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