Dragan Vasiljković
Serb war criminal / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dragan Vasiljković (Serbian Cyrillic: Драган Васиљковић; born 12 December 1954), nicknamed Captain Dragan (Serbian: Капетан Драган, romanized: Kapetan Dragan) is a convicted war criminal and former commander of a Serb paramilitary unit called the Kninjas during the Yugoslav Wars.[1] In 2005, prosecutors in Croatia accused him of committing war crimes during the wars. A warrant for his arrest was subsequently issued by Interpol.
Dragan Vasiljković | |
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Native name | Драган Васиљковић |
Nickname(s) | Captain Dragan |
Born | (1954-12-12) 12 December 1954 (age 69) Belgrade, PR Serbia, Yugoslavia |
Allegiance | Australia Republic of Serbian Krajina |
Years of service | 1991–1995 |
Rank | Captain |
Unit | Knindže |
Spouse(s) |
Nada Lukich-Bruce (m. 2010) |
He was arrested in Australia in January 2006,[2] and ordered to prison by the High Court of Australia in anticipation for extradition to Croatia to face prosecution for his alleged crimes.[3][4] He was extradited to Croatia on 8 July 2015 after losing his thirteenth appeal and sentenced to 15 years in prison on 26 September 2017 by the County Court in the city of Split.[2] Dragan was released from prison in March 2020 after serving his sentence.