Milorad Trbić (born 22 February 1958) is a Bosnian Serb who served as an Assistant Commander for Security with the

Zvornik Brigade The 1st Zvornik Brigade ( Serbian: 1. 3ворничка бригада; ''1. zvornička brigada'') was a brigade of the Bosnian Serb army based in Zvornik. The brigade was known and, except for Marko Milošević, tried for its human rights atroci ...

of the

Army of Republika Srpska The Army of Republika Srpska (; ВРС/VRS), commonly referred to in English as the Bosnian Serb Army, was the military of Republika Srpska, the self-proclaimed Serb secessionist republic, a territory within the newly independent Bosnia and Herz ...

. He was indicted for

genocide Genocide is violence that targets individuals because of their membership of a group and aims at the destruction of a people. Raphael Lemkin, who first coined the term, defined genocide as "the destruction of a nation or of an ethnic group" by ...

by the

International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) was a body of the United Nations that was established to prosecute the war crimes in the Yugoslav Wars, war crimes that had been committed during the Yugoslav Wars and to tr ...

(ICTY), arrested, and transferred to

Sarajevo Sarajevo ( ), ; ''see Names of European cities in different languages (Q–T)#S, names in other languages'' is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a population of 2 ...

to stand genocide trial in front of the

Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina (, Cyrillic: Суд Босне и Херцеговине; abbreviated as the ''Court of BiH'' in English) is the highest ordinary court of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was established on 3 July 2002 by the Parli ...

. He was found guilty on one count of genocide and sentenced to 30 years in prison. On appeal, his sentence was reduced to 20 years.

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Milorad Trbic indictment by the Hague Tribunal
{{DEFAULTSORT:Trbic, Milorad 1958 births Army of Republika Srpska soldiers Living people People convicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia People from Maglaj Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina convicted of genocide

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