Zoran Vuković (born 6 September 1955 in

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) is a

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who was charged with

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by the

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(ICTY) for his actions in the city of

during the

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. During the course of the war he was in the same unit as convicted indictee

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. He was arrested by

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on 23 December 1999 and charged with several counts of rape and torture, of which he was ultimately found guilty of two counts of each as war crimes and acquitted of the remainder and the crimes against humanity charges. He was sentenced to twelve years in prison on 22 February 2001. At his own request, he was tried along with

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and

. He served his sentence in

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and was released on 11 March 2008, after serving about two thirds of the sentence.

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