Predrag Banović (born 28 October 1969Profile
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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 at the

Keraterm camp The Keraterm camp was a concentration camp established by Army of Republika Srpska, Republika Srpska military and police authorities near the town of Prijedor in northern Bosnia and Herzegovina during the Bosnian War. The camp was used to collect ...

during the

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. He pleaded guilty to all charges in a bargain and was sentenced to serve eight years in prison, with credit for 716 days as time served. Banović was arrested along with his twin brother, Nenad Banović, on 8 November 2001 in

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. He faced thirteen counts of

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and twelve counts of violations of the laws of war. His case was processed along with those of Željko Meakić, Momcilo Gruban, Dušan Fuštar and Dušan Knežević and was referred to as "Omarska and Keraterm Camps". On 28 July 2004, Banović was transferred to

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to serve his sentence in a French prison. On 3 September 2008, he was granted early release.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Banovic, Predrag 1969 births Living people Army of Republika Srpska soldiers People convicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia People from Prijedor Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina convicted of war crimes Bosnia and Herzegovina people imprisoned abroad Foreign nationals imprisoned in France Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina convicted of crimes against humanity Bosnia and Herzegovina twins

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