I have information he is hiding in a Franciscan monastery, and so the Catholic Church is protecting him. I have taken this up with the Vatican and the Vatican refuses totally to co-operate with us.

They said they have no intelligence and I don't believe that. I think that the Catholic Church has the most advanced intelligence services.

This may seem as an unrealistic demand, but believe me it is not. It is primarily a thing of political will, and as we all know political will is influenced by pressure from the outside. If the EU launched [SAA] negotiations on 5 October and Mladic was still at large, this would severely compromise any chance of that arrest happening in the near future. It could even be a 'pass' to lack of punishment.

The Federal Prosecutor's office has opened an investigation into a suspected violation of the ban against illegal gathering of political and perhaps military intelligence.

The Federal Prosecutor's office has opened an investigation into a suspected violation of the ban against illegal gathering of political and perhaps military intelligence,

The false rumors spread yesterday from Belgrade about the arrest of Mladic have absolutely no basis whatsoever.