Predrag Banović is a Bosnian Serb who was charged with war crimes by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia

International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia

The International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991, more commonly referred to as the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia or ICTY, is a...

 (ICTY) for his actions at the Keraterm camp

Keraterm camp

Keraterm camp was a concentration camp near the town of Prijedor in northern Bosnia and Herzegovina during the Bosnian War and genocide from 1992 to 1995. The camp was founded by the authorities of Republika Srpska and was used to collect and confine civilians of Bosniak and Bosnian Croat...

 during the Bosnian War

Bosnian War

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. He pleaded guilty to all charges in a bargain and was sentenced to serve eight years in prison.

Banović was arrested along with his twin brother Nenad on November 8, 2001 in Serbia

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.

He faced thirteen counts of crimes against humanity 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 Duško Knežević

Duško Knežević

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 and was referred to as "Omarska and Keraterm Camps".

On 28 July 2004, Banović was transferred to France

France

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to serve his sentence in a French prison.