Overview
- Italian prosecutor Alessandro Gobbi is leading the case with the Carabinieri’s ROS unit, pursuing potential charges of voluntary homicide aggravated by cruelty.
- Allegations describe wealthy foreigners paying roughly €80,000–€100,000 to be escorted from Trieste to sniper positions above Sarajevo, with a reported price list that charged more to kill children.
- The filing by writer Ezio Gavazzeni draws on testimony from former Bosnian intelligence officer Edin Subasic and references the 2022 documentary Sarajevo Safari and prior ICTY testimony about “tourist shooters.”
- Italian military intelligence SISMI was reportedly informed in the 1990s and told Bosnian counterparts it had put a stop to the trips within months, an element now under review.
- Bosnia has offered full cooperation to Milan’s prosecutors, while Serbian officials and Bosnian Serb veterans reject the claims, and the scale of the alleged practice remains disputed.