Overview
- Italy’s Milan prosecutor’s office has formally opened a criminal investigation into reports that foreigners paid to shoot civilians during the 1992–95 siege of Sarajevo.
- The case stems from a complaint by journalist Ezio Gavazzeni, who supplied years of documents, testimonies and material linked to the 2022 documentary Sarajevo Safari.
- Investigators have assigned the case to the Carabinieri’s ROS unit due to its cross‑border complexity, with no public indictments announced to date.
- Key testimony from former Bosnian intelligence officer Edin Subašić describes 1993 accounts of paying ‘sniper tourists,’ while FTV reports reference a price list for targets.
- The probe also examines a claim that Italy’s SISMI was alerted in 1993 and replied it had stopped trips from Trieste without naming organizers, as researchers note 300–350 Sarajevo deaths attributed to snipers within more than 11,000 war fatalities.