Overview
- Prosecutors led by Alessandro Gobbi have launched a criminal investigation focused on Italians suspected of paying Bosnian Serb forces to be escorted to positions to shoot civilians during the 1992–1996 siege.
- The case stems from a 17-page filing by writer Ezio Gavazzeni, supported by former magistrate Guido Salvini and ex-Sarajevo mayor Benjamina Karić, drawing on testimony and archival material.
- Investigators are considering charges of voluntary homicide aggravated by cruelty, have compiled witness lists, and expect to question identified individuals in the coming weeks.
- Material under review includes claims of payments in the tens of thousands of euros with higher prices for children, routes via Trieste and Belgrade, and 1993 warnings to Italy’s SISMI cited by a Bosnian intelligence source.
- Bosnia’s consul in Milan has pledged cooperation, Serbian veterans reject the allegations, and Italy’s ROS Carabinieri unit is assisting as authorities pursue cross-border evidence from decades-old events.