Resor državne bezbednosti

The Resor državne bezbednosti ( Serbian - Cyrillic Ресор државне безбедности ; department of State Security), short- RDB (РДБ) also simplifies državna bezbednost (Државна безбедност; State Security), short- DB (ДБ) called, was the secret police of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and was on Founded March 13, 1991 as the successor to the SDB ("UDBA") .

The RDB, headquartered in Belgrade, was subordinate to the Yugoslav Ministry of the Interior . In July 2002 the RDB was dissolved and on August 1, 2002 the Bezbednosno-informativna agencija (BIA) was founded as Serbia's secret service .

history

Yugoslav Wars

During the wars of Yugoslavia under the RDB director Jovica Stanišić (* 1950) various paramilitary units such as the " Knindže ", the Serbian Volunteer Guard and the " Scorpions " were set up by or with the help of the RDB, which were responsible for numerous war crimes against non-Serbian people were responsible and were subordinate to the RPV. The " Red Berets " set up in 1991 officially became a unit of the RDB in 1996. Their last commander was the former Foreign Legionnaire Milorad Ulemek "Legija" (* 1968), who as a member of the " Zemun clan " is said to have initiated the assassination of the Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Đinđić (1952-2003).

Directors

October 31, 1990 - December 30, 1991: Zoran Janaćković (1939–2015)
January 1, 1992 - October 26, 1998: Jovica Stanišić (* 1950)
October 27, 1998 - January 25, 2001: Radomir Marković (* 1946)
January 26, 2001 - November 15, 2001: Goran Petrović (* 1961)
November 15, 2001 - August 1, 2002: Andreja Savić (* 1947)

literature

Agilolf Keßelring: The historical analysis of paramilitary units as a challenge for recent military history using the example of command responsibility in the crumbling Yugoslavia . In: Military History Journal . tape 77 , Issue 2. De Gruyter Oldenbourg, Munich 2018, Combined War and Command Responsibility in Krajina and Baranja using the example of Arkan's "Tiger" and Dragan's "Knindže", p. 415–457 , here p. 437 ff. , Doi : 10.1515 / mgzs-2018-0082 .

Individual evidence

^ Central Intelligence Agency [CIA] - Office of Russian and European Analysis (ed.): Balkan Battlegrounds: A Military History of the Yugoslav Conflict . tape I . Washington DC 2002, p. 111 , footnote 19 : "The SDB, the State Security Service (Sluzba Drzavne Bezbednosti), was redesignated RDB, Department for State Security (Resor Drzavne Bezbednosti), in 1991."
↑ Carla Del Ponte , Serge Brammertz : The Prosecutor vs. Jovica Stanišić & Franko Simatović - Third Amended Indictment. International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia , July 10, 2008, accessed May 17, 2020 .

[1] Central Intelligence Agency [CIA] - Office of Russian and European Analysis (ed.): Balkan Battlegrounds: A Military History of the Yugoslav Conflict . tape I . Washington DC 2002, p. 111 , footnote 19 : "The SDB, the State Security Service (Sluzba Drzavne Bezbednosti), was redesignated RDB, Department for State Security (Resor Drzavne Bezbednosti), in 1991."

[2] Carla Del Ponte , Serge Brammertz : The Prosecutor vs. Jovica Stanišić & Franko Simatović - Third Amended Indictment. International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia , July 10, 2008, accessed May 17, 2020 .