Initial Appearance - Simatović, Franko - 2 June 2003

According to the Indictment, Franko Simatovic participated in a joint criminal enterprise, the objective of which was the forcible and permanent removal of the majority of non-Serbs, principally Croats, Bosnian Muslims and Bosnian Croats, from large areas of Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). The joint criminal enterprise was in existence no later than 1 August 1991 and continued until at least 31 December 1995.

Numerous individuals participated in this joint criminal enterprise. Each participant, by acts or omissions, contributed to achieving the objective of the enterprise. Individuals who participated in this joint criminal enterprise, thereby significantly furthering the objective of the enterprise, included the accused Jovica STANIŠIĆ and Franko SIMATOVIĆ, as well as Slobodan MILOŠEVIĆ, Veljko KADIJEVIĆ, Blagoje ADŽIĆ, Ratko MLADIĆ; Radmilo BOGDANOVIĆ, Radovan STOJI^IĆ (also known as "Bad`a", Mihalj KERTES; Milan MARTIĆ, Radovan KARADŽIĆ, Biljana PLAVŠIĆ, Zeljko RAŽNATOVIĆ (also known as "Arkan"), Vojislav ŠEŠELJ, and other members of the JNA, later the Army of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (hereinafter "VJ"), the VRS and the army of the Republic of Serbian Krajina (hereinafter "VRSK"), the Serb TO of Croatia, BiH, Serbia and Montenegro, local police forces and Serbian MUP, including the DB of Serbia and Martic's Police, and members of Serbian, Montenegrin and Bosnian Serb paramilitary forces units.

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