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Email this citationCIAO DATE: 07/04
Serbia's Grain Trade: Milosevic's Hidden Cash Crop
June 5, 2000
Abstract
Nearly a year after NATO defeated Serbia in the war over Kosovo, the international community appears uncertain about how to remove Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic from power.
With its avowed policy of tough economic sanctions, the indictments by the UN's International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), the accompanying asset freeze placed on all indictees by the Tribunal's chief prosecutor, and the visa and financial ban lists maintained by the European Union (EU) and United States government, the international community has focused on dismantling the regime's financial underpinnings. However, the potential effectiveness of this approach has been undermined because thus far, the sanctions have been poorly implemented and enforced, enabling Milosevic and his associates to exploit their economic hold over key Yugoslav resources and industries.
