The war that broke out in the former Yugoslavia at the end of the twentieth century unleashed unspeakable acts of violence committed against defenseless civilians, including a grizzly mass murder at an Ovécara pig farm in 1991. An international tribunal was set up to try the perpetrators of crimes such as this, and one of the accused was Slavko Dokmanovic, who at the time was the mayor of a local town. Vladimír Dzuro, a criminal detective from Prague, was one of the investigators charged with discovering what happened on that horrific night at Ovécara. The story Dzuro presents here, drawn from his daily notes, is devastating. It was a time of brutal torture, random killings, and the disappearance of innocent people. In addition to the story of the pursuit and arrest of Dokmanovic, The Investigator provides a realistic picture of the war crime investigations that led to the successful prosecution of a number of war criminals.

Place of publication from publisher's website. Translated from the Czech.

From Interpol to the Hague -- Operation little flower -- The tribulations of Slavko Dokmanovic -- How a police officer, a dentist, and a warehouseman became the presidents of the Republic of Serbian Krajina -- The case of Dubrovnik -- Everything is controlled from Belgrade -- Carla del Ponte visits eastern Slavonia -- The international tribunal in the eyes of a Czech prosecutor -- The reckoning -- Final word -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix 1: List of people -- Appendix 2: List of institutions -- Bibliography -- Index.