Anton Kikaš (also known as Tony, born in 1941 in Bijakovići, Bosnia-Hercegovina) is a Croatian-Canadian business man who was arrested for arms smuggling by Yugoslav authorities on 31 August 1991 during the Croatian war of independence and subsequently released in an exchange on 25 November 1991.
He hired a Uganda Airlines Boeing 707 to ship these arms, with the plan that they would file a flight-plan to fly to Trieste, Italy and then attempt to land and unload the plane's cargo of small-arms and anti-armour weapons in Ljubljana, capital of Slovenia, which at this point had already effectively achieved de facto (but not de jure) independence from Yugoslavia after the Ten Day war.
[7] The aircraft and its contents were seized by the Yugoslavs, and Kikaš was arrested and sent to a military prison in Belgrade for interrogation after receiving a beating at the airport.
[2] After three months in prison, on 25 November 1991,[8] Kikaš was exchanged in return for Milan Aksentijević, a Serb JNA officer captured by Croatian forces.
[11] "Kikaš" was subsequently used during the evacuation of the families of JNA personnel and other civilians from Bihać and Sarajevo, as well as the transport of military equipment, and was piloted by Stevan Popov.