Veselin Vlahović also known as "'Batko' or 'Smeće' " or the "Monster of Grbavica" (born in 1969) is a Montenegrin Serb former paramilitary who was convicted of committing murder, rape, illegal detention and torture against Bosniaks and Croats in the Grbavica neighbourhood of Sarajevo during the Bosnian War.
[1] In Montenegro, Vlahović was imprisoned for three years for robbery and violence but escaped in 2001.
[3] He later lived in Spain on a Bulgarian passport[4] where Vlahović was wanted for three armed robberies in Alicante province.
[3] Vlahović pleaded not guilty to the 56 charges against him, which included "murder, enslavement, rape, illegal detention, physical and psychological abuse".
[6] According to the prosecutor Vlahović "is indicted for the murders of 27 people, the rapes of 12, the disappearances of five persons and causing injuries to 41 victims" and that "the prosecution will call 105 witnesses".