Milos Stankovic
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Milos Stankovic MBE (born 1962), a Major
in the British Army
, was arrested for treason
in December 1997. He sued the Ministry of Defence for £1 million for the loss of his army career. In November 2007 he was awarded £5,000 damages while his costs in the action are estimated at £500,000.
Milos Stankovic was born in Southern Rhodesia
, a British citizen whose father was a Royalist Yugoslav Serb
. He was educated at Plymouth College
and was commissioned into the Parachute Regiment in 1981. He served with the British Army in Belize, Northern Ireland and Africa, and with the United Nations forces in Kuwait, Iraq and Bosnia
.
As a Serbo-Croat speaker he worked closely with General Sir Michael Rose, the commander of the United Nations Protection Force in Bosnia, negotiating with Bosnian Serb leaders. On his return from Bosnia he was arrested by the Ministry of Defence Police
on suspicion of betraying state secrets
As part of the British element in the United Nations presence in war-torn Bosnia, he ran a Schindler's List
-type operation smuggling Serb and Croat families out of besieged Sarajevo
. The story behind his arrest and the backing down of the accusers and investigators was only revealed in Parliamentary Answers and the book A Trusted Mole which he subsequently wrote about his experiences.
Major
Major is a rank of commissioned officer, with corresponding ranks existing in almost every military in the world.When used unhyphenated, in conjunction with no other indicator of rank, the term refers to the rank just senior to that of an Army captain and just below the rank of lieutenant colonel. ...
in the British Army
British Army
The British Army is the land warfare branch of Her Majesty's Armed Forces in the United Kingdom. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdom of England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. The new British Army incorporated Regiments that had already existed in England...
, was arrested for treason
Treason
In law, treason is the crime that covers some of the more extreme acts against one's sovereign or nation. Historically, treason also covered the murder of specific social superiors, such as the murder of a husband by his wife. Treason against the king was known as high treason and treason against a...
in December 1997. He sued the Ministry of Defence for £1 million for the loss of his army career. In November 2007 he was awarded £5,000 damages while his costs in the action are estimated at £500,000.
Milos Stankovic was born in Southern Rhodesia
Southern Rhodesia
Southern Rhodesia was the name of the British colony situated north of the Limpopo River and the Union of South Africa. From its independence in 1965 until its extinction in 1980, it was known as Rhodesia...
, a British citizen whose father was a Royalist Yugoslav Serb
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
. He was educated at Plymouth College
Plymouth College
Plymouth College is a co-educational independent school in Plymouth, Devon, England, for day and boarding pupils from the ages of 11 to 18...
and was commissioned into the Parachute Regiment in 1981. He served with the British Army in Belize, Northern Ireland and Africa, and with the United Nations forces in Kuwait, Iraq and Bosnia
United Nations Protection Force
The United Nations Protection Force ', was the first United Nations peacekeeping force in Croatia and in Bosnia and Herzegovina during the Yugoslav wars. It existed between the beginning of UN involvement in February 1992, and its restructuring into other forces in March 1995...
.
As a Serbo-Croat speaker he worked closely with General Sir Michael Rose, the commander of the United Nations Protection Force in Bosnia, negotiating with Bosnian Serb leaders. On his return from Bosnia he was arrested by the Ministry of Defence Police
Ministry of Defence Police
The Ministry of Defence Police is a civilian police force which is part of the United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence. The force is part of the larger government agency, the Ministry of Defence Police and Guarding Agency , together with the Ministry of Defence Guard Service...
on suspicion of betraying state secrets
As part of the British element in the United Nations presence in war-torn Bosnia, he ran a Schindler's List
Schindler's List
Schindler's List is a 1993 American film about Oskar Schindler, a German businessman who saved the lives of more than a thousand mostly Polish-Jewish refugees during the Holocaust by employing them in his factories. The film was directed by Steven Spielberg, and based on the novel Schindler's Ark...
-type operation smuggling Serb and Croat families out of besieged Sarajevo
Sarajevo
Sarajevo |Bosnia]], surrounded by the Dinaric Alps and situated along the Miljacka River in the heart of Southeastern Europe and the Balkans....
. The story behind his arrest and the backing down of the accusers and investigators was only revealed in Parliamentary Answers and the book A Trusted Mole which he subsequently wrote about his experiences.