Key dates in hunt for Mladic

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(CNN) -- The arrest in Serbia of Ratko Mladic brings to an end a 16-year man hunt for the highest profile suspect still at large from the Balkan wars of the 1990s.

Here is a timeline of key dates in Mladic's involvement in military action in the former Yugoslavia, his subsequent indictment for war crimes and the efforts to bring him to justice.

1992: After helping found the Serbian Democratic Party in 1990, Bosnian Serb Radovan Karadzic declares a new independent Serbian Republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina and proclaims himself president.

Mladic gets command of the Bosnian Serb army which the majority of Bosnia and Herzegovina. His troops reportedly massacre more than 200,000 Muslims and Croats.

April 23, 1995: The United Nations International Criminal Tribunal names Karadzic and Mladic as suspected war criminals.

July 11, 1995: In what becomes known as the Srebrenica massacre, Karadzic and his army allegedly slaughter between 6,000 and 8,000 Muslims over the course of two days in a supposed U.N. safe area.

July 24, 1995: The U.N. Tribunal indicts both Karadzic and Mladic on several charges, including war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity.

November 16, 1995: A second indictment against Karadzic and Mladic brings charges of genocide and crimes against humanity for the Srebrenica massacre.

November 21, 1995: An agreement struck in Dayton, Ohio, gives Serbs half of Bosnia. They are required to cooperate with the U.N. war crimes court.

1997: Karadzic believed to be in permanent hiding after not being seen for more than a year.

June 28, 2001: Former Yugoslavian President Slobodan Milosevic is handed over to U.N. Tribunal.

July 21, 2008: Karadzic arrested after more than a decade as a fugitive from war crimes charges.

June 16, 2010: Mladic's family launches court proceedings to have him legally declared dead saying he had been in poor health and there had been no contact with him.

October 28, 2010: Serbia raises its reward for information leading to Mladic's arrest from $1 million to $14 million.

May 26, 2011: Serbian President Boris Tadic announces the arrest of Mladic.
 
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