NATO-led troops have ended an operation to gather information about the support network helping fugitive Serb leader Radovan Karadzic evade arrest.
Troops have left the remote area in the mountains of eastern Bosnia near the Montenegrin border where the former Bosnian Serb wartime leader is presumed to be hiding.
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SFOR says it launched the operation to learn more about "the circle of people who shelter, feed, alert, guard and move Karadzic in an effort to keep him from justice."
"The operation has concluded and the troops are back in camps," said Major Scott Lundy, spokesman for the peacekeeping force.
Mjr Lundy says while it is too soon to fully evaluate results, SFOR was "very pleased with the way the operation went."
"We had a lot of information to confirm and it helped us gain a clear and larger picture of Karadzic's support network," he said. "The success of the operation will be measured by the next effort that will be made to detain Radovan Karadzic."
The former Bosnian Serb leader is wanted by the UN War Crimes Tribunal in The Hague on charges that include genocide.
AP