A few months ago my office submitted an amendment to expand the indictment for consideration by the judges. Now we are waiting for Belgrade to complete the investigation, and once Mladic is in The Hague we will certainly consider the possibility of expanding the indictment against him to include war crimes committed in Croatia, where he served as commander of the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) Ninth Corps at Knin.

Thursday's report of Mladic's arrest is very important, first of all for the victims. The arrest indeed came very late, but it is important to the court that one of the two most important war criminals has been arrested. Only Hadzic remains now, Brammertz told reporters in the northern Croatian Adriatic town of Fazana on his way from the island of Brijuni where he had attended the 5th regional conference of prosecutors.

Brammertz expressed hope that Mladic would be urgently transferred to The Hague so that his trial could start as soon as possible.

Two weeks ago I sent in a negative report on Serbia's cooperation with the ICTY. I said that Serbia could and should do more, but today I admit that important work has been done, albeit late. Mladic has finally been apprehended and I expect that justice will be eventually served, the chief prosecutor said.

The Hague tribunal will close its door sooner or later. The prosecutors still need our support and there are still many outstanding issues, he said in a comment on the Brijuni conference.