Dragan Vasiljković

Dragan Vasiljković
Vasiljković in 2005
Native name
Драган Васиљковић
Nickname(s)Captain Dragan
Born (1954-12-12) 12 December 1954
Belgrade, PR Serbia, Yugoslavia
Allegiance Australia
Republic of Serbian Krajina
Branch Army of Serbian Krajina
Years of service1991–1995
Rank Captain
Unit Kninjas
Battles / wars
Spouse(s)
Nada Lukich-Bruce
(m. 2010)

Dragan Vasiljković (Serbian Cyrillic: Драган Васиљковић; born 12 December 1954), nicknamed Captain Dragan (Serbian: Капетан Драган, romanized: Kapetan Dragan) is a convicted war criminal and former commander of a Serb paramilitary unit called the Kninjas during the Yugoslav Wars. In 2005, prosecutors in Croatia accused him of committing war crimes during the wars. A warrant for his arrest was subsequently issued by Interpol.

He was arrested in Australia in January 2006, and ordered to prison by the High Court of Australia in anticipation for extradition to Croatia to face prosecution for his alleged crimes. He was extradited to Croatia on 8 July 2015 after losing his thirteenth appeal and sentenced to 15 years in prison on 26 September 2017 by the County Court in the city of Split. Dragan was released from prison in March 2020 after serving his sentence.