The indictment filed by the BiH Prosecutor’s Office charges the accused with the criminal offense of crimes against humanity pursuant to Article 172 of the Criminal Code of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The indictment alleges that the accused directly participated in the systematic imprisonment of non-Serb civilians in the camps Omarska, Keraterm and Trnopolje, which was done in the context of widespread and systematic attack against non Serb population in the Prijedor area, from April 1992 until the end of 1992 and carried out by the Army of the Republic of Srpska, Territorial defense, police and paramilitary units.   

The indictment alleges that Željko Mejakić performed de facto duty of commander of Omarska camp, Momčilo Gruban duty of shift leader in the Omarska camp, Dušan Fuštar duty of shift leader in the Keraterm camp and Duško Knežević did not perform any official duty in the Omarska camp but he was entering the camp on the regular basis where he, according to the indictment, committed murders and beatings. 

This is the third case transferred to BiH authorities by the International Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia (ICTY). The accused were transferred to BiH from ICTY Detention unit on 9 May 2006.