The Hunt for Karadzic: A Journalist's Quest to Outsmart the Secret Service

How did the world's most wanted man manage to evade the international community for so long? BBC correspondent Nick Hawton went on the hunt and followed the trail that led to this great war criminal. In The Hunt for Karadzic he reveals the sensational facts.

For twelve years, the fugitive prime suspect of the Bosnian war, Radovan Karadzic, lived as a free man. Until he was arrested 'by accident' on July 22, 2008. His arrest, say the Serbian authorities, was a 'lucky coincidence', because no one knows exactly how it happened. And there is more that is unclear: who helped this former psychiatrist go into hiding? What role did the FBI, the Yugoslavia tribunal and the secret services play? Or were there other unknowns on the scene?
In The Hunt for Karadzic, Nick Hawton not only describes his personal quest, but also tries to answer the question of how the West could have failed so badly. Was it intentional or premeditated? Murder, espionage and political deals, all the ingredients for a good thriller are present. Only in this case, it is all true.