The criminal charges were pressed on Thursday against persons who helped Mladic leave military facilities after the Serbian Interior Ministry issued a warrant for his arrest in May 2002, the daily said citing the Supreme Defence Council (VSO).
The VSO would not say how many persons were charged or their names given that the matter was declared confidential, said the newspaper.
Citing a source who attended a VSO session on Wednesday at which the VBA chief, General Svetko Kovac, submitted a report on Mladic's movements from 1997 to 2002, Politika daily said in today's issue that until 1 July 2002 Mladic stayed in three military facilities in Serbia and was last seen at Povlen near Valjevo.
None of the military facilities Mladic stayed in is in Belgrade and the military service had information about his movements from April 10 to July 1, 2002, when the law on cooperation with the Hague war crimes tribunal was adopted, but did nothing to arrest him, said the Politika source.
The source added that the VBA report contained no data which would help in locating and arresting the Bosnian Serb wartime military commander.
According to a statement issued after Wednesday's session, the VSO bound the Defence Ministry to continue and intensify cooperation with the Hague tribunal, intelligence and security services outside the military, and foreign intelligence and security structures.
The VSO includes, among others, SCG President Svetozar Marovic, Serbian President Boris Tadic, Montenegrin President Filip Vujanovic, SCG Defence Minister Zoran Stankovic, SCG Army Chief-of-Staff Ljubisa Jokic, and VBA chief Kovac.