Vasiljkovic, born in 1954, is a citizen of Serbia-Montenegro and Australia. He was charged, in his capacity as commander of a special Serb paramilitary unit, with torturing and killing captive Croatian soldiers and police in a prison in Knin in June and July 1991 as well as in Bruska near Benkovac in February 1993.
He is also charged with devising, in agreement with a commander of the former Yugoslav People's Army (JNA), a plan of attacks in the Glina area resulting in the destruction of civilian facilities, the expulsion of the local population, the plundering of their property, and the killing and wounding of civilians, including a foreign journalist.
Due to the gravity of the accusations and the possibility of influencing witnesses, the Sibenik County Prosecutor's Office requested detention and issuing an arrest warrant.
Charges against Captain Dragan were pressed after an Australian newspaper wrote a piece about him in September.
On that occasion, the Croatian justice minister said proceedings against Vasiljkovic had been initiated before but were called off based on the 1997 General Amnesty Law.
According to the media, the Split Military Prosecutor's Office in 1994 investigated Vasiljkovic for subversion and terrorist activities against Croatia's state sovereignty and territorial integrity, but the probe was called off.