The Srebrenica genocide is the largest genocide in Europe since World War II and the first legally documented act of genocide. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, socialist regimes began to overthrow throughout Europe. In Yugoslavia, a deep economic crisis began. As a result, since 1990, the country has been divided into republics, which has led to inter-ethnic tensions and displacement. The worst crimes took place in the newly formed Bosnia .General Ratko Mladic and the Serbian Republican Army killed thousands of Bosnian Muslims and Serbs in an attempt to “ethnic cleanse” Srebrenica. It has been documented that women and children were also killed during the genocide. Along with the Serbian army, Serbian special security forces known as “Scorpions” also took part in the genocide. Despite the deployment of 400 Dutch peacekeepers by the UN in Srebrenica, the genocide could not be prevented. By 2006, 42 mass graves had been discovered around Srebrenica. The identities of 2,070 victims have been identified. The body parts in 7,000 sacks still remain unidentified. The remains of another 1,000 bodies were found in the mass grave of the Srebrenica genocide in Kamenica on August 11, 2006.
