12 Facts About Arkan

Arkan was one of the most celebrated and iconic figures in Serbia during his time.

Arkan was on Interpol's top 10 most wanted list in the 1970s and 1980s for robberies and murders committed in countries across Europe, he escaped jail twice, and was later indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia for crimes against humanity.

Arkan grew up with three older sisters in a strict, militaristic patriarchal household with regular physical abuse from his father.

Arkan had convictions or warrants in Belgium, the Netherlands, Sweden, West Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Italy.

Arkan was detained immediately; however, barely 48 hours later, he was released.

Arkan ended up receiving a six-month sentence, which he served at the Belgrade Central Prison.

Arkan was released from Zagreb's Remetinec prison on 14 June 1991.

The Serb Volunteer Guard, known as "Arkan's Tigers", was organized as an elite paramilitary force supporting the Serb armies, set up in a former military facility in Erdut.

Arkan became the owner of the casino in the Hotel Jugoslavija along with a radio station, a shipping company and a brand of wine named Erdut after the base of the Tiger militia.

Many of the former members of "Arkan Tigers" are prominent figures in Serbia, maintaining close ties between each other and with Russian nationalist organisations.

Arkan's accomplices received from 3 to 15 years each, after a year-long trial in 2002.

Arkan's eldest son Mihajlo was born in Gothenburg, in 1975, from a relationship with a Swedish woman.