Sarajevo warlord Veselin "Batko" Vlahovic gets 45 years for war crimes SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina, March 29 (UPI) -- A court in Bosnia and Herzegovina sentenced former Serb warlord Veselin "Batko" Vlahovic to 45 years in prison for war crimes. Vlahovic, 44, was found guilty on more than 60 counts, including rape, murder and torture of Sarajevo residents during the 1992-95 ethnic conflict, the BBC reported Friday, noting the sentence is the longest handed down by the Bosnian war crimes court. Prosecutor Behaija Krnjic, in his closing statement, referred to Vlahovic's name as "the synonym for evil" and listed his crimes, included the killing of 31 people, the kidnapping of 14 others still missing and the rapes of 13 women. In sentencing, Judge Zoran Bozic said Vlahovic carried out "horrid, cruel and manifold criminal acts" and described some of the acts in lurid detail, the British Sky News reported.