Koordinatori tog hapšenja, Rasim Ljajić i Vladimir Vukčević, izjavili su da se Karadžić sakrivao u Beogradu i da je izmijenio svoj izgled toliko drastično da je svojim saradnicima bio neprepoznatljiv.
Co-ordinators of the arrest, Rasim Ljajic and Vladimir Vukcevic, said Karadzic had been hiding in Belgrade and had altered his appearance so drastically that he was unrecognisable to his associates.