He went into hiding in June 2001, shortly after the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) indicted him over his alleged involvement in atrocities committed against Krajina Serbs towards the end of the 1991-1995 conflict in Croatia.
On je u bekstvu od juna 2001, ubrzo nakon što ga je Međunarodni krivični tribunal za bivšu Jugoslaviju (MKSJ) optužio za navodnu umešanost u zločine počinjene nad krajiškim Srbima pred kraj sukoba u Hrvatskoj 1991-1995.