Though he welcomed Mrdja's arrest, the international community's High Representative in BiH, Paddy Ashdown, said he was disappointed that indictees are being detained by SFOR, "when it is the prime responsibility of the local police to bring the people indicted before the ICTY to justice".
Iako je pozdravio Mrđino hapšenje, visoki predstavnik međunarodne zajednice u BiH, Pedi Ešdaun, rekao je da je razočaran zato što sve optužene hapsi SFOR, «kada je glavna odgovornost lokalne policije da optužene ljude izruči ICTY i izvede pred lice pravde».