Career
He was Lieutenant Colonel and the Chief of Security of the Drina Corps of the Bosnian Serb Army. In 1995, he was present and on duty in the Drina Corps zone of responsibility, which included Srebrenica, Potocari, Bratunac and Zvornik. The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia indicted Vujadin Popović for genocide, conspiracy to commit genocide, extermination, murder, persecutions, forcible transfer, and deportation.
These crimes allegedly took place between July and November 1995.
On 26 March 2002, the ICTY issued an indictment against him for his role in the Srebrenica Massacre. He surrendered and was transferred to the Hague on 14 April 2005.
Four days later, he appeared in the chamber and pleaded "not guilty". The Trial Chamber was satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that Popović was fully engaged in the organisation of the killing operation being carried out in the Zvornik area.
He was convicted of genocide, extermination, murder and persecution and sentenced to life in prison.
On 8 September 2010 the defence and the prosecution filed their notices of appeal. The Appeals Chamber granted the defence request to vary the order of arguments in the appeal brief. On 30 January 2015 he was sentenced to life imprisonment.