Macedonia recently signed two regional extradition agreements and initiated a third. The question is who will be faster - the state or the suspects who dodge justice by taking passports in countries out of the ‘crime-free’ zone?

On Wednesday, Bosnian presidency member Zeljko Komsic walked with US Ambassador Patrick Moon beneath those great triumphal Golden Arches for the VIP opening of McDonald’s.

Without a full investigation, it is impossible to establish whether there is real substance to allegations that human organs were trafficked in Albanian territory after the war in Kosovo.

One day at a reformatory centre for girls in Budapest demonstrates the Hungarians have made much progress in providing alternatives to jail for its young offenders. But new reforms are in the offing, and they are not encouraging.

Although workplace monitoring of employees appears to be widespread in Romania, few are willing to talk about it. Not least because workers don’t know their rights and the law seems poorly implemented.

As war crimes suspect Ratko Mladic engaged in courtroom theatrics at The Hague, most Serbians preferred to watch one of the new, acceptable faces of 21st century Serbia; tennis champion Novak Djokovic.

A leading criminologist describes Serbia’s sentencing guidelines as “catastrophic”, as just five women came forward with rape complaints in Belgrade last year.