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The Department of Justice will ramp up its efforts to identify and prosecute those committing war crimes in Ukraine via a new task force headed by a famed “Nazi hunter,” Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Tuesday.
The task force, announced by Garland during a surprise visit to Ukraine on Tuesday, will be led by Eli Rosenbaum, a 36-year veteran of the DOJ who led the Office of Special Investigations in identifying, denaturalizing, and deporting Nazi war criminals, earning him the moniker “Nazi hunter.” The War Crimes Accountability Team will pair Rosenbaum with a team of expert investigators in human rights abuses to prosecute those who have committed war crimes in Ukraine.
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“There is no hiding place for war criminals. The U.S. Justice Department will pursue every avenue of accountability for those who commit war crimes and other atrocities in Ukraine,” Garland said. “Working alongside our domestic and international partners, the Justice Department will be relentless in our efforts to hold accountable every person complicit in the commission of war crimes, torture, and other grave violations during the unprovoked conflict in Ukraine.”
The task force will advise the DOJ on criminal prosecutions and collect evidence, forensics, and relevant legal analysis for its war crime investigations. It will also assist in investigations regarding the deaths and injuries of U.S. journalists covering the Russian invasion.
The United States has moved to condemn Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, accusing several Russian soldiers of committing war crimes. President Joe Biden denounced Russian President Vladimir Putin for his actions in early April, noting he supports a war crime trial against the Kremlin chief.
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Ukrainian officials are investigating at least 16,000 possible war crimes committed in the country since the Russian invasion began at the end of February, according to Ukrainian Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova. Russia has denied all allegations.
Nearly 4,600 Ukrainian civilians have been killed over the past four months, and another 5,711 have been injured, according to the U.N. human rights office. A majority of these casualties were caused by the use of explosive weaponry and wide-range shelling.
