Šakali (Jackals, also written Cakali) was a Serbian paramilitary group that operated during the Kosovo War 1999.
Ćuška massacre
Nine people of the group were arrested March 13, 2010 suspected of having committed crimes in Ćuška near Peć on May 14, 1999. A trial in Belgrade started on 20 December 2010. The trial included:
They are accused of committing murders, rapes and robberies in an "extremely brutal" way, with "the main goal to spread fear among Albanian civilians in order to force them to leave their homes and flee to Albania." Hasan Ceku the father of the former Kosovo prime minister and wartime commander of the Kosovo Liberation Army, Agim Ceku, as well as several members of his family were among the murdered people.
The leader Nebojša Minić was arrested in Argentina in 2005 under a warrant of the Hague Tribunal, but died shortly of AIDS after the arrest.
Zoran Obradović was arrested in Germany on 25 December 2010.
Milojko Nikolić, nickname Sumadija, was arrested on 28 December 2010 in Montenegro.