# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/arkan
# Generated: 2026-09-04T22:01:11.135Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/arkan"
name: "Arkan"
slug: "arkan"
description: "Željko Ražnatović led the Serb Volunteer Guard through the Yugoslav Wars, a paramilitary force that committed murder, rape, and ethnic cleansing across Eastern Bosnia. He spent decades on Interpol's most wanted list and was indicted for crimes against humanity before his assassination in 2000."
tagline: "Serbian military commandant and criminal"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mural_of_%C5%BDeljko_Ra%C5%BEnatovi%C4%87_Arkan%2C_wall_of_the_FK_Obili%C4%87_stadium_in_Gospodara_Vu%C4%8Di%C4%87a_Street%2C_Belgrade.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1952-04-17"
deathDate: "2000-01-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             17.58205105398915
  historical:           24.66110133333333
  currentAttention:     100
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
tags:
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  - name: "Politics"
    slug: "politics"
  - name: "Football"
    slug: "football"
  - name: "20th Century"
    slug: "20th-century"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "Желко Ражнатович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Arkan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Željko Ražnatović"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Born 17 April 1952, Ražnatović spent the 1970s and 1980s on Interpol's top ten list for robberies and murders across Europe, escaping jail twice. During the Yugoslav Wars he commanded the Serb Volunteer Guard, considered one of the most feared and effective paramilitary units of the conflict. His forces carried out crimes in Eastern Bosnia including murder, pillaging, rape and ethnic cleansings. The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia indicted him for crimes against humanity. Until his assassination on 15 January 2000, he remained the most powerful organized crime figure in the Balkans and the most powerful state-sponsored gangster in Serbia, with links to security contractor Avraham Golan.