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Markets in everything, Yugoslavia edition
Already from the first days and weeks of the conflict in 1992, individuals sought to obtain money by providing information about the locations of prisoners and detainees. Some people offered to arrange prisoner exchanges or releases in exchange for payment. The practice continued into the postwar era, when individuals from all three ethnic groups offered information about mass graves and other burial sites for profit. About 12,000 victims of the conflict remain unaccounted for.
Here is the article, the pointer is from Stephen Smith.
Posted by Tyler Cowen on May 31, 2008 at 08:46 AM in Economics | Permalink
Comments
Things don't change much. Payment for thsi sort of information was normal in Greek and Roman times -among those that could afford to pay.
Posted by: Diversity at May 31, 2008 10:43:09 AM
Unfortunetly it is true, living in the Balkans is a curse...
and i am cursed with it..
Posted by: Tomislav Najdovski at May 31, 2008 1:39:19 PM
