The Croatian Ministry of War Veterans still keeps its records according to the fourth edition of the Book of the Missing, current as of May 1, 2015: 1,341 people of unknown fate and 384 people killed whose burial site is unknown, for a total of 1,725. That figure is circulating in Croatian media today, though at the end of August 2025 a higher number, 1,774 people, was in circulation, and the Serb National Council, in an earlier statement marking this date, cited 1,792 missing and deceased persons based on the same ministry’s records at the time. The discrepancy stems from the fact that the official book was last updated more than a decade ago, while individual reports have shifted the total over the years.
The Serb National Council, the top representative body of Serbs in Croatia, noted at the time that both women and men of Serbian nationality are among those still being sought in Croatia, and said: “Every family has the right to learn the fate of their closest kin.”
What Do Montenegro’s Numbers Show?
In Podgorica, the Centre for Civic Education (CGO) announced today at 8:02 am that, according to data from the Government of Montenegro’s Commission on Missing Persons, 50 people are still being sought: 38 who went missing in Kosovo, nine in Bosnia and Herzegovina and three in Croatia. Maja Marinovic, a program associate at CGO, said:
“According to data from the Government of Montenegro’s Commission on Missing Persons, 50 people are currently being sought, 38 who went missing in Kosovo, nine in Bosnia and Herzegovina and three in Croatia.”
Marinovic added that this number is lower than in most other countries in the region, but that behind each one stands a person and a family that has waited decades for identification. “For the families of the missing, the passage of time does not close the case, nor does it diminish their suffering or their right to know the truth,” she said.