MICHELE NORRIS, Host: This is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Michele Norris.</s>ROBERT SIEGEL, Host: As NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports, it took less than a week to extradite him after his arrest by Serbian authorities.</s>SYLVIA POGGIOLI: Unidentified Man: (Foreign language spoken)</s>SYLVIA POGGIOLI: Journalists outside the top security prison where Mladic was being held observed two separate convoys of police jeeps and armored vehicles head to the airport, with all nearby streets and the highway closed to traffic. A half- hour after the last convoy left, Serbian Justice Minister Snezana Malovich appeared before the media and said Mladic was airborne and headed to The Hague.</s>SNEZANA MALOVICH: Bringing Mladic to justice, it is satisfaction for the victims and families of all who have been victims of the crimes for which he has been charged before the ITCY. At the same time, this act represents a message relevant for the process of reconciliation in the region.</s>SYLVIA POGGIOLI: Sylvia Poggioli, NPR News, Belgrade.
Ratko Mladic has been extradited to The Hague to face trial. The Bosnian Serb general is accused of genocide and war crimes carried out by forces under his command during the war in Bosnia in the early 1990s.