Autonomous Province of Western Bosnia - Aftermath

Aftermath

Western Bosnia's territory was incorporated into the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, within present-day Una-Sana Canton. Abdić, who maintained warm relations with then-Croatian president Franjo Tuđman, had acquired Croatian citizenship and was able to live in Croatia for the next few years. After the death of Tuđman in 1999 and the defeat of the Croatian Democratic Union in the Croatian elections of 2000, Abdić was eventually arrested and convicted for acts of war crimes against civilian Bosniaks loyal to the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The trial took place in Croatia where Abdić was condemned to serve 20 years in prison in 2002. On 9 March 2012, he was released after having served two thirds of his reduced sentence.