| Velepromet camp | |
|---|---|
| Detention camp | |
  Location of Velepromet camp within Croatia | |
| Coordinates | 45°19′58″N 19°0′8″E / 45.33278°N 19.00222°E |
| Location | Vukovar, Croatia |
| Operated by | Croatian Serb Territorial Defence, Yugoslav People's Army |
| Original use | Storage facility |
| Operational | November 1991 – March 1992 |
| Inmates | Croatian civilians, prisoners of war |
| Number of inmates | Up to 10,000 |
| Killed | Numbers greatly vary
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The Velepromet camp was a detention facility established in the final days of the Battle of Vukovar during the Croatian War of Independence. The camp was set up by the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA), which shared control of the facility with Croatian Serb rebels. The facility, originally an industrial storage site, was located on the southern outskirts of the city of Vukovar, in close proximity to the JNA barracks. It consisted of eight warehouses surrounded by a wire fence, and was established on 16 November 1991, when the first detainees were brought there.
A few days after the end of the Battle of Vukovar, there were 2,000 detainees in the camp. Detainees usually spent several days in the camp, during which some of them were interrogated, beaten and killed. Up to 10,000 detainees passed through the camp before it was closed in March 1992, when the United Nations Protection Force deployed to the area. Anywhere between 15 and 800 inmates may have been killed at the camp, though the latter figure includes approximately 700 people who are missing and presumed dead. The events in the camp formed part of three indictments issued by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. As of 2014[update], two of the trials are ongoing, while the trial of Slobodan Milošević was terminated following his death.