More precisely, he has been charged with disclosing secret information to a U.S. intelligence officer.
In addition to Perisic, Miodrag Sekulic and Vladan Vlajkovic were also sentenced to one and a half year in prison each.
This is the first instance verdict in this case, after more than 18 years since the initiation of the procedure, back in 2002.
Both the defense and the prosecution have the right to appeal against it to the Court of Appeals in Belgrade. Although the complete trial took place without the presence of the public in order to protect military and state secrets, the verdict was publicly announced today in the building of the Special Court, and Perišić attended its announcement. By the way, the court excluded the public at the beginning of the trial at the request of the prosecution, in order to keep the data secret, although the defense of the accused objected.