The technology behind just two words, or three capital letters, has helped a Sarajevo-based international organisation to advance from the gloomy work of excavating mass graves to the highest levels of forensic detective work.
Deoxyribonucleic acid, better known as DNA, is a nucleic acid that contains the genetic information for all living organisms. Using this precise guide, the International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP) has identified the remains of more than 12,000 victims of the 1990s wars in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia and Kosovo.
