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The real breakthrough for [[criminal organization]]s in [[Serbia]] occurred in 1991 when wars broke out in Yugoslavia after deteriorating relations between [[Yugoslav republics|the republics]] and [[ethnic groups]]. [[Serbs]], [[Croats]] and [[Bosniaks]] fought over territory in Croatia and Bosnia & Herzegovina. International [[sanctions]] were imposed on [[Serbia]] since [[1991]] and the Republic was economically isolated. The economic disaster prompted the breakthrough for [[criminal organization]]s. Desperate for money, many former [[military]] and youths turned to crime.
The real breakthrough for [[criminal organization]]s in [[Serbia]] occurred in 1991 when wars broke out in Yugoslavia after deteriorating relations between [[Yugoslav republics|the republics]] and [[ethnic groups]]. [[Serbs]], [[Croats]] and [[Bosniaks]] fought over territory in Croatia and Bosnia & Herzegovina. International [[sanctions]] were imposed on [[Serbia]] since [[1991]] and the Republic was economically isolated. The economic disaster prompted the breakthrough for [[criminal organization]]s. Desperate for money, many former [[military]] and youths turned to crime.
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[[Slobodan Milošević]], the President, protected the Mafia in exchange for favours, thus being in direct connection with the Mafia.
[[Slobodan Milošević]], the President, protected the Mafia in exchange for favours, thus being in direct connection with the Mafia.
The business that profited the Mafia was [[cigarettes]] and [[oil]] smuggled during the the start of the [[Yugoslav wars]] because of the sanctions. Cigarettes were produced in the [[Republic of Macedonia]] and sold into [[Central Europe]]<ref name="BBC2001-06-20">
The business that profited the Mafia was [[cigarettes]] and [[oil]] smuggled during the the start of the [[Yugoslav wars]] because of the sanctions. [[Stanko Subotić]] is a €650 million<small>(net worth)</small> rich businessman that profited greatly after 1993 in the cigarettes trade. After the fall of Milošević, Subotić maintained connection with the Montenegrin President [[Milo Đukanović]]. Cigarettes were produced in the [[Republic of Macedonia]] and sold into [[Central Europe]]<ref name="BBC2001-06-20">
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In 2002, a "White Book" was compiled with 52 criminal organizations of Serbia, none of which had been terminated by the year's end.
In 2002, a "White Book" was compiled with 52 criminal organizations of Serbia, none of which had been terminated by the year's end.


During the period that started with the [[Yugoslav wars]] and ended with the assassination of Prime Minister [[Zoran Đinđić]] in March 2003, connections between the mafia and the government were obvious and corruption was rampant in most branches of the government, from border patrols to law-enforcement agencies. In March 12, 2003, [[Serbian Prime Minister]] [[Zoran Đinđić]] was [[Assassination of Zoran Đinđić|assassinated]] by former [[Serbian]] [[Special Operations Unit]] (''Red Berets'', transformed from [[Arkan's Tigers]]) Milorad Luković also known as [[Legija]]. The government set in motion a major anti-mafia operation - "[[Operation Sablja]]" (English: ''Sabre''), which led to more than 10,000 arrests. New Belgrade malls, a frequent place of gangsters, went down more than 20+% after the Operation<ref name="NYTIMES050503"/>.
During the period that started with the [[Yugoslav wars]] and ended with the assassination of Prime Minister [[Zoran Đinđić]] in March 2003, connections between the mafia and the government were obvious and corruption was rampant in most branches of the government, from border patrols to law-enforcement agencies. In March 12, 2003, [[Serbian Prime Minister]] [[Zoran Đinđić]] was [[Assassination of Zoran Đinđić|assassinated]] by former [[Serbian]] [[Special Operations Unit]] (''Red Berets'', transformed from [[Arkan's Tigers]]) Milorad Luković also known as [[Legija]], member of the [[Zemun clan]]. The government set in motion a major bust on criminality in - "[[Operation Sablja]]" (English: ''Sabre''), which led to more than 10,000 arrests. New Belgrade malls, a frequent place of gangsters, went down more than 20+% after the Operation<ref name="NYTIMES050503"/>.. Milan Sarajlic, the Deputy State Prosecutor of Serbia was arrested and confessed the involvement (being on payroll) with the Zemun clan<ref>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/serbian-prosecutor-admits-being-on-gangster-payroll-591762.html</ref>.

In 2006 It was revealed that [[Dušan Spasojević]], the gang leader of the [[Zemun clan]], was a connection to [[Serbian Radicals]] leader [[Vojislav Šešelj]], whom he had given information about high-profile murders carried out in Serbia, written about in Šešelj's two books (Spasojević under pseudonym Laufer)<ref>http://www.b92.net/eng/news/comments.php?nav_id=37431</ref>


In January, 2009, Serbian Interior Minister [[Ivica Dacic]] estimated some 30 to 40 serious organized crime groups operating in Serbia<ref>http://www.b92.net/eng/news/crimes-article.php?yyyy=2009&mm=01&dd=21&nav_id=56570</ref>. The figures does not include smaller size criminal groups but more organized, involved in drug trafficking and arms trafficking, human trafficking, murder and larger robberies. In December, 2009, Ivica Dačić said "half of the Serbian sport clubs are led by people with links to organized crime"<ref>http://www.b92.net/eng/news/crimes-article.php?yyyy=2009&mm=12&dd=31&nav_id=64153</ref>.
In January, 2009, Serbian Interior Minister [[Ivica Dacic]] estimated some 30 to 40 serious organized crime groups operating in Serbia<ref>http://www.b92.net/eng/news/crimes-article.php?yyyy=2009&mm=01&dd=21&nav_id=56570</ref>. The figures does not include smaller size criminal groups but more organized, involved in drug trafficking and arms trafficking, human trafficking, murder and larger robberies. In December, 2009, Ivica Dačić said "half of the Serbian sport clubs are led by people with links to organized crime"<ref>http://www.b92.net/eng/news/crimes-article.php?yyyy=2009&mm=12&dd=31&nav_id=64153</ref>.
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====Leading figures====
====Leading figures====
The reign of Slobodan Milosevic represented the height of power of Serbian Organized Crime, when mafiosos and government officials were intertwined. The role of these individuals was reported in the documentary film ''"[[Vidimo se u čitulji]]"'' "See you in the obituaries".
The reign of Slobodan Milosevic represented the height of power of Serbian Organized Crime, when mafiosos and government officials were intertwined. The role of these individuals was reported in the documentary film ''"[[Vidimo se u čitulji]]"'' "See You in the Obituary".


Some of the key players in media during this period were:
Some of the key players in media during this period were:

Revision as of 00:42, 11 January 2010

Serbian Mafia
TerritoryEuropean Union, Serbia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Macedonia, Norway.
EthnicitySerbs, Montenegrins
Criminal activitiesArms trafficking, Assassinations, Assault, Attempted murder, Auto theft, Bank fraud, Bankruptcy fraud, Blackmailing, Bodyguarding services, Bribery, Car bombings, Contract killing, Drug trafficking, Extortion, Fraud, Hostage taking, Human trafficking, Infiltration of Legitimate businesses, Infiltration of Politics, illegal gambling, Insurance fraud, Jewelery and Gems theft, Kidnapping, Legitimate businesses, Military corruption, Military coup, Military Equipment smuggling, Money laundering, Murder, Police corruption, Political corruption, protection racket, Racketeering, Tax evasion, Theft, Witness intimidation, and Witness tampering

Serbian Organized Crime (Template:Lang-sr) are various criminal organizations based in Serbia or composed of ethnic-Serbs. Serbian criminals are active in the European Union (EU) countries and sometimes in United States of America. The Serbian mafia is primarily involved in smuggling, the arms trafficking, drug trafficking, protection racket, illegal gambling, jewelry and gems theft, bodyguarding, and contract killing.

History

In the early 1900s, a known outlaw was Jovo Stanisavljević Čaruga, a hajduk in Slavonia who joined the "Band of mountain birds" (Kolo gorskih tića, tići) a group of robbers who ravaged the countryside of Slavonia. The 1991 biographical film Čaruga was the last Yugoslavian film.

Ljuba Zemunac was known as a godfather of the Serbian Mafia, during the 70's and 80's he operated in Germany and was killed in 1986 by rival Goran Vuković "Majmun".

Also up-and-coming "Arkan" was successful bank robber in Western Europe during the 70's. He had convictions and warrants in Belgium, the Netherlands, Sweden, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Italy. He managed to escape several prisons and had made connections with several known criminals from Yugoslavia during his time there. In the 80's he returned to Serbia where he started with illegal businesses and led the Red Star Belgrade supporter club Delije Sever Ultras.[1]

The real breakthrough for criminal organizations in Serbia occurred in 1991 when wars broke out in Yugoslavia after deteriorating relations between the republics and ethnic groups. Serbs, Croats and Bosniaks fought over territory in Croatia and Bosnia & Herzegovina. International sanctions were imposed on Serbia since 1991 and the Republic was economically isolated. The economic disaster prompted the breakthrough for criminal organizations. Desperate for money, many former military and youths turned to crime.

Arkan was the founder and leader of the Serb Volunteer Guard (Arkan's Tigers) a Serbian paramilitary unit that fought during the war, made up of Red Star Belgrade hooligans of Delije Sever and gangsters from Serbia[1]. The members profited from the battlefields and business from Serbia. He founded the Party of Serbian Unity in 1993. When he returned from the war, he was the most powerful of the Serbian Mafia, he soon married Turbo-Folk singer Ceca, the most popular singer in Serbia[2]. His lawyer, who paid the wedding of Arkan and his wife, was Giovanni Di Stefano, a controversial lawyer and close friend to Milošević and has defended Saddam Hussein and Chemical Ali.

Slobodan Milošević, the President, protected the Mafia in exchange for favours, thus being in direct connection with the Mafia. The business that profited the Mafia was cigarettes and oil smuggled during the the start of the Yugoslav wars because of the sanctions. Stanko Subotić is a €650 million(net worth) rich businessman that profited greatly after 1993 in the cigarettes trade. After the fall of Milošević, Subotić maintained connection with the Montenegrin President Milo Đukanović. Cigarettes were produced in the Republic of Macedonia and sold into Central Europe[3].

The 1996 Documentary film "Vidimo se u čitulji" (See you in the obituaries) follows the gangsters of New Belgrade.

On 15 January, 2000, Arkan was murdered in the lobby of Continental Hotel Belgrade.

When Slobodan Milošević lost the power in the October 2000 Bulldozer Revolution. However, a bloody feud soon emerged amongst the different "clans". The feud grew into an open war in which many of the mafia bosses were assassinated.[2]

Organized crime in Serbia had more money and better armed than the government and police, the Serbian Interior Minister Dušan Mihajlović said in 2001. He said Slobodan Milošević had given life to crime-syndicates as "state-sanctioned mafia". Prostitutes from the Soviet Republics working in Northern Europe were working for Balkan organizations. After Milošević lost power the Mafia was seeking a new contact in the government[3]

In 2002, a "White Book" was compiled with 52 criminal organizations of Serbia, none of which had been terminated by the year's end.

During the period that started with the Yugoslav wars and ended with the assassination of Prime Minister Zoran Đinđić in March 2003, connections between the mafia and the government were obvious and corruption was rampant in most branches of the government, from border patrols to law-enforcement agencies. In March 12, 2003, Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Đinđić was assassinated by former Serbian Special Operations Unit (Red Berets, transformed from Arkan's Tigers) Milorad Luković also known as Legija, member of the Zemun clan. The government set in motion a major bust on criminality in - "Operation Sablja" (English: Sabre), which led to more than 10,000 arrests. New Belgrade malls, a frequent place of gangsters, went down more than 20+% after the Operation[2].. Milan Sarajlic, the Deputy State Prosecutor of Serbia was arrested and confessed the involvement (being on payroll) with the Zemun clan[4].

In 2006 It was revealed that Dušan Spasojević, the gang leader of the Zemun clan, was a connection to Serbian Radicals leader Vojislav Šešelj, whom he had given information about high-profile murders carried out in Serbia, written about in Šešelj's two books (Spasojević under pseudonym Laufer)[5]

In January, 2009, Serbian Interior Minister Ivica Dacic estimated some 30 to 40 serious organized crime groups operating in Serbia[6]. The figures does not include smaller size criminal groups but more organized, involved in drug trafficking and arms trafficking, human trafficking, murder and larger robberies. In December, 2009, Ivica Dačić said "half of the Serbian sport clubs are led by people with links to organized crime"[7].

Involvement in Serbia

Groups

  • New Belgrade (Novi Beograd) gangs, organized in different Blokovi (neighbourhoods), during the 90's the gangsters of New Belgrade were very successful but had after the Yugoslav wars been killed by each other.
  • Surčin clan, at the beginning car thefts, smuggling of petrol and cigarettes, moved on to narcotics. Had connections with officials in police, judiciary and politicians mostly prior to the Operation Sablja.
  • Zemun clan, Drug trafficking, contract-killing, abduction. Had connections with officials in police, judiciary and politicians mostly prior to the Operation Sablja. Head was Legija, a former member of French Legion, Arkan's tiger and Serbian Red Beret.
  • Voždovac clan,

The clans have control over wide networks of smaller groups.

Leading figures

The reign of Slobodan Milosevic represented the height of power of Serbian Organized Crime, when mafiosos and government officials were intertwined. The role of these individuals was reported in the documentary film "Vidimo se u čitulji" "See You in the Obituary".

Some of the key players in media during this period were:

Assassinations

Murders committed by the Serbian mafia:

  • Aleksandar Knežević "Knele", the youngest "star" of the Serbian mafia at the beginning of the 1990s, he was close to the authorities. Knežević was murdered on October 28, 1992 in his room at the "Hyatt" hotel in Belgrade.
  • Georg Stanković "Žorž", one of the infamous mob bosses of the older generation. He was murdered on October 1, 1993 by a sole hitman.
  • Mihajlo Divac, leader of the Novi Beograd gang at time, he had previously survived a number of murder attempts. Divac was gunned down in the hall of the Hotel "Putnik", in Belgrade in 1995.
  • Božidar Stanković "Batica", Georg Stanković's son, he was murdered on June 23, 1996 by a sole hitman.
  • Zoran Dimitrov "Žuća", one of the Voždovac gang members, who had priorly survived a number of assassination attempts, was killed on October 6, 1996 by a sole hitman.
  • Rade Ćaldović "Ćenta", the infamous Belgrade mafioso, was murdered on February 14, 1997 in his car in Belgrade by two assassins.
  • Radovan Stojičić "Badža", a police chief killed on 10 April 1997 in the pizza parlour "Mama Mia" in Belgrade by a sole hitman.
  • Zoran Todorović "Kundak" was killed on 24 October 1997.
  • Jusuf Bulić "Jusa", one of Arkan's closest lieutenants, was killed in 1998.
  • Darko Ašanin was Belgrade gangster involved with drugs and killings. His uncle was Pavle Bulatović, the late Defense Minister. Murdered on June 30, 1998, in his cafe "Koloseum" in Dedinje by a sole hitman.
  • Zoran Šijan, the boss of the "Surčin" gang, killed on 27 November 1999.
  • Željko Ražnatović "Arkan", assassinated January 15, 2000.
  • Radoslav Trlajić "Bata Trlaja", a Belgrade mob boss and a member of the Novi Beograd gang. He was famous for referring to Serbia and Belgrade in the nineties as "a pond too small for so many crocodiles". He was murdered on February 26, 2000 by Mile Luković of the Zemun gang.
  • Zoran Davidović "Ćanda" was murdered while returning from the funeral of Branislav Lainović on March 23, 2000 by the Zemun clan.
  • Zoran Uskoković "Skole", a Belgrade businessman, was murdered on April 27, 2000 by the members of the Zemun clan.
  • The deputy chief of the State Security Service in Belgrade (retired) Momir Gavrilović, was killed by Milorad Ulemek "Legija" and the Zemun clan in an attempt to damage Zoran Đinđić's administration by convincing the public that he was killed for delivering "evidence" of government ties with the criminals. Sretko Kalinić's, the number one hitman of the Zemun clan, DNA was found on the murder spot.

Zvezdan Jovanović was asked to carry out the assassination.

  • Smail Taric,was beheaded because of his connections with the police by two members of the Beran Clan, Velibor Brkic and Milos Rasic[8].
  • Branislav Lainović "Dugi", businessman from Novi Sad, murdered in Belgrade on March 21, 2000 by Miloš Simović of the Zemun gang

Activity abroad

The Pink Panthers international jewel thief network is responsible for some of the most audacious thefts in criminal history [9]. They are responsible for what have been termed some of the most glamorous heists ever, with their crimes being thought of as "artistry" even by criminologists.[10] They have targeted several countries and continents, and include Japan's most successful robbery ever amongst their thefts.

Interpol believes that the group are responsible for US$130 million in bold robberies in Dubai, Switzerland, Japan, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Spain and Monaco. They are believed to be responsible for the robbery of the jewellery store Harry Winston in Paris, on December 9, 2008. The thieves escaped with more than €80 million worth of jewellery.[11]


Austria

On October 27, 1978 Veljko Krivokapić secretly met with Ljubomir Magaš, a member of the gang he had just left, at the Zur Hauptpost coffee house in Vienna. Magaš and another Yugoslav, Rade Caldović, grabbed Krivokapić and fractured his skull with a glass bottle.

Involvement with Corsican gangsters in late 1960s.

The Pink Panthers have operated in Austria[12].

Bulgaria

Zemun clan member Nenad Milenkovic Milenko was arrested in 2003 at the Varna resort, following the international warrant by the Serbian police after Operation Sablja. He was suspected of orchestrating at least 3 murders in Bulgaria and some 20 in Serbia. His then 6 month son was wounded in a shootout in Sofia in July, 2007[13].

Croatia

The murder of Croatian publisher and founder of weekly "Nacional" Ivo Pukanic in 2008 was ordered by Sreten Jocic who hired Zeljko Milovanovic, a former Red Berets member who bombed the car of the publisher with the help of Milenko Kuzmanovic[14]. All three were arrested by the Serbian police.

Denmark

The Serbian-Danish actor Slavko Labovic, who played Radovan in the movie Pusher, was arrested, along with his brother, for possession of illegal arms (loaded gun) in Sweden. He was the director of the RK Company in Denmark, a illegal gambling company owned by Rade Kotur (Spelkungen, The Gambling King) a known figure in Sweden involved in the murder of Ratko Đokić. During the trial of Rade Kotur, he came to support Kotur.

The Serbian Brotherhood or in Serbian "Srpsko Bratstvo" is believed to be the top crime organisation in Copenhagen.

France

The Pink Panthers have operated in France. In October 2008, police officials in Monaco arrested two members of the gang, a Serb and a Bosnian Serb. The gang is suspected of jewelry and gems theft at Harry Winston for an estimated value of up to 80 million Euros or 105 million US dollars.[15]

Germany

Known in German as the German: Serbische Mafia, Jugoslawische Mafia.

  • Ljubomir Magaš "Ljuba Zemunac" ("Ljuba from Zemun"), "The Godfather", is considered as the ultimate boss of the Serbian mafia at the time. He was killed by two shots to the heart from close range in front of the courthouse in Frankfurt, Germany in 1986 by Goran Vuković "Majmun".
  • Goran Vuković "Majmun" ("Monkey"), who is most famous for killing Ljubomir Magaš, survived five murder attempts following the killing of Ljubomir Magaš before he was assassinated in downtown Belgrade in broad daylight in 1994. He was a member of the Vozdovac clan.

Andrija Draskovic, an heir to Arkan's Serbian mafia, was arrested in Frankfurt after four years on the run from the Italian Anti-Organized Crime Unit.

The Pink Panthers have made jewelry robberies in Germany[12]

Macedonia

See also Macedonian Mafia

  • Stanislava Poletan, married to Ranko Poletan, the former commander of the Serbian Volunteer Guard (Arkan's tigers), was suspected of having orchestrated the transport of 486 kilos of cocaine seized at Blace. She is now likely hiding in Serbia[16].
  • Kosta Jankovski: Head of the Macedonian arm of the Serbian mafia.[17]
  • Zoran Boyadjiski, involved in drug trafficking in Germany, Bulgaria under the Zemun clan.

Montenegro

Montenegro was in a state union with Serbia (Serbia & Montenegro, former FR Yugoslavia) from 1991-2006.

The Serbian Mafia is the leading criminal group in Montenegro. Many of the Belgrade crime groups that were not caught during Operation Sablja hid in Montenegro.

Netherlands

There has been a number of unsolved murder cases in Amsterdam that have been linked to the activities of Serbian Organized Crime gangs. In recent years the Serbian mafia has been growing strong in the Netherlands.

  • Sreten Jocić ("Joca Amsterdam"), is a hitman and a drug dealer. He is considered to be the leader for the Serbian mafia in Amsterdam.

Norway

Non-Norwegian gangs and Organized Crime groups came to dominate Norway's drug trade in the 1980s. During the 1990s Norway saw a large influx of Yugoslavs seeking refugee status due to the conflict in the Balkan region. Currently Yugoslav groups are some of the most dominant and notorious criminal organisations in Norway.

Sweden

Known in Swedish as: Jugoslaviska maffian, Serbiska maffian, Juggemaffian.

The Serbian mafia in Sweden was said to be the top criminal organisation, but its influence has declined since the deaths of several leading figures.

A war was fought over the control of the trade of narcotics and cigarettes between Serbian Organized Crime leaders which resulted in Jokso and Ratko Djokic's deaths.

Individuals associated to Serbian Organized Crime in Sweden:

  • Ratko Đokić "The Godfather", arms dealer and cigarette smuggler, he was murdered May 5, 2003 by Serbian hitmen hired by Rade Kotur, another notorious Serbian criminal.
  • Dragan "Jokso" Joksović, notorious gambler and assumed cigarette smuggler, was murdered February 4, 1998 in Solvalla, Stockholm by a Finnish hitman hired by "Kova". He was a close friend of Arkan and is said to have helped Arkan on many occasions. Arkan and many other known mafia figures attended his funeral. As revenge, "Kova" was later killed in front of 60 guests at the order of Arkan.
  • Milan Ševo, declared to be the last Head of the Serbian mafia in Sweden. He has survived many murder attempts and in 2004 he escaped from prison. He is married to Ratko Đokić's daughter. It is believed that he has connections with Swedish Hells Angels MC. He is currently living in Serbia where he is a successful businessman.

One of the chapters in the "Svensk Maffia" (Swedish Mafia)-book follows the history of the Serbian mafia in Sweden from the 60's to modern time.

Serbian Interior Minister Ivica Dačić claims that former members of the paramilitary Red Berets took part in the 2009 Västberga helicopter robbery one of the most spectacular heists in the history. One month prior to the robbery, the Swedish Embassy was allegedly given "certain information about a criminal group which was preparing a robbery" by Serbian police[18].

United Kingdom

In June 2, 2009, six Serbs were convicted together with several Israelis for their role in a major smuggling of 12.5 ton (£36m) marijuana, orchestrated by the Israeli mafia. The marijuana was seized on a tugboat under an Israeli flag[19].

The Pink Panthers have operated in London[12]

United States

There has been known involvement of Albanians, Croats, Serbs and Bosnian crime groups in the United States. One of the most notorious Serb leaders was Bosko Radonjich, leader of the Irish-American organized crime group "the Westies", from 1988-1992.

The Serbian Mafia has appeared in a number of films and video games. Serbian gangsters in movies are often depicted as muscular, wearing large gold chains and leather jackets. They have hot tempers and are depicted as cold blooded murderers. They have appeared in:

References

  1. ^ a b "Gangster's life of Serb warlord". BBC. 15.01.2001. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  2. ^ a b c Green, P (05.05.2003). "For Partying Mobsters, the Morning After: Prison". NY Times. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  3. ^ a b "Serbian gangs richer than government". BBC. 20.06.2001. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  4. ^ http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/serbian-prosecutor-admits-being-on-gangster-payroll-591762.html
  5. ^ http://www.b92.net/eng/news/comments.php?nav_id=37431
  6. ^ http://www.b92.net/eng/news/crimes-article.php?yyyy=2009&mm=01&dd=21&nav_id=56570
  7. ^ http://www.b92.net/eng/news/crimes-article.php?yyyy=2009&mm=12&dd=31&nav_id=64153
  8. ^ http://www.javno.com/en/world/clanak.php?id=175370
  9. ^ Balkans' Pink Panther jewel thieves smash their way into myth -- latimes.com
  10. ^ "Three suspected Pink Panther gang members arrested in Monaco". The Daily Telegraph. 2009-06-20. Retrieved 2009-06-22. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  11. ^ Pink Panthers' Global Trail Littered with Jewels
  12. ^ a b c "Trojici članova grupe "Pink Panter" 31 godina zatvora". RTS. 04.12.2008. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  13. ^ http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=82932
  14. ^ http://www.nasdaq.com/aspx/stock-market-news-story.aspx?storyid=200906011056dowjonesdjonline000376&title=serbian-police-arrest-suspect-in-croatian-journalists-murder
  15. ^ http://www.b92.net/eng/news/crimes-article.php?yyyy=2008&mm=10&dd=18&nav_id=54325
  16. ^ http://macedoniadaily.blogspot.com/2007/01/serb-mafia-involved-in-cocain-smuggling.html
  17. ^ a b Berislav Jelinić (2002-06-05). "Nacional Reveals the Macedonian Arm of the Balkan Tobacco Mafia: Kosta Jankovski, boss of the Macedonian smugglers, is also a Croatian citizen". Nacional. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  18. ^ Associated Press (2009-09-28). "Officials: Serbs took part in Sweden chopper heist". Google News.
  19. ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/hampshire/8071034.stm

Further reading

Glenny, M. (2008). McMafia: A Journey Through the Global Criminal Underworld Template:SerbianLopusina, Marko (2003). Srpska Mafija (Serbian Mafia)

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