Opiates and drugs
DW: How did the "flood" of cocaine in Europe come about?
Throughout Europe, there is more and more cocaine - through which channels and how does this drug reach European soil?
Chronicle
"Lawyer Nemanja Aleksić never used narcotics"
"This report puts an end to the wanton campaign that was conducted on the basis of unreliable and inaccurate information," said lawyer Petar Matković, Nemanja Aleksić's legal representative.
Chronicle
AIDS positive: Arrested lawyer Nemanja Aleksić, defense attorney of Goran Vesić
Aleksić was arrested after attacking the driver with a bat, following an argument in traffic
Police action
Novi Sad: More than 100 kilograms of drugs were seized, three people were arrested
Police in Novi Sad arrested RB (41) from Novi Sad, Lj. D. (49) from Novi Sad and NP (42) from Bačka Palanka
From the newsletter
Call Pete when the drug lab is busted
"Vreme" talked to a construction worker in Rotterdam who has an unusual job - cleaning up the premises where illegal "workshops" for synthetic drugs and cocaine exploded
"Vreme" investigates: the European drug market
Balkans work in bulk
Balkan drug cartels have extended their tentacles to Rotterdam, Europe's largest port. In the Netherlands, they cooperate with the infamous Moroccan mafia. Some of that can be seen from the indictments and correspondence on the Sky app. However, "Vremen" sources say that this is only the tip of the iceberg, and that Western investigators do not really believe in the cooperation of their Serbian colleagues.
Drugs and opiates
Cocaine for the common people, crack for the poor
Cocaine has long been "widely used" in Germany. However, a new scourge for the poor has arrived on the market – fentanyl mixed with heroin
Criminal
The drug captagon conquered the market and brought astronomical profits to the dealers
The basic ingredients of captagon, amphetamine and caffeine, cost only a few cents for one pill, so the production of 100 kilograms costs about 50.000 euros, and on the street that amount is worth more than eight million
Iran
The number of executions in Iran has reached an eight-year high - the UN calls for an immediate suspension of the death penalty
The total number of executions carried out in Iran this year is more than 400, UN rights experts said, expressing concern over the overall monthly increase from 45 reported in July. This increase occurred despite changes to the Anti-Drug Act aimed at limiting the use of the death penalty for drug-related offenses
Supplements - help or good advertising
How to concentrate
Exam season is underway - in addition to coffee and energy drinks, the use of supplements that improve concentration is also on the rise. Some see them as salvation, some believe that they do not help them at all, and few are aware of how they work
Chronicle
The police in Zemun found and confiscated more than 260.000 tablets
By searching the apartment and other premises used by the suspect in Zemun, the police found and seized 263.653 tablets.
The Internet and the Dark Web
How a multi-million dollar fraud was perpetrated on the online drug market
The latest multimillion-dollar scam on the "Dark Web" - the administrators of the "online" market for the sale of illegal goods (mainly drugs) blackmail users into publishing compromising information about them, if they do not pay a ransom. The blackmailed cannot count on the help of the police, considering that they themselves are involved in illegal activities
Netherlands
Drugs are cooked in ever-larger cauldrons
The Netherlands is a crossroads of classic narcotics and synthetic drug laboratories. Amphetamines, ecstasy and MDMA end up in Serbia from there. Trade worth billions of euros fuels the business of drug gangs
The World
"Cocaine for the poor": Drugs from Syria are increasingly arriving in Europe
Captagon was created as a medicine a long time ago, but it was also banned a long time ago. It is a favorite in Syria, where soldiers use it before combat. Syria is believed to support the production and distribution around the world, in order to obtain fresh money. Now a larger quantity has been seized in Germany as well
Montenegro: Mafia tunnel and political passions
Government crime scene trip
The most fascinating fact is that the tunnel was dug for more than a month in the very center of the city, where in a diameter of three hundred meters there are the buildings of the Assembly, the Government, the President, the premises of the High Court, the Supreme Court and the Constitutional Court. This indicates a complete failure of all security services and of course the procedures for securing important state institutions. This very fact supports the thesis that the mafia conquered the entire marketing team of the Government of Montenegro
Legalization of narcotic drugs
Waiting list for the "magic mushroom" trial
Following the state of Oregon's decision to offer the hallucinogenic drug to its residents, the first licensed controlled psilocybin service center has opened. The list of applicants includes more than 3000 people, and the "revolutionary therapy" is used against depression, post-traumatic stress syndrome or fear of death.
Jovanjica: Service in the service of crime
In the new issue: Honest police officers in the crosshairs of the regime
From the stalking of Chief Slobodan Milenkovic, who exposed Jovanjica through media control, to the communication of the owner of the Jovanjica estate, Predrag Koluvija, with the former director of the BIA and the current Minister of Police, Bratislav Gašić, so much evidence is emerging about the connection of the secret service with one of the biggest cases of organized crime that no one defendants, nor from state officials and does not try to hide it
Law
Death penalty for a woman in Singapore, the first in 20 years
Singapore is poised to execute a woman for the first time in nearly 20 years, human rights groups say
Serbia and America
Vulin under US sanctions: Accused of involvement in drug trafficking, weapons and corruption
The decision of the US Treasury Secretariat states that the head of the BIA, Aleksandar Vulin, is, among other things, involved in transnational organized crime, illegal narcotics operations and abuse of public office, which is why he is under US sanctions as of today.
Culture
Thirty years since Trainspotting: "Choose a drug?"
"The terrible thing is that Trainspotting was meant to be a cautionary tale in a way," Irwin Welsh says of his 1993 novel. "However, today, 30 years later, you can no longer look at it that way"
Jovanjica: The biggest judicial corruption scandal in the history of Serbia
In the new issue: State guards of the drug plantation
Dušan Mitić, head of operations of the Department for Combating Drugs of the Belgrade Police, revealed during his testimony that the former BIA director and Police Minister Bratislav Gašić and General Zoran Stoiljković, the director of the Military Intelligence Agency, corresponded with Predrag Koluvija, the first accused in the Jovanjic case. He also adds that prosecutor Saša Drecun has been working against the Jovanjic case he is handling from the beginning
Serbia
Prokuplje: The city administration tests employees for alcohol and opiates
Employees will be tested at least twice a year for an accidental cause, but also every time there is a suspicion or knowledge that one of them is in an alcoholic state. employees of the City Administration of Prokuplja will be tested for the presence of alcohol in the body in the local self-government building itself, and for the presence of other opiates in the competent health institution
Research of the weekly "Vreme"
The Balkan cartel in the service of the 'Ndrangheta
Skilled bandits and robbers, contract killers, drug dealers, sailors and drug smugglers are part of the Balkan cartel, which has been managing the transportation of cocaine from South America to Europe for decades, as well as the further distribution of drugs. Above them is only the biggest mafia in the world - the Italian 'Ndrangheta, which is actually the real owner of more than 60 percent of the cocaine that is distributed from the jungles of Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, and Bolivia to all continents. Who is who in the Balkan Cartel and how are they connected to the 'Ndrangheta, but also to the motorcycle gang "Hell's Angels"
Narcotic drugs
Singapore: Gallows for cannabis trafficker
Singapore will hang a man tomorrow for smuggling cannabis, sparking a heated debate over the death penalty. While on the other side of the world this intoxicating plant is being legalized more and more often, in this case there is no mercy
Organized crime
Waiting in Istanbul and the consequences
With the liquidation of Jovica Vukotić, the Skaljar clan was beheaded. The old leadership and top management no longer exist. What will happen to the Skaljar clan? There are several possible scenarios, but it is unlikely to survive in its current form. If only the core of the clan is considered, then Jovica's brother Igor Vukotić is the only one left to take the place of commander... However, he is on the run, and the question is whether he can master the hierarchical structure of the clan.