Sweden
Teenage contract killers in Sweden
According to official data in Sweden, 120 children under the age of 15 will be accused of murder or participation in murder in 2024, which is four times more than two years ago
Novi Sad
Trunking a city
Before the SNS came to power in 2012, "Vodovod" produced an average of about 1400 liters of water per second. Today - and in the meantime, Novi Sad gained at least 100.000 new residents - it emits about 400 liters less. The reason for the restrictions is the current low level of underground water, but the essential cause is carelessness. In other words, the system was neglected, the investments were far from what was needed
Criminal
The Tate brothers left Romania: The controversial influencers landed in Florida
Brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate, accused of human trafficking and rape, left Romania early Thursday (February 27th) and arrived in Florida
Pictures from the life of a regime
Serbia, the land of honesty, truth and freedom
It's no use trying to prove that high corruption exists in Serbia. She is simply unimaginable. And then the canopy of the newly renovated train station (pictured) falls and kills 15 people. And the bubble burst and lies, theft, crime and corruption began to pour out of it
A twisted trend
A lion in the yard, to be dangerous
A new fashion has taken hold among mobsters and influencers in Albania and Kosovo - get a lion to be cool and dangerous
Supervision and control
Wiretapping in Montenegro: Secret measures and abuses
The implementation of secret surveillance measures in Montenegro showed numerous shortcomings and raised the question of whether police wiretapping is carried out in accordance with the law. Competent institutions deny the possibility of illegal wiretapping
Niš
Showdowns on the Ice Rock: In the same neighborhood, there was shooting, and a bomb was also thrown
For now, an unknown person threw a hand grenade at the family house in Malojastrebacka Street in the Ledena Stena neighborhood of Nis. It is suspected that the attack is connected to the wounding of a 23-year-old man the previous night
Juveniles and crime
Crimes, punishments and the society we live in
At the beginning of June, the Supreme Public Prosecutor's Office published a work report that is full of data on crime for the year 2023. The part related to juvenile crime is particularly interesting: although compared to 2022, a slight decrease in the total number of criminal offenses is noticeable, the drastic increase in violent and especially serious crimes, such as murder, rape and sexual harassment, is worrying
Chronicle
Indictment against nine persons for money laundering worth more than 2,5 million euros
An indictment was brought against nine defendants who are charged with the criminal offense of conspiring to commit multiple criminal offenses of money laundering and inducing them to certify untrue content. The indictment was submitted for confirmation to the High Court Special Department for Organized Crime in Belgrade
Chronicle
"Underworld elite": The beginning of the trial of the members of the "Balkan cartel" for smuggling around seven tons of cocaine
At the preliminary hearing, which is closed to the public, the accused will briefly plead guilty, while the prosecution and defense will make their opening statements. After the preliminary hearing, which is scheduled for the 11th and 12th, apart from today, the court will determine the date of the start of the trial, i.e. the main trial
Juvenile crime
The dizzying increase in the number of juvenile killers: The violence prevention system has completely failed
The year behind us was marked by the mass murder in Vladislav Rybnikar elementary school, committed by a minor KK. Since then, the rate of juvenile violence and crime continues to rise, and an atmosphere of fear prevails in society. Statistics show that the number of juveniles who committed the most serious crimes increased by 170 percent last year.
Criminal
Escaped from Novi Sad with a nanoleg, ended up in Madrid: Who is Sniper?
Slobodan Milutinović Sniper, a criminal close to progressives, was arrested in Madrid after being on the run for a year. His name was often found in black chronicles
Fire in Sremska Kamenica
Whistleblower from EPS: I suspect that I was set on fire, I am being threatened with death
Early this morning, whistleblower from EPS Nataša Prišić burned down the building she was using as part of her summer house in Sremska Kamenica. She suspects that the fire was arson. The day before that, she received a threatening message: "You will live underground." We will break your back. Take care". One of many
Justice
Dijana Hrkalović is among the European record holders in suing journalists
The European CASE coalition (Coalition against SLAPPs in Europe), which fights against so-called SLAPP lawsuits, launched this year a "competition" for SLAPP politician and SLAPP country of the year, i.e. for those who have the most lawsuits against the media, and Dijana Hrkalović is among the nominees. , former high-ranking official of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Serbia.
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
Personal attitude
A necessary step to healing
If in Serbia it is still a nightmare to talk about lustration, we can talk about the necessity of passing the Law on vetting. That's what the process is called in the countries of the region
Jovanjica and the north of Kosovo
In the new issue: There is a secret connection
Godfathers Zvonko Veselinović and Milan Radoičić even have lawyers registered at the same address, otherwise close to the chief prosecutor of the Higher Public Prosecutor's Office in Belgrade. We are talking about the same prosecution that should have asked the Court, but did not, for permission to monitor and wiretap Veselinović because of Slobodan Milenkovic's official note. And we are talking about the same prosecutor who openly participates in the persecution of this inspector and orders him to be interrogated with a mug of BIA based on the statements of compromised former female police officers
GI-TOC research
In the new issue: Heroin, cocaine and the state apparatus
Serbia ranks third out of 44 countries on the European continent in terms of the prevalence of crime. Only Russia, which is in first place, and Ukraine, which is in second place, have worse positions than it, according to the index of organized crime for 2023 published by the Global Initiative to Combat Transnational Organized Crime (GI-TOC).
Navigator
Play it again, and again, and again, Sam
Interview: Predrag Simonović, retired policeman
In the new issue: MUP has never been so criminalized
"A person may not have to know exactly what he wants, but he must know what he doesn't want. I didn't want to be a criminal and act on illegal orders. I personally know most of the MUP members who have been arrested in the last couple of years. They ended up in prison because they unquestioningly carried out all the orders, knowing that some of them were not according to the law. And it always comes at a cost"
Region
Montenegro: Arrested former director of the Police Administration Veselin Veljović
Veselin Veljović was arrested in an operation by the Special Police Department on the order of the Special State Prosecutor's Office in cooperation with the European Union Agency for Cooperation in Law Enforcement
On the spot: Albania
Crossroads of human trafficking
Labor is recruited in the poorest and most uninhabited areas - for sowing, care during growth, harvesting, drying and packaging of goods before they are exported to Montenegro, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Greece and Italy. Albanian woman, as the neighboring Slavs call it, is a high-quality plant. In 2016, three years after Prime Minister Edi Rama came to power, Albania rose to seventh place in the world for cannabis production, with a total value estimated at 2,6 percent of GDP, compared to 0,07 to 0,19, XNUMX percent in countries such as France, Germany, Italy or the United Kingdom
Politics
Vučić on the sanctions against Vulin: It's because of Russia, I'll talk more about that tomorrow
You forgot to mention the most important thing, which is Russia. Sanctions against Vulin were not imposed against crime, but against his attitude towards the Russian Federation," said Vučić
Criminal
Andrew Tate: Influencer accused of rape and human trafficking
Tate was served with a complaint of alleged rape and abuse by British lawyers at the Bucharest estate, where he is under house arrest on charges of human trafficking.
The wonderful world of tenders
In the new issue: Who guards our railways
The Railway Infrastructure of Serbia awarded a security job in the amount of 160 million dinars to a company that, according to an inspection of the MUP's documentation, falsified statements in the public procurement procedure. The Prosecutor's Office for Organized Crime is investigating this company and the people associated with it
International politics
USA and Serbia: Can the "New York Times" article about Vučić change anything
Although the text of the American newspaper was the subject of the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee, Council for Democratization Policy analyst Kurt Basiner is not sure how much the "New York Times" story will change the way the US relates to Serbia.
Organized crime
Dijana Hrkalović: Who did she communicate with as "Aron" via "Sky"?
Hrkalović is among 77 people who are suspected of being part of a criminal group that committed four murders, according to the prosecution's document that was created during the investigation of the "witch doctor" clan. However, to date she has not been charged with the crimes described in that document or for collaborating with criminals, KRIK writes