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Vielleicht vor 10 Jahren aber heute nicht mehr.
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YouTube- Serbische Mafia (Serbian Mafia) 2008
Serbian Organized Crime (
Serbian: Cpпска Мафија) are various criminal organizations based in
Serbia or composed of ethnic-
Serbs who are all run by Miso Samardzija. 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.
The Mafia is composed of several major organized groups, which in turn have wider networks throughout primarily Europe.
Activity outside Serbia
The Pink Panthers international jewel thief network is responsible for some of the most audacious thefts in criminal history
[25]. 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.
[26] 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.
[27]
Australia
The first Serbian mafiosi came to
Australia in the late 70's, organized in a
Yugoslav clan, their headquarters were some 15 kafanas in
Sydney,
Wolongong and
Melbourne. .
[5]
In the 80's the Serbian Mafia was reinforced with the arrival of Serbian immigrants.
Milivoje Matović "Miša Kobra", arrived to Sydney in 1986 and became a known gambler who organized big games. His younger brother Braca owed money to the gang of Žorž Stanković, Žorž sent his son Batica for Miša Kobra whos friend Boža Cvetić threw down the street after he had pointed a gun at them. Batica was deported to Serbia and Braca was killed in the meantime. Žorž was killed in 1993 and his son Batica in 1996.
[5]
In 2005 interviews with
Australian Serbs, it was said some 20
Zemun clan members operated in Australia at the time, double the number working prior to
Operation Sablja[5]. Serbian boxer
Božidar Cvetić who in 2002 was stabbed
[28], now worked as a bouncer in Australia said that Australian police had shown him pictures of some 150 Serbian criminals active in Australia
[5].
In May 2007, Australian police saw recruitment to organized crime
motorcycle gangs from young Serbs
[29].
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
[30].
Belgium
In 1990, Kosovo Albanian CIA and KGB Agent Enver Hadri is assassinated in Brussels by
Veselin Vukotić,
Andrija Lakonić, and
Darko Ašanin, at the time hired by the
UDBA (Yugoslav intelligence).
Bosnia
The Serbian Mafia is the largest organized crime group in Bosnia & Herzegovina with operations from the
entity of
Republic of Srpska.
The Zemun clan is active in Bosnia
[31].
Bulgaria
From 1994-1997 Zemun clan leader Dusan Spasojevic used heroin supplies channels through Sofia.
Sreten Jocić (Joca Amsterdam) escaped custody in Netherlands in 1993, he left for Bulgaria where he would continue his drug smuggling under the pseudonym "Marko Milosavljevic"
[2]. He was arrested in 2002 and extradited to Netherlands
[2].
One Macedonian national and 2 Bulgarians were arrested during the
Operation Moonlight linked with the Zemun clan; they trafficed cocaine from Bolivia.
[32]
Zemun clan member Nenad Milenković "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
[33].
The Zemun clan successfully managed the drug traffic from Bulgaria after 2003, taking over the market from Surcin-associate Sreten Jocić.
[34]
Bulgarian tycoon Iliya Pavlov was murdered by Serbian Mafia in 2004 it is believed. He owed 250 million dollars to the Milosevic regime.
[35]
Croatian hitman Robert Matanic and his collegues were hired by the Zemun clan to kill people of the concurrenting Bulgarian Mafia for the Balkan drug route. Dimitar Hristov, Kaloyan Savov and Zhivko Mitev were killed in a shootout on June 4, 2004. Matanic and his men were hired by
Milcho Bonev (
SIC) as bodyguards after friends of Matanic introduced by his Serbian friends in the Zemun clan
[36][37]. Milcho Bonev was assassinated in 2004, believed to be organized by the Serbian Mafia.
[38]
In September 2007, a believed internal feud resulted in the death of Jovica Lukic, the critical wounding of 2 other men, a mother and her baby. The men were all members of the Zemun clan.
[39]
Former
Litex president
Angel Bonchev had business with the Zemun clan. He was kidnapped in 2008.
[40]
The Zemun clan is active in Bulgaria
[31].
Croatia
The murder of Croatian publisher and founder of weekly "Nacional"
Ivo Pukanić and his marketing chief
Niko Franjić in 2008 was ordered by
Sreten Jocić who hired
Željko Milovanović, a former
Red Berets member who bombed the car of the publisher with the help of
Milenko Kuzmanović. Pukanic had ties to Balkan criminals.
[41] All three were arrested by the Serbian police.
Czech Republic
In the 90's, Serbian organized groups was one of the leading syndicates operating in Czech republic
[42]. A letter was sent to Czech newspapers containing information on a supposed future assassination of President Havel by 5 members (Vaso, Krule, Draza, and Micko) and their whereabouts, the letter was written in broken Czech, thought by the Police to be sent by a rival gang
[42].
Denmark
The Serbian-Danish actor
Slavko Labović, 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
[43], a illegal gambling company owned by Rade Kotur (Spelkungen,
The Gambling King) a known figure in Sweden who hired the murder of
Ratko Đokić[43]. During the trial of
Rade Kotur, Labović came to support Kotur
[43].
The Serbian Brotherhood or in Serbian "Srpsko Bratstvo" is believed to be the top crime organisation in Copenhagen.
France
Known in
French as
Mafia Serbe.
In 1962, Stevica Marković, Miša Milošević and Radovan Delić arrived in Paris, were part of the "Garderodameri" that was formed in 1966 with the arrival of Marko Nicovic.
[1]
Harry Winston
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.
[44]
Greece
Kristijan Golubović operated in Greece
After the Yugoslav wars, Kristijan Golubović worked in Greece. In 2002 he escaped from
Malandrino, a Greek prison where he was serving a 14 and a half years sentence for stealing two Mercedes-Benz cars and an armed robbery.
In December 2009, two Serbs were arrested suspected of involvement of a major group smuggling cocaine from Peru to Montenegro on luxury yachts. The American
DEA helped the Greek police to track the smuggling for 5 months. 2 other Serbs are wanted in Serbia
[45].
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.
Slobodan Grbović "Slobo" left Italy for Germany in the 70's and became friends with Vaso Letećeg, a thief from Belgrade. In 1981 this friendship ended when they feuded over money, Slobo shot his patron Vaso and went to prison, Vaso survived.
[1]
In 1980, Branislav Saranovic, escapes the Wuppertal prison with the help of the Ljuba Zemunac gang who blew up a prison wall.
In February, 1988, Rade Caldovic is appointed the leader in Germany after good relations with the Italian Mafia in Milano. He becomes friend with Greek businessman Mihail Sainidis who owns over 15 casinos in southern Germany. On 30 March, Zoran Lucic, a Belgrade gangster kills an Albanian rival in Frankfurt.
In the 90's, the underground of former
Eastern Germany was controlled by Italian, German, Russian, Vietnamese and Serbian organized groups
[46].
Leipzig was the centre of
money laundering,
smuggling,
prostitution and protection rackets due to the weak system
[46]. The most profitable operations of the groups from
former Yugoslavia was
car thefts, luxury cars were stolen in
Germany and sold to
Eastern Europe,
North Africa and
Far East[46].
Andrija Drašković, a heir to Arkan's syndicate following his assassination, was arrested by German police in
Frankfurt after four years on the run from the Italian Anti-Organized Crime Unit. Drašković is believed to have organized the murder of his former boss
Arkan.
[47].
The Pink Panthers have made jewelry robberies in Germany
[30]
Italy
Dado Cerović "Metko" was the most powerful of Yugoslav criminals in Milano before moving to Genova. Bole Grčić "Bembe" and Miša Begonja "Glava Ciganin" were left of his entourage in Milano.
[1]
In 1971
Ljubomir Magas arrived in Milano with "Dača" and he settled in Milan. His friend Rade Caldovic "Centa" was shot in his stomach in Verona by rival Bata Glavac, Caldovic later went to prison in Rome. The Yugoslav mafia in Milano was formed by Ljubomir Magas, Rade Caldovic, Veljko Krivokapic, Slobodan Grbović "Slobo Crnogorac", Milan Civija, Dule Milanovic, Dragan Malesevic, Mile Ojdanic, Sava Somborac, Pera Oziljak, Marinko Magda,
Arkan, Djordje Bozovic "Giška". They did holdups, murders and burglaries in
Trieste,
Rome and
Milano.
[1]
Dragomir Petrović "Zmaj" (called
Drago lo Slovo, Drago the Slav in Italian) was a Serbian gangster who found his way to Milano, he was connected with a godfather of the Italian Mafia in Calabria. He was involved with gambling, bank and jewelry robberies,
[1]
Later an influx of gangsters from
SR Montenegro strengthened the Yugoslav position in the Italian underworld. Vlasto Petrović "Crnogorac", Djordje Božović and Darko Ašanin were connected with mafiosi operating from
Montenegro; Branko and Slobo Šaranović, Brano Mićunović and
Ratko Djokić,
Sarajevo; Miša Martinović,
Zagreb; Marko Vlahović. In the same time Slobodan Grbović "Slobo Crnogorac" left for Germany and teamed up with Vaso Letećeg, a thief from
Belgrade[1]
During the 90's the
'Ndrangheta acquired weapon arsenal (Bazookas, explosives, automatic firearms) built in
Serbia, imported through firms outside Italy
[46]
From 1994-2000 illegal cigarette smuggling in Italy was operated by the Serbian Mafia together with the Italian Mafia
[9].
Zemun clan member Ninoslav Konstantinovic fled Netherlands to Italy after his brother was arrested in 2003. In Italy he became a leading
heroin distributor and professional hitman, working for the
Italian Mafia in
Naples, he is recognized as highly skilled as many of his fellow Zemun clan members are known throughout Europe. His assassinations are known to be brutal and ruthless executions.
[31].
In May 2009, Vladimir Jovanović, a former Zemun clan member and
Interpol wanted was arrested in
Italy[48].
Macedonia
See also Macedonian Mafia
- Kosta Jankovski: Head of the Macedonian arm of the Serbian mafia.[49]
- Zoran Boyadjiski, involved in drug trafficking in Germany, Bulgaria under the Zemun clan.
Stanislava Poletan, married to Ranko Poletan, a former commander of the
Serbian Volunteer Guard (
Arkan's tigers), was suspected of having orchestrated the transport of 486 kilos of cocaine seized at the border crossing of
Blace, heading for
Greece with the final destination in
Western Europe. Poletan is linked with Serbian criminal organizations operating during the Milosevic regime with cigarette and alcohol smuggling, she is also said to be close to chief of Macedonian secret police Slobodan Bogoevski. She is now likely hiding in
Serbia.
[50]
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.
The Zemun clan is active in Montenegro
[31].
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.
On Christmas Eve, 1974, Slobodan Mitric killed 3 alleged UDBA members in Kafana "Mostar" in Amsterdam.
In 1977, Emilio Di Giovine was wounded and 2 of his men killed by rival Yugoslavs.
On 24 October, 1979,
Arkan,
Slobodan Kostovski and an Italian are arrested while robbing a
jewelry store in
Amsterdam, they had days earlier robbed a jeweller in Hague and were sought in several countries. On 8 May, 1981, Arkan escaped from the
Bijlmerbajes prison in
Amsterdam with Italian
Sergio Settimo, one of the most sought criminals in Europe.
In 1992, a member of the
Chinese Triad is killed after a debt to the Serbian Mafia.
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:
Serbiska maffian, Jugoslaviska 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 Joksa's and Ratko Đokić'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.
Sweden saw a large influx of ethnic Serbs during the 60's and 70's, when the "Arbetskraftsinvandring" took place; The labour force of immigrants who were granted citizenship (similar to
Gastarbeiter programme). In the 80's the Serbs were the main operators of drug smuggling in Sweden
[51].
In March 15, 2003, a
Colombian hitman hired by a rivaling gang failed an attempted assassination of Ševo and his companions at a K-15 fighting gala.
In 2003, in a storage room located in the
Vårby Gård suburbs, the Swedish police found silenced firearms;
Ak47's
Uzi's and
MP5's, bombs;
grenades,
plastic explosives and
mines[52]. The arsenal was used by the Serbian Mafia in Sweden, the owner of the storage was
Milan Ševo, the son-in-law of
Ratko Đokić, the former head of Mafia; the title soon inherited by Ševo.
In May 5, 2003, Ratko Đokić was assassinated outside his Boxing club in Skärholmen. One of the hitmen,
Nenad Mišović, was arrested in Europe years later. Mišović came to Sweden in 2002 after fleeing the police in Serbia. He was hired by Rade Kotur, a rival of Đokić
[43]
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
[53].
[edit] Switzerland
Arkan is arrested in Bern, 1982, but escapes the policestation.
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[54]. The
marijuana was seized as it travelled from
Larache,
Morocco to
Southampton on a tugboat under an Israeli flag
[55].
The
Pink Panthers have operated in London
[30]
United States
Boško Radonjić
There has been known involvement of Balkan crime groups in the
United States.
One of the most notorious Serbs was
Boško Radonjić, leader of the
Irish-American organized crime group "
the Westies", from 1988-1992. He reestablished the relations with the
Gambino family under
John Gotti.
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