Daily: 35 criminal groups active in Montenegro

35 criminal groups are currently active in Montenegro, Belgrade-based daily Vecernje novosti has reported. According to the daily, most of the groups are involved in drug trafficking, money laundering and arms trafficking. Daily: 35 criminal groups active in Montenegro They launder the money they earn through illegal activities by buying valuable real-estate such as hotels, night clubs and luxurious resorts, reads Montenegrin police’s document dubbed “Organized crime danger assessment - OCTA”. The document represents a roadmap of the organized crime in Montenegro, which is in accordance with the EU standards, and it was done with the help of Austrian experts. A separate part of the document focuses on organized groups that are involved in drug trafficking and they were divided in northern, central and southern centers. According to the research, the northern center is a coordination center for heroin distribution. Smuggling routes go from Afghanistan and Turkey through Kosovo and Macedonia to Rozaje. The drugs are then transported to Serbia and Western Europe, Vecernje novosti writes. “The headquarters of the northern center is in Rozaje where majority of criminal groups in the north is located,” reads the OCTA document. Organizers and members of the main drug trafficking group are connected with criminals from Turkey who order heroin from Afghanistan. However, most observers say that police are mainly focusing on organizers of smaller groups, street dealers and drug users while the major dealers are rarely arrested. Vecernje novosti

Daily: 35 criminal groups active in Montenegro

They launder the money they earn through illegal activities by buying valuable real-estate such as hotels, night clubs and luxurious resorts, reads Montenegrin police’s document dubbed “Organized crime danger assessment - OCTA”.

The document represents a roadmap of the organized crime in Montenegro, which is in accordance with the EU standards, and it was done with the help of Austrian experts.

A separate part of the document focuses on organized groups that are involved in drug trafficking and they were divided in northern, central and southern centers. According to the research, the northern center is a coordination center for heroin distribution. Smuggling routes go from Afghanistan and Turkey through Kosovo and Macedonia to Rožaje. The drugs are then transported to Serbia and Western Europe, Večernje novosti writes.

“The headquarters of the northern center is in Rožaje where majority of criminal groups in the north is located,” reads the OCTA document.

Organizers and members of the main drug trafficking group are connected with criminals from Turkey who order heroin from Afghanistan.

However, most observers say that police are mainly focusing on organizers of smaller groups, street dealers and drug users while the major dealers are rarely arrested.