Daily: Organized crime "catalogue" ready soon

Publishing records on organized crime in Serbia, as was done in 2002, would jeopardize MUP’s operative work, and lead to accusations of libel, writes Danas.

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Publishing records on organized crime in Serbia, as was done in 2002, would jeopardize MUP’s operative work, and lead to accusations of libel, writes Danas. Work on drafting a “white book“ on organized crime is reaching its latter stages and will soon be complete, MUP confirmed to the daily. Daily: Organized crime "catalogue" ready soon Once the document is complete, it will not be published and its entire contents will be kept strictly confidential, says a source from the Interior Ministry. Interior Minister Ivica Dacic said earlier that the aim of the “white book“ was to “put ourselves in as strong a position as possible to combat organized crime.“ He announced publication of the document in early December, stressing that it was a “state project.“ “That catalogue of organized crime must be the product of thorough criminal-intelligence work, not based on stories or gossip, but on real situations that exist inside the state,“ said Dacic at the time. Bozo Prelevic, a lawyer and former co-interior minister, has welcomed the news of the “white book“, as it will expose an entire network of criminals in Serbia, though it will also identify links between certain local politicians and crime. Prelevic told Danas that the book would facilitate tracking activities and people not mentioned therein, as it would entail monitoring the environments and connections of those people whose names are mentioned. In his opinion, the police has always had some sort of “white book“, albeit in electronic form. “This act is important not just for the situation in Serbia, but in the region. In essence, that book should be viewed as part of the jigsaw when it comes to organized crime in the Balkans. Besides, we’ve seen that when it comes to murders, criminals from the region are most often involved,“ said Prelevic. He said that since the changes of October 5, 2000, criminals had been most fazed by the fact that their names had been published in the first “white book“ in 2002. However, certain security experts are sceptical about the plans, stating that these records are unlikely to help make any significant inroads into combating organized crime.

Daily: Organized crime "catalogue" ready soon

Once the document is complete, it will not be published and its entire contents will be kept strictly confidential, says a source from the Interior Ministry.

Interior Minister Ivica Dačić said earlier that the aim of the “white book“ was to “put ourselves in as strong a position as possible to combat organized crime.“ He announced publication of the document in early December, stressing that it was a “state project.“

“That catalogue of organized crime must be the product of thorough criminal-intelligence work, not based on stories or gossip, but on real situations that exist inside the state,“ said Dačić at the time.

Božo Prelević, a lawyer and former co-interior minister, has welcomed the news of the “white book“, as it will expose an entire network of criminals in Serbia, though it will also identify links between certain local politicians and crime.

Prelević told Danas that the book would facilitate tracking activities and people not mentioned therein, as it would entail monitoring the environments and connections of those people whose names are mentioned.

In his opinion, the police has always had some sort of “white book“, albeit in electronic form.

“This act is important not just for the situation in Serbia, but in the region. In essence, that book should be viewed as part of the jigsaw when it comes to organized crime in the Balkans. Besides, we’ve seen that when it comes to murders, criminals from the region are most often involved,“ said Prelević.

He said that since the changes of October 5, 2000, criminals had been most fazed by the fact that their names had been published in the first “white book“ in 2002.

However, certain security experts are sceptical about the plans, stating that these records are unlikely to help make any significant inroads into combating organized crime.

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