"Serbia leader in fighting organized crime"

Interior Minister Ivica Dačić said on that Serbia was the regional leader in the fight against organized crime.

Izvor: Beta

Tuesday, 30.03.2010.

09:32

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Interior Minister Ivica Dacic said on that Serbia was the regional leader in the fight against organized crime. He also stressed that without international cooperation there could be no successful suppression of that type of crime. "Serbia leader in fighting organized crime" Speaking at a session of the Parliament's Defense and Security Committee, Dacic said Serbia had boosted its credibility through numerous operations, among which he singled out Operation Balkan Warrior. In that operation, police seized more than two tons of cocaine, filed 31 criminal complaints and arrested 20 suspects, while others remain on the run. According to him, Operation Morava, aimed at breaking up a network of dealers, saw the confiscation of 210 kilograms of drugs, the arrest of 1,717 individuals, the filing of over 1,000 criminal complaints, and the seizure of more than one million forged U.S. dollars. The minister went on to say that in 2009 the quantity of narcotics seized was 64 percent greater than in 2008, with the police confiscating 1.2 tons of drugs in the January-November 2009 period. He also said the number of corruption cases that had been uncovered was 22 percent higher than the previous year, adding that the Interior Ministry was involved in battling high tech crime, which included several operations. Police Director Milorad Veljovic announced that the police will intensify operations aimed at preventing the entry of criminally acquired money into legal business. Veljovic also said that the most frequent form of organized crime is the trafficking and smuggling of narcotics, adding that the money earned that way is invested in legal business through the purchase of companies and real estate and also partly in tourism. Veljovic, left, Dacic, right, BIA's Sasa Vukadinovic, center (Beta)

"Serbia leader in fighting organized crime"

Speaking at a session of the Parliament's Defense and Security Committee, Dačić said Serbia had boosted its credibility through numerous operations, among which he singled out Operation Balkan Warrior.

In that operation, police seized more than two tons of cocaine, filed 31 criminal complaints and arrested 20 suspects, while others remain on the run.

According to him, Operation Morava, aimed at breaking up a network of dealers, saw the confiscation of 210 kilograms of drugs, the arrest of 1,717 individuals, the filing of over 1,000 criminal complaints, and the seizure of more than one million forged U.S. dollars.

The minister went on to say that in 2009 the quantity of narcotics seized was 64 percent greater than in 2008, with the police confiscating 1.2 tons of drugs in the January-November 2009 period. He also said the number of corruption cases that had been uncovered was 22 percent higher than the previous year, adding that the Interior Ministry was involved in battling high tech crime, which included several operations.

Police Director Milorad Veljović announced that the police will intensify operations aimed at preventing the entry of criminally acquired money into legal business.

Veljović also said that the most frequent form of organized crime is the trafficking and smuggling of narcotics, adding that the money earned that way is invested in legal business through the purchase of companies and real estate and also partly in tourism.

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