Prosecution indicts Šarić crime group

Darko Saric and 19 members of his criminal group have been indicted under the suspicion of being involved in cocaine smuggling activities. The Special Prosecution for Organized Crime charged Saric and his group for cocaine smuggling activities in Serbia, Western Europe and South America, according to Special Prosecutor Miljko Radisavljevic. Prosecution indicts Saric crime group “With the indictment, the investigation related to cocaine smuggling has been concluded,” Radisavljevic said at a press conference in Belgrade on Tuesday, adding that there are two separate investigations against the suspected crime boss and his gang. The other investigation is related to money laundering and financial abuses. Other than Saric, Goran Sokovic and Zeljko Vujanovic were also mentioned as leaders of the group. Eleven of the suspects that are currently in custody and had their detention periods extended by the investigative judge of the Special Chamber for Organized Crime. Other suspects, and Saric himself, are fugitives. After months of investigations, an international warrant for their arrests was issued in January. After the seizing of 2.8 tons of cocaine in October 2009 on a ship in the international waters in the Atlantic Ocean, an investigation began in Serbia into this criminal group suspected of smuggling cocaine from Uruguay to Europe through Montenegro and Serbia. The cocaine seizure was the result of a several month-long investigation and cooperation between the Serbian Security Information Agency (BIA) and the American DEA. Miljko Radisavljevic (Beta)

Prosecution indicts Šarić crime group

“With the indictment, the investigation related to cocaine smuggling has been concluded,” Radisavljević said at a press conference in Belgrade on Tuesday, adding that there are two separate investigations against the suspected crime boss and his gang.

The other investigation is related to money laundering and financial abuses.

Other than Šarić, Goran Soković and Željko Vujanović were also mentioned as leaders of the group.

Eleven of the suspects that are currently in custody and had their detention periods extended by the investigative judge of the Special Chamber for Organized Crime.

Other suspects, and Šarić himself, are fugitives. After months of investigations, an international warrant for their arrests was issued in January.

After the seizing of 2.8 tons of cocaine in October 2009 on a ship in the international waters in the Atlantic Ocean, an investigation began in Serbia into this criminal group suspected of smuggling cocaine from Uruguay to Europe through Montenegro and Serbia.

The cocaine seizure was the result of a several month-long investigation and cooperation between the Serbian Security Information Agency (BIA) and the American DEA.