No crime bosses in Serbia, state secretary claims

We have achieved major results in combat against organized crime in the past several years, says Justice Ministry State Secretary Slobodan Homen.

Izvor: Tanjug

Sunday, 08.01.2012.

14:26

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We have achieved major results in combat against organized crime in the past several years, says Justice Ministry State Secretary Slobodan Homen. Homen said that for the first time in two decades there were no crime bosses in Serbia. No crime bosses in Serbia, state secretary claims He added that judicial bodies were now focusing on combating corruption. "For the first time in almost 20 years, Serbia has nobody who could be called a 'coordinated' boss of the underground. All those who have played the role, or whom the media have described as the leaders of organized crime in Serbia, are today either in prison or on the run in some faraway countries," Homen told Tanjug. According to him, this is a clear message that the state will not tolerate the establishment of big and powerful criminal clans, as was the case in the past two decades. “Most cases against members of criminal groups have already had a court epilogue and many have been sentenced to lengthy prison sentences,” the state secretary stressed, adding he expected "the biggest cocaine dealers" would also be sentenced within the year. "After tackling organized crime and drug dealers, our priority now is fighting high-level corruption, which is like a cancer eating our society," Homen stated. He said the whole society could not rely on the work of the prosecutor's office, the police and judicial bodies, because their job was to react once corruption had already taken place. "We will work on preventing corruption and the new strategy, which I expect will be adopted by March, needs to point clearly to ways in which corruption will be prevented," Homen explained. Slobodan Homen Tanjug

No crime bosses in Serbia, state secretary claims

He added that judicial bodies were now focusing on combating corruption.

"For the first time in almost 20 years, Serbia has nobody who could be called a 'coordinated' boss of the underground. All those who have played the role, or whom the media have described as the leaders of organized crime in Serbia, are today either in prison or on the run in some faraway countries," Homen told Tanjug.

According to him, this is a clear message that the state will not tolerate the establishment of big and powerful criminal clans, as was the case in the past two decades.

“Most cases against members of criminal groups have already had a court epilogue and many have been sentenced to lengthy prison sentences,” the state secretary stressed, adding he expected "the biggest cocaine dealers" would also be sentenced within the year.

"After tackling organized crime and drug dealers, our priority now is fighting high-level corruption, which is like a cancer eating our society," Homen stated.

He said the whole society could not rely on the work of the prosecutor's office, the police and judicial bodies, because their job was to react once corruption had already taken place.

"We will work on preventing corruption and the new strategy, which I expect will be adopted by March, needs to point clearly to ways in which corruption will be prevented," Homen explained.

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