Council wants to ban hooligans from sporting events

BELGRADE Serbia's National Council for the Fight against Violence and Improper Conduct at Sports Events met on Thursday in Belgrade. It called on competent government bodies to identify individuals responsible for riots and participants in the incidents at sports events and immediately bring them to justice. Council wants to ban hooligans from sporting events The Council analysed the security situation in sports, with the emphasis on riots at the recently held football match between football clubs Red Star and Partizan, the Serbian government released. The National Council discussed the reports on the connection between organized crime and hooligan groups, and it insisted that hooligans who committed multiple offenses have to be banned from attending sports events in the next five years, the government said. The Council set up an inter-departmental team which will perform the analysis as soon as possible and adjust, improve and review legal regulations for prevention of violence at sports events, the release states. The Council session in the Serbian government building was chaired by PM and Interior Minister Ivica Dacic. The vice president of the Council is Deputy PM Aleksandar Vucic. The Council gathers representatives of Serbia's biggest sports associations, the Olympic Committee of Serbia, the Sports Federation of Serbia, the Prosecutor's Office and the judiciary. (Tanjug) "Firmly determined" The government is firmly determined to put an end to violence, Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dacic said ahead of Thursday's meeting of the council tasked with preventing violence and misconduct at sporting events. At the meeting, the officials will voice a firm political will, Dacic said, but noted that, besides the political resolve, all state bodies must complete their part of the job for results to be achieved. It is not up to the Council to decide who should be arrested or who should get a police record, Dacic noted. Asked when the hooligans causing incidents at sports stadiums will be prosecuted, Dacic said that a difference should always be made between operational findings and proofs. We often have some findings which then become public, and then the process is not completed, Dacic said. During its Thursday meeting, which will be chaired by Dacic, the Council will deal with issues relating to security at stadiums. The meeting will analyze the current security situation in the domain of sports, and possible improvements in the legal framework that would help prevent violence at sporting events, Milivoj Mirkov, security commissioner at the Football Association of Serbia, told Tanjug on Wednesday. Tanjug

Council wants to ban hooligans from sporting events

The Council analysed the security situation in sports, with the emphasis on riots at the recently held football match between football clubs Red Star and Partizan, the Serbian government released.

The National Council discussed the reports on the connection between organized crime and hooligan groups, and it insisted that hooligans who committed multiple offenses have to be banned from attending sports events in the next five years, the government said.

The Council set up an inter-departmental team which will perform the analysis as soon as possible and adjust, improve and review legal regulations for prevention of violence at sports events, the release states.

The Council session in the Serbian government building was chaired by PM and Interior Minister Ivica Dačić.

The vice president of the Council is Deputy PM Aleksandar Vučić. The Council gathers representatives of Serbia's biggest sports associations, the Olympic Committee of Serbia, the Sports Federation of Serbia, the Prosecutor's Office and the judiciary.

"Firmly determined"

The government is firmly determined to put an end to violence, Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dačić said ahead of Thursday's meeting of the council tasked with preventing violence and misconduct at sporting events.

At the meeting, the officials will voice a firm political will, Dačić said, but noted that, besides the political resolve, all state bodies must complete their part of the job for results to be achieved.

It is not up to the Council to decide who should be arrested or who should get a police record, Dačić noted.

Asked when the hooligans causing incidents at sports stadiums will be prosecuted, Dačić said that a difference should always be made between operational findings and proofs.

We often have some findings which then become public, and then the process is not completed, Dačić said.

During its Thursday meeting, which will be chaired by Dačić, the Council will deal with issues relating to security at stadiums.

The meeting will analyze the current security situation in the domain of sports, and possible improvements in the legal framework that would help prevent violence at sporting events, Milivoj Mirkov, security commissioner at the Football Association of Serbia, told Tanjug on Wednesday.