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Overall, mafia-style groups in Serbia enjoy significant protection from political figures and prosecutors, as evidenced by the fact that no high-profile murder or drug-trafficking cases have been prosecuted. Serbian mafia groups are highly active internationally and are predominantly involved in the drug- and arms-trafficking markets.
In 1992, a member of the Chinese Triad was killed after a debt to the Serbian Mafia. The Serbian OC groups have become stronger and has superseded the Russian Mafia in Netherlands and the arms trade is shared by Serbian and Turkish groups. [132]
Overall, mafia-style groups in Serbia enjoy significant protection from political figures and prosecutors, as evidenced by the fact that no high-profile murder or drug-trafficking cases have been prosecuted.
According to the Global Organised Crime Index, ‘mafia-style’ groups enjoy significant protection by political figures and prosecutors in Serbia, as high-profile drug trafficking cases and ...
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Serbia continues to be a source, transit, and destination country for victims of human trafficking. Serbian women and children are subjected to sex trafficking, including child marriage, in neighbouring countries, while men are usually trafficked for forced labour, mainly in the construction industry. Foreign male workers, mainly from Vietnam and I...
Serbia remains one of the major weapons producers in Eastern Europe, and firearms are diverted into the illegal market. Improved border control, a certain degree of market saturation, and an increase in law enforcement capacity has led to a substantial decline in trafficking levels, as evidenced by a decrease in the number of firearms and ammunitio...
Serbia has an active illegal logging market, which has seen an increase in recent years. These offences occur in privately owned forests, where security is inadequate, and in state-owned forests, where theft is often facilitated by corrupt forest rangers. Control of illegal logging and theft is poor, as the agencies responsible for combating these ...
The heroin trade remains the most pervasive drug market in Serbia. The country serves as a heroin transit hub connecting the east to the west, involving several organized crime groups, and there is evidence of collaboration between criminal organizations in Serbia and neighbouring countries. There is notable violence associated with Serbia’s heroin...
Recently, there has been an increase in cybercrime incidents targeting small and medium enterprises, media actors, and civil society organizations in Serbia. Currently, cyber-dependent crimes are seen as a major threat, with malware, ransomware, and, to an extent, distributed denial-of-service attacks being the most common. Cyber-attacks differ dep...
As the largest economy in the region, with the most highly developed infrastructure, Serbia attracts significant foreign investment, but also provides numerous opportunities for financial crime. Public procurement projects as well as privatization processes are suspected to be subject to political influence and corrupt schemes. Another form of frau...
State-embedded actors leverage criminals and criminal groups to exert control over private and public sector entities. Additionally, some high-ranking politicians are reportedly allied with football hooligans, receiving protection in exchange for allowing them to carry out illegal activities. State-embedded actors are also heavily involved in white...
Serbia’s governance is challenged by concerning levels of criminal capture. Although statements against organized crime have been made by high-level politicians, the implementation of the legal framework pertaining to organized crime continues to be inefficient, especially in politically sensitive cases. In addition, constitutional changes bringing...
Judicial authorities and law enforcement in Serbia are unable to investigate and prosecute high-level corruption cases in an unbiased and operationally independent manner. The main obstacles in this area include the assertive approach of the government and the discretionary powers of court presidents and heads of prosecution offices over the work o...
Serbia is at fairly high risk of money laundering. However, the country has improved measures to combat money laundering and terrorist financing, has demonstrated significant progress in its compliance with Financial Action Task Force standards, and has made slight overall progress. Notably, the government has adopted a new AML/CFT law, passed othe...
Feb 16, 2021 · Under Aleksandar Vucic’s Progressives, the line between the state and organised crime has become increasingly blurred, raising the question – is Serbia a mafia state?
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Oct 8, 2021 · A captured state has no interest in fighting organized crime beyond progress reports and media spectacles, unless certain criminal groups represent a competition. Investigative journalists have found a pattern in the Serbian authorities’ actions, suggesting they took sides in the war between two dominant mafia clans.
