From the birthday double issue

22.October 2025 JZ

Police and BIA as paid nannies of drug cartels

"Vreme" investigates how the mafia liquidation in Belgrade revealed that the police are watching and protecting criminals, instead of arresting them. So they are still killed in front of their eyes

Politics and organized crime

03.June 2025 NR

Tepic throws "bombs", the authorities demand that someone go to prison

Although she confused the Colombian president with the Serbian one, Marinika Tepić continues with bombastic announcements that allegedly link the Vučić brothers and the drug dealer Filip Korać. The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Serbia denied the allegations of Marinika Tepić

Research of the weekly "Vreme"

17.May 2023. Jelena Zoric

The Balkan cartel in the service of the 'Ndrangheta

Skilled bandits and robbers, contract killers, drug dealers, sailors and drug smugglers are part of the Balkan cartel, which has been managing the transportation of cocaine from South America to Europe for decades, as well as the further distribution of drugs. Above them is only the biggest mafia in the world - the Italian 'Ndrangheta, which is actually the real owner of more than 60 percent of the cocaine that is distributed from the jungles of Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, and Bolivia to all continents. Who is who in the Balkan Cartel and how are they connected to the 'Ndrangheta, but also to the motorcycle gang "Hell's Angels"

Balkan crime: Montenegro

12.April 2023. Filip Mirilović

Cops by day, criminals by night

At the end of March this year, the Special State Prosecutor's Office and the Special Police Department launched a new series of arrests of former and current police officers on suspicion that they are, in fact, members of mafia clans. Whether and to what extent the new authorities in Podgorica will fulfill the promises and expectations of citizens in the fight against organized crime and corruption

Analysis of the Trial of the Decade: The Clan's Blackmail Game

19.October 2022 Jelena Zoric

What does Veljko Belivuk talk about and what does he keep silent about

Although it is obvious that the "Principi" hooligan group, which is now called the Belivuk-Miljković criminal clan, is actually a mirror of the corruption of the state system and the criminalization of parts of the security structures and the judiciary in Serbia, the prosecution handling this case did not deal in detail with the clan's connection with state representatives

Organized crime

14.September 2022 Filip Mirilović

Waiting in Istanbul and the consequences

With the liquidation of Jovica Vukotić, the Skaljar clan was beheaded. The old leadership and top management no longer exist. What will happen to the Skaljar clan? There are several possible scenarios, but it is unlikely to survive in its current form. If only the core of the clan is considered, then Jovica's brother Igor Vukotić is the only one left to take the place of commander... However, he is on the run, and the question is whether he can master the hierarchical structure of the clan.

In the new issue

08.September 2022 Jelena Zoric

Clan War: Graveyard Killings and Kamikaze Assassins

The war between the Skaljarski and Kavački clans is still going on. In eight years, more than 60 people were killed in clashes between drug clans. The number of victims is increasing month by month. There are shootings throughout the region, and the killers are mostly from Serbia

War of the Clans

07.September 2022 Jelena Zoric

Cemetery liquidations and kamikaze killers

The war between the Skaljarski and Kavački clans is still going on. In eight years, more than 60 people were killed in clashes between drug clans. The number of victims is increasing month by month. There are shootings throughout the region, and the killers are mostly from Serbia

News

26.August 2022 Filip Mirilović

Murder on Pag: Another row in the clash of clans

The victim of yesterday's murder in Pag is Goran Vlaović Goro from Novlja, a member of the Skaljar criminal clan. The killer is probably not a member of the Kavčkan, but there is no doubt that the liquidation is another mafia showdown between these two clans.