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Drug smuggling

19.August 2026 B. B.

How eight tons of marijuana were smuggled from North Macedonia to Serbia

So far, a total of 13 suspects have been arrested in the investigation of the Prosecutor's Office for Organized Crime of North Macedonia for smuggling several tons of marijuana from North Macedonia to Serbia. How did the "fur" arrive, which is mostly stored in Konjuh

Francuska

18.August 2026 B. B.

Drones are becoming an increasingly popular means of smuggling "goods" into French prisons

In just one French prison, there were 1.826 drone deliveries in less than two months, bringing more than 30 kilograms of drugs into that prison

Chronicle

18.August 2026 IN THE

How five tons of marijuana ended up in Konjuh: North Macedonia expanded the investigation

The investigation into the organized transport of five tons of marijuana from North Macedonia to Serbia has been extended to include seven more people, announced the Prosecutor's Office for Organized Crime of North Macedonia. The two suspects previously pleaded guilty and were sentenced to prison terms

Organized crime

01.August 2025 Filip Mirilović

The bloody trail of the tobacco mafia

For years, murders linked to the tobacco mafia remained unsolved. One after another, the heads of criminals involved in the lucrative cigarette business and those who tried to expose it fell. Now the ball has started to unravel

Milka Knežević-Ivašković: Footage from the BBC documentary

A memory

25.September 2024 Nemanja Rujevic

Orangutan nanny: When the Belgrade Zoo smuggled animals

How a worker of the Belgrade Zoo kept wild animals in her apartment more than three decades ago and then got into a conflict with Vuk Bojović

Drastic punishment

16.September 2024 IN THE

Croatian captain sentenced to 30 years in prison for cocaine smuggling in Turkey

Captain Marko Bekavac, a Croatian sailor, was sentenced to 30 years in prison in Turkey after 137 kilograms of cocaine were found on the ship he commanded.

1,7 tons of Viagra and slimming drugs were seized

Northern Macedonia

23.May 2024. MS (KoSSev)

1,7 tons of Viagra and slimming drugs were seized

Macedonian customs officials seized 1,7 tons of slimming drugs and Viagra, which stimulates erection, at Skopje International Airport. These drugs are also sold expensively on the black market in Serbia

Organized crime

07.October 2023 Jelena Zoric

Son of "Serbian cocaine king" arrested in Brazil

Aleksandar Nešić, the son of the convicted drug dealer, the "Serbian king of cocaine" Goran Nešić Ciga, was arrested in Brazil on suspicion of smuggling cocaine and being the leader of a Balkan drug cartel.

Chronicle

16.August 2023 M.S

Albania: Kurti's deputy caught with over 1000 ecstasy pills

Self-determination MP Besnik Mujeci was arrested in Albania on suspicion of smuggling and selling narcotics. He was previously under police surveillance for three months

Crisis in Kosovo

04.July 2023 S.Ć.

British MP Alicia Cairns: SPC smuggles weapons to Kosovo

The chairwoman of the Foreign Policy Committee of the British Parliament said today that weapons from Serbia are being delivered by ambulance to Orthodox churches in Kosovo. Cairns recently met with Kurti in London

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"