106 people arrested and 10 gangs destroyed: Serbs involved in most organized international crime

International cooperation of Serbian police with colleagues abroad during this and last year showed that our citizens are heavily involved in the most organized - transcontinental form of narcotics smuggling, Politika writes.

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Serbian criminals, using their worldwide contacts, organize the procurement, transportation, and storage of cocaine from Latin America to Italy for the needs of the Italian mafia, they said for the newspaper in the Office for Fighting Organized Crime (SBPOK) of the Ministry of internal affairs of Serbia.

SBPOK participated in 11 international police actions in this half of the year that broke 10 organized criminal groups and arrested 106 people.

15 laboratories for the production of synthetic drugs were discovered, 24 kilograms of cocaine, 12.7 kilograms of marijuana, 8.300 marijuana stems, and 1.5 kilograms of heroin were seized.

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- These organized criminal groups are mostly formed independently of ethnic principles and are motivated exclusively by the illegal acquisition of profits. Those are hierarchical or network-structured clans that quickly adapt to the demands of the criminal market - they state in SBPOK.

In addition to intensive cooperation with the countries of the region, SBPOK usually works with Great Britain, Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Hungary, France, Italy, Spain, Belgium, Scandinavian countries, and outside Europe with the Australian Federal Police, the DEA Office and the FBI Office.

(Telegraf.co.uk / Tanjug)