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((Short description|Various criminal organizations))
((Infobox criminal organization
| name = Serbian mafia
| image = 
| caption = 
| founded = Founded: 1901<ref>((cite web | url=https://historyjustgotinteresting.com/assassination/black-hand/ | title=The Black Hand | date=28 September 2021 ))</ref>
| ethnic makeup = [[Serbs]]
| territory = [[Serbia]], [[Bosnia & Herzegovina]], [[Montenegro]], [[Colombia]], [[Mexico]], [[Peru]], [[Brazil]], [[Bolivia]], [[Argentina]], [[European Union]], [[Balkans]], [[North America]], [[Germany]], [[Austria]], [[Sweden]],[[United States]], [[Italy]], [[North Macedonia]], [[Greece]], [[Cyprus]], [[Australia]], [[Spain]], [[United Kingdom]], [[France]], [[Norway]], [[Denmark]], [[Romania]], [[Hungary]], [[Croatia]], [[Slovenia]], [[Netherlands]], [[Belgium]]
| criminal activities = Drug trafficking, arms trafficking, human trafficking, assassination, assault, heist, robbery,  bribery, burglary, extortion, fraud, illegal gambling, kidnapping, illegal prostitution, money laundering, murder, racketeering, loan sharking, smuggling, theft.
| allies = [[Cosa Nostra]]<br />[[Romanian mafia]]<br />[[Ndrangheta]]<br />[[Sacra Corona Unita]]<ref>((cite web | url=https://www.ilgiorno.it/milano/cronaca/2014/01/25/1015634-droga-mafia-serbe.shtml | title=Droga, il tramonto della 'ndrangheta: A comandare ora è la mafia serba | date=24 January 2014 ))</ref><br />[[Greek mafia]]<br />[[Russian mafia]]<br />[[Montenegrin mafia]]<br />[[Israeli mafia]]<br />[[Moroccan mafia]]<br />[[Gulf Cartel]]<ref>((cite web | url=https://balkaninsight.com/2020/10/22/marcos-and-soldado-colombian-shootout-sheds-light-on-balkan-drug-ties/ | title=Marcos and Soldado: Colombian Shootout Sheds Light on Balkan Drug Ties | date=22 October 2020 ))</ref><br />[[Camorra]]<ref>((cite web | url=https://24sedam.rs/hronika/vesti/22302/potresi-u-podzemlju-srpska-mafija-preuzela-tron-od-kolumbijskih-kartela/vest | title=Potresi u podzemlju: Srpska mafija preuzela tron od kolumbijskih kartela! ))</ref><br />[[South American]] [[drug cartels]]<ref>((Cite web | url=https://insightcrime.org/news/analysis/a-look-at-one-serbian-kingpins-latin-america-connections/ | title=A Look at Serbian Kingpin's Latin America Connections | date=30 May 2012 ))</ref> <br />[[American mafia]]<ref name="occrp.org">((Cite web | url=https://www.occrp.org/en/group-america/who-is-mileta-miljanic-the-serbian-american-drug-lord-and-leader-of-group-america | title=Who is Mileta Miljanić? The Serbian-American Drug Lord and Leader of 'Group America' ))</ref> [[Gambino crime family]]<ref name="occrp.org"/> [[Sinaloa Cartel]]<ref>((Cite web | url=https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/13933-peru-sentences-group-america-drug-boss-jaksic-to-prison-again | title=Peru Sentences 'Group America' Drug Boss Jakšić to Prison… Again ))</ref> <br />[[Irish Mob]]<ref>((Cite web | url=https://www.irishcentral.com/opinion/others/an-irish-american-serb-story-120539419-238081171 | title=An Irish American Serb story | date=23 April 2011 ))</ref><br />[[Medellín Cartel]]<ref>((cite web |url=https://www.kurir.rs/vesti/politika/1431507/narko-drugovi-kosmajac-bio-eskobarov-glavni-covek-za-evropu | title=NARKO-DRUGOVI: Kosmajac bio Eskobarov glavni čovek za Evropu! | date=3 July 2023 ))</ref>
| rivals = 
| notable_members = [[#Gang leaders and noted members|''see list of notable Serbian mafioso'']]
))

((Serbian Mafia))

'''Serbian organized crime''' or '''Serbian mafia''' (((lang-sr|Cpпска мафија / Srpska mafija))) are various criminal organizations based in [[Serbia]] or composed of ethnic [[Serbs]] in the former [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]] and [[Serbian diaspora]]. The organizations are primarily involved in [[smuggling]], [[arms trafficking]], [[drug trafficking]], [[human trafficking]], [[assassination]]s, [[Robbery|heists]], [[assault]], [[protection racket]]s, [[murder]], [[money laundering]] and [[illegal gambling]]. The mafia is composed of several major organized groups, which in turn have wider networks throughout Europe and across the world.
 
It includes some highly successful groups, including one of the largest cocaine import enterprises in  Europe "Groupa Amerika", and the "YACS" Crime Group, out of NYC. The "[[Pink Panthers]]" is responsible for some of the biggest heists ever committed.<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.interpol.int/Crime-areas/Organized-crime/Project-Pink-Panthers|title=Project Pink Panthers/Organized crime/Crime areas/Internet|website=Interpol.int|access-date=8 December 2015))</ref> The Serbian mafia gave many Serbs a perceived way out of the economic disaster that occurred in the country following the implementation of internationally imposed sanctions against Serbia during the [[Yugoslav Wars]]. Serbian criminals have been recruited into state security forces, a notable example being [[Milorad Ulemek|Milorad "Legija" Ulemek]], a commander in [[Arkan's Tigers]], which was re-labelled as the [[JSO (Special Operations Unit)|JSO]] (''Red Berets'') after the war.

Serbian mafia is made up of several major international criminal organizations, specializes for cocaine trade, each of them has annual income of several billions. Two of them are declared as the most powerful in Europe, (Cartel "Los Balcanes" and "Group America").

It has established a direct connection with the majority of cocaine producers, purchasing drugs directly from South American producers, selling them only to wholesalers operating in Europe.<ref>((cite web |date=4 May 2020 |title=Serbio asesinado en Colombia era emisario del 'cartel de los Balcanes' |url=https://www.eltiempo.com/justicia/conflicto-y-narcotrafico/serbio-muerto-en-colombia-era-emisario-de-cartel-de-los-balcanes-491398))</ref><ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.occrp.org/en/group-america/|title=GROUP AMERICA: A US-Serbian Drug Gang With Friends In The Shadows|first=Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting|last=Project|website=OCCRP|accessdate=13 December 2023))</ref>

During the period when the cigarette mafia operated, Serbian mafia earned about 100 billion dollars.<ref>((cite book |last1=Yugovich |first1=Robert |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=12GPhy5PrHsC&pg=PA42 |title=The Price of Honesty: The Terrible Confession of Former Mobster |date=10 May 2012 |publisher=Author House |isbn=9781467890779))</ref>

Serbian mafia today, is estimated to earn €'''62 billion annually''', their annual earnings on the cocaine market in Europe are worth €5.4 billion Euros. According to the DEA, alone cartel Tito y Dino is estimated at 23 billion euros on cocaine market.<ref>((cite web |date=30 October 2019 |title=Threatening messages: Journalist Avdic makes statement at State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA) |url=https://safejournalists.net/threatening-messages-journalist-avdic-makes-statement-at-state-investigation-and-protection-agency-sipa/))</ref> In June 2013, the world renowned magazine Forbes published a list of the richest mafia bosses in the world, Serbian drug lord [[Darko Šarić]], was in a high fifth place, he is estimated to have assets worth of 27 billion dollars.<ref>((cite web |title=LISTA NAJBOGATIJIH NARKO-BOSOVA: Šarić peti sa 27 milijardi dolara! |date=19 March 2014 |url=https://www.telegraf.rs/vesti/994283-lista-najbogatijih-narko-bosova-saric-peti-sa-27-milijardi-dolara))</ref><ref>((cite web |title=UTJECAJNI HOLANDSKI LIST 'AD' O NARKO-KARTELU 'DINO&TITO': Najpoznatiji narko-karteli vode poslove iz Dubaija, jedan od 50 najvećih vodi Sarajlija Edin Gačanin |url=https://www.slobodna-bosna.ba/vijest/130321/utjecajni_holandski_list_ad_o_narko_kartelu_dino_tito_najpoznatiji_narko_karteli_vode_poslove_iz_dubaija_jedan_od_50_najvecih_vodi_sarajlija_edin_gachanin.html))</ref><ref>((cite web |title=MOĆNI BALKANSKI NARKO-KARTELI: Godišnje zarade više novca od zbira vojnih budžeta država bivše Jugoslavije |date=3 July 2023 |url=https://www.kurir.rs/crna-hronika/3756907/kokainska-braca-vladaju-evropom-a-zele-da-vladaju-i-balkanom))</ref><ref>((cite web |date=2 May 2022 |title=Balkan Traffickers Becoming Ever More Important to Trans-Atlantic Cocaine Trade |url=https://insightcrime.org/news/balkan-traffickers-becoming-ever-more-important-to-trans-atlantic-cocaine-trade/))</ref><ref>((cite web |last1=Klippel-Cooper |first1=Dayffyd |title=Balkan Drug Cartel.docx |url=https://www.academia.edu/38542289))</ref><ref>((cite web |date=22 September 2019 |title=SRPSKI MAFIJAŠI NA NOVOM BIZNISU ZARAĐUJU MILIJARDE! 'Djevojci drhte ruke, napetost raste, dolazi luksuzni auto, iz njega izlaze tri muškarca i traže novac...' |url=https://www.bhdijaspora.net/srpski-mafijasi-na-novom-biznisu-zaradjuju-milijarde-djevojci-drhte-ruke-napetost-raste-dolazi-luksuzni-auto-iz-njega-izlaze-tri-muskarca-i-traze-novac/posljednje-vijesti/))</ref><ref>((cite web | url=https://www.nacional.hr/while-cocaine-jet-setter-michael-dokovich-fights-his-extradition-to-croatia-the-balkan-cartel-is-on-the-rise/ | title=While Cocaine Jet-setter Michael Dokovich fights his extradition to Croatia, the Balkan Cartel is on the rise | date=3 July 2023 ))</ref>

According to estimates by the DEA and Europol, Serbian cartel known as "Los Balcanes", send about  500 tons of cocaine annually to the Old Continent. The boss of everything was the Serb, Dejan Stanimirovic, who was wanted by more than 30 countries.<ref>((Cite web|url=https://adncuba.com/actualidad-internacional/colombia/abatido-un-emisario-del-cartel-los-balcanes|title=Abatido un emisario del Cártel los Balcanes &#124; ADN Cuba|website=adncuba.com|accessdate=13 December 2023))</ref><ref>((cite web |date=22 October 2020 |title=Marcos and Soldado: Colombian Shootout Sheds Light on Balkan Drug Ties |url=https://balkaninsight.com/2020/10/22/marcos-and-soldado-colombian-shootout-sheds-light-on-balkan-drug-ties/))</ref>

One of the most significant mafias in Scandinavia is the Serbian-Montenegrin mafia in Scandinavia, also known as “Juggemaffian” (“Yugo Mafia”). The foundations of the gang began during the mass immigration of Yugoslav guest-workers to Sweden in the 1970s. Its power base is in the cities of [[Stockholm]] and [[Copenhagen]], and territory in [[Malmö]] and [[Gothenburg]], among other cities in western Sweden. They received significant media attention in Sweden especially during the 1990s, thanks to flashy top-ranking members such as [[Dragan "Jokso" Joksović]]. The founder and first leader of the gang is believed to be warlord [[Željko Ražnatović Arkan]] and the current leader is alleged to be [[Milan Ševo]].

Ethnic Serb organized crime groups are organized horizontally; higher-ranked members are not necessarily coordinated by any leader.<ref name=GRAZ>((cite web|url=http://www.etc-graz.at/cms/fileadmin/user_upload/humsec/Journal/Stojarova_Organized_Crime_in_the_Western_Balkans.pdf|title=Organized Crime in the Western Balkans|access-date=20 September 2011))</ref>

==History==
[[Ljubomir Magaš]], aka Ljuba Zemunac, was known as the "[[Capo di tutti capi|Godfather]]" of the Serbian mafia during the 1970s and 1980s. He and his gang operated in [[Germany]] and [[Italy]] during this time.<ref name="novine99"/> He was assassinated in 1986 by his rival [[Goran Vuković|Goran "Majmun" Vuković]].

Vukasin Despotović & Dario Ivišić operated in the [[Netherlands]] and became one of the most powerful gangsters through his elimination of rivals while working as a hitman and took over the drug trade in the Netherlands.<ref name="Javno1">((cite web|url=http://www.javno.com/en-croatia/joca-amsterdam---most-powerful-balkan-criminal_197882|title=Joca Amsterdam – Most Powerful Balkan Criminal|date=30 October 2008|publisher=Javno))</ref> The drug that was smuggled was cocaine from [[Colombia]]<ref name="Javno1" /> and "Joca Amsterdam" became known as the "Cocaine King".<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.javno.com/en-croatia/joca-amsterdam--i-did-not-kill-ivo-pukanic_198388|title=Joca Amsterdam: I Did Not Kill Ivo Pukanić|publisher=Javno.com|date=31 October 2008|access-date=10 July 2010))</ref> He worked for "Duja" Bećirović as an [[underboss]] and later lived in Bulgaria where he successfully smuggled drugs until his arrest in 2002. Upon returning to Serbia, he took over companies by force, utilizing the Surčin clan,<ref name="Javno1" /> (one of three then most powerful "clans" of Belgrade). He was later accused of organizing the 2008 [[assassination of Ivo Pukanić]], a [[Croats|Croatian]] journalist killed by a car bomb, but was acquitted by a Serbian court due to a lack of evidence for his involvement.<ref>((Cite web|title=Jocić, accused of organizing murder of journalist, acquitted|url=https://www.b92.net/eng/news/crimes.php?yyyy=2014&mm=04&dd=02&nav_id=89864|access-date=2021-08-02|website=B92.net| date=4 February 2014 |language=en))</ref><ref>((Cite web|date=2014-04-02|title=Jocic found not guilty for the murder of Pukanic|url=https://balkaneu.com/jocic-guilty-murder-pukanic/|access-date=2021-08-02|website=Independent Balkan News Agency|language=en-US))</ref>

[[Željko Ražnatović|Željko "Arkan" Ražnatović]] was a successful bank robber in [[Western Europe]] in the 1970s. He had convictions and warrants in [[Belgium]], the [[Netherlands]], [[Sweden]], [[Germany]], [[Austria]], [[Switzerland]] and [[Italy]]. However, he managed to escape from several prisons and then made connections with several known criminals from Yugoslavia during his time there. In the 1980s he returned to [[Serbia]] where he became involved with illegal businesses and led the [[Red Star Belgrade]] supporters' group "[[Delije Sever]]" ("Ultras").<ref name="BBC2000-01-15">((cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/605266.stm|title=Gangster's life of Serb warlord|date=15 January 2001|publisher=BBC))</ref>

The real breakthrough for [[criminal organization]]s in [[Serbia]] occurred in the early 1990s, when the [[Yugoslav Wars]] erupted in first Croatia and then Bosnia. The [[Serbs]], [[Croats]] and [[Bosniaks]] fought over territory in [[Croatia]] and [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]]. [[International sanctions]] were imposed on [[Serbia]] starting in May 1992 and Serbia became economically isolated. This prompted the breakthrough for [[criminal organization]]s. Desperate for money, many former soldiers and youngsters turned to a life of crime.((citation needed|date=December 2015))

In 1992, members of the "Peca" gang were arrested in a massive police-operation. One of the gang's members was Dušan Spasojević, who later became the head of the Zemun clan.<ref name="novine1a">((cite web|url=http://www.novine.ca/feljton/feljton-1018.html|title=U popularnom CZ-u su ležali Ljuba Zemunac, Arkan, Skole, Voja Amerikanac, Dafina, Ceca, a danas su tu Cvjetin, Legija, Zvezdan, Nenad Opačić i mnogi drugi članovi zemunskog klana|publisher=Novine.ca|access-date=8 December 2015))</ref> A young mobster from the Belgrade suburb of [[Voždovac]], Aleksandar "Knele" Knežević, was murdered in October of that year, prompting a brief, but violent Gang War in Belgrade.<ref name="novine1"/>

Arkan was the founder and leader of the [[Serb Volunteer Guard]] (''Arkan's Tigers''), a Serb [[paramilitary]] unit that fought during the Yugoslav Wars. The unit's members were mostly newly recruited [[Red Star Belgrade]] [[hooligans]] and [[gangsters]] from Serbia.<ref name="BBC2000-01-15"/> Those who joined the unit profited on the battlefields by looting and stealing. Arkan later founded the [[Party of Serbian Unity]] in 1993. By the time he returned home, he had become the most powerful member of the Serbian Mafia. He married singer [[Svetlana Ražnatović|Svetlana "Ceca" Ražnatović]].<ref name="NYTIMES050503"/>

Since the days of [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|SFRY]], the mafia has sometimes been protected in exchange for political favors, thus having a direct connection to their activities. [[Stane Dolanc]], a [[Slovenes|Slovene]], instrumentalized the mafia for political assassinations abroad. In the 90s, the Mafia profited by smuggling [[cigarettes]], [[alcohol (drug)|alcohol]] and [[oil]]. Businessman [[Stanko Subotić]] was the person that made the largest profit at this time, as cigarettes and oil were in such high demand because of the sanctions. Subotić's net worth is estimated to be €650 million.<ref>((cite web|author=Berislav Jelinić|url=http://www.nacional.hr/en/clanak/38297/serbian-tobacco-mafia-led-its-operation-from-croatia|title=Nacional.hr|publisher=Nacional.hr|access-date=8 December 2015))</ref> After Milošević's fall from power, Subotić maintained connections with Montenegrin President [[Milo Đukanović]], who granted him political favours.<ref name="BBC2001-06-20">((cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/1398974.stm|title=Serbian gangs richer than government|date=20 June 2001|publisher=BBC|access-date=8 December 2015))</ref>

From 1994 to 2000, illegal cigarette smuggling in [[Italy]] was operated by the Serbian mafia in coordination with the Italian Mafia.<ref name="bbb">((cite web|url=http://www.b92.net/eng/news/region-article.php?yyyy=2010&mm=01&dd=19&nav_id=64597|title=Cigarette smuggling hearing postponed again|publisher=B92|date=19 January 2010|access-date=8 December 2015))</ref> Serb and Montenegrin soldiers who had returned from the front-lines of the Yugoslav wars found the only way to make a profit was by turning to a life of crime. The most common crimes were assassinations, kidnappings, drug and cigarette trafficking, robberies, money laundering, racketeering and illegal software production.<ref name=GRAZ/> In 1998, 350 kilograms of heroin were seized at the Serbian-Bulgarian border.<ref name=CMS>[http://www.etc-graz.at/cms/fileadmin/user_upload/humsec/Workin_Paper_Series/Working_Paper_Anastasijevic.pdf "Working Paper"], etc-graz.at; accessed 8 December 2015.</ref>
[[File:Arkanov grob.jpg|thumb|200px|Arkan's tomb]]
On 15 January 2000, Arkan was assassinated in the lobby of the [[Continental Hotel Belgrade|Continental Hotel]] in Belgrade. [[Slobodan Milošević]] was dethroned in the October 2000 [[Bulldozer Revolution]]. However, a bloody feud soon emerged among the different criminal "clans" of Belgrade. The feud grew into an open war in which many of the key Mafia bosses were assassinated.<ref name="NYTIMES050503">((cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/05/world/belgrade-journal-for-partying-mobsters-the-morning-after-prison.html|title=For Partying Mobsters, the Morning After: Prison|date=5 May 2003|publisher=NY Times|author=Green, P.|access-date=8 December 2015))</ref> In 2000, some €841,000,000 was made in illegal profits in Serbia.<ref name=POLIS/>
[[File:Stambolićev spomenik.JPG|thumb|200px|Monument of Ivan Stambolić near the site of the killing]]
25 August 2000. [[Ivan Stambolić]], former Serbian president was abducted in Belgrade, just before the federal election in which it was mentioned that he could be included as a candidate for the President of the FRY, and since then he disappeared without a trace. The remains of Stambolić were discovered on 28 March 2003. He was killed on the same day he had been hijacked by members of the Zemun clan. The funeral was on 8 April.((citation needed|date=December 2015))

By the early 2000s, the Serbian mafia reportedly had more money than the Serbian government and was better armed than the Serbian Army and Serbian police, according to [[Serbian government|Serbian Interior Minister]] [[Dušan Mihajlović (politician)|Dušan Mihajlović]], who claimed [[Slobodan Milošević]] had given life to crime-syndicates as a "state-sanctioned mafia". Prostitutes from [[Russia]], [[Belarus]] and the [[Ukraine]] were smuggled into Serbia. After Milošević fell from power, the Mafia began seeking a new contact in the government.<ref name="BBC2001-06-20"/> In September 2001, 700 kilograms of heroin was found in a bank vault rented by the BIA in central Belgrade. The illegal safekeeping was never explained, nor brought up. In exchange for information about Kosovo Albanian terrorists, the Zemun Gang was provided "special training courses" by the Serbian Special Forces.<ref name=CMS/>

In 2011, Dr Gilly McKenzie, an Interpol Organized Crime Unit expert, compiled a "White Book" containing 52 criminal organizations of Serbia, none of which had been terminated by the year's end. In the same year, it was concluded that the Protection rackets in port cities on the Black Sea were run by Serbian, Russian and Ukrainian criminals.<ref>((Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3vv_vK6dIBUC|title=Transnational organized crime and international security: business as usual?|isbn=9781588260901|access-date=20 September 2011|last1=Thicke|first1=Alan Michael|year=2002|publisher=Lynne Rienner Publishers ))</ref>
[[File:Zoran Đinđić, Davos.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Prime Minister]] [[Zoran Đinđić]] was assassinated on 12 March 2003, by members of the [[Special Operations Unit (Serbia)|Special Operations Unit]] (Red Berets).]]
Beginning with the [[Yugoslav wars]] and ending with the assassination of Prime Minister [[Zoran Đinđić]] in March 2003, connections between the mafia and the government were obvious and corruption was rampant in most branches of the government, from border patrols to law-enforcement agencies. On 12 March 2003, Đinđić was [[Assassination of Zoran Đinđić|assassinated]] by a former [[Serbs|Serbian]] [[Special Operations Unit (Serbia)|Special Operations Unit]] member, Zvezdan Jovanović.<!--SENTENCE??--> "[[Milorad Ulemek|Legija]]" was also involved in the assassination and was sentenced to 50 years in prison.<ref name="NYTIMES050503"/>

Đinđić had connections within the Surčin Gang that dated back to the earlier overthrowing of Milošević. The government set in motion an operation against organized crime - "[[Operation Sabre (Serbia)|Operation Sabre]]", which led to more than 10,000 arrests. Many New Belgrade malls, locations frequented by gangsters, were closed after the Operation,<ref name="NYTIMES050503"/> 123 criminal groups were shattered with 844 members awaiting trial; 3,949 people had criminal complaints issued against them. 28 kilograms of heroin, 463&nbsp;grams of cocaine, 44,837 kilograms of marijuana, 4,960 kilograms of synthetic drugs and 688 stolen cars were recovered in a single day.<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/Mesko/208031.pdf|title=Operation Sablja|access-date=10 July 2010))</ref> Milan Sarajlić, the Deputy State Prosecutor of Serbia was arrested that day and later confessed to being on the payroll of the Zemun clan.<ref>((cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/serbian-prosecutor-admits-being-on-gangster-payroll-591762.html|work=The Independent|location=London, UK|title=Serbian prosecutor admits being on gangster payroll|date=21 March 2003|access-date=23 May 2010))</ref>

In November 2003, 140 kilograms of marijuana were seized in Belgrade and 4 people were arrested.<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.arhiva.serbia.gov.rs/news/2003-11/24/332054.html|title=Police confiscate 140 kg of marijuana, four arrested|publisher=Arhiva.serbia.gov.rs|date=24 November 2003|access-date=20 September 2011))</ref> The Red Berets were dissolved on 23 March 2003.<ref name=GRAZ/> In 2005, it was confirmed that Serbia had lost 7,500,000 RSD daily due to economic crime,((Clarify|date=December 2015)) with the estimated total loss to criminal activity ((Clarify|date=December 2015)) being estimated to be approximately €200,000,000 yearly.<ref name=POLIS>((cite web|url=http://polis.osce.org/library/f/2641/378/OSCE-SRB-RPT-2641-EN-Report%20on%20Money%20Laundering%20and%20Predicate%20Crime%20in%20Serbia%202000-2005.pdf|title=Polis OSCE Report 2000-05|access-date=20 September 2011))</ref> In 2006, it was revealed that [[Dušan Spasojević]], leader of the Zemun clan, was connected to [[Serbian Radicals|Serbian Radical]] leader [[Vojislav Šešelj]], to whom he had allegedly given information about high-profile murders carried out in Serbia, which Šešelj wrote about.<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.b92.net/eng/news/comments.php?nav_id=37431|title=Šešelj's alleged ties with Zemun Gang revealed|publisher=B92|access-date=10 July 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104091545/http://www.b92.net/eng/news/comments.php?nav_id=37431|archive-date=4 November 2012))</ref>

In January 2009, Serbian Interior Minister [[Ivica Dačić]] estimated that between 30 and 40 serious organized crime groups were operating in Serbia.<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.b92.net/eng/news/crimes-article.php?yyyy=2009&mm=01&dd=21&nav_id=56570|title=Dačić on organized crime groups|publisher=B92|date=21 January 2009|access-date=10 July 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607063522/http://www.b92.net/eng/news/crimes-article.php?yyyy=2009&mm=01&dd=21&nav_id=56570|archive-date=7 June 2011))</ref> The figures provided by Dačić did not include smaller criminal groups but more organized ones that were involved in drug and arms trafficking, human trafficking, murder and protection rackets.((citation needed|date=December 2015))

In September 2009, 22 members of the Elez group were arrested by the Serbian police, dubbed the most dangerous gang in Western Balkans.<ref name="press1">((cite web|url=http://pressonline.rs/sr/vesti/hronika/story/94722/10+najve%C4%87ih+hap%C5%A1enja+u+2009..html|title=10 najvećih hapšenja u 2009|language=sr|publisher=Pressonline.rs|access-date=20 September 2011))</ref> The leader, Darko Elez, was captured with five other members in Serbia. 13 others were captured in Bosnia, including three police officers.<ref name="press1"/> Police seized 2.8 tons (2,800&nbsp;kg, worth 120 million €<ref name=D1>((cite web|url=http://www.dalje.com/en-world/serbias-drug-mafia-threatens-top-officials-daily/293673|title=Serbia's drug mafia threatens top officials daily|publisher=Dalje.com|date=10 February 2010|access-date=8 December 2015))</ref>) of cocaine shipment from [[Uruguay]] on 17 October 2009, the BIA and American DEA made the joint operation.<ref name="b92-3">((cite web|url=http://www.b92.net/eng/news/crimes-article.php?yyyy=2010&mm=01&dd=21&nav_id=64652|title=Balkan Warrior expanded to two new suspects|publisher=B92|access-date=8 December 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104091628/http://www.b92.net/eng/news/crimes-article.php?yyyy=2010&mm=01&dd=21&nav_id=64652|archive-date=4 November 2012))</ref><ref name="Aki28">((cite web|url=http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.4021186698|title=Serbia: Four arrested for cocaine smuggling|publisher=Adnkronos.com|access-date=8 December 2010))</ref><ref name="aki1"/> On 31 October 2009, Serbian police arrested over 500 people in the biggest anti-drug bust ever in Serbia.<ref name="aki1">
((cite web|url=http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.4045875354|title=Serbia: Drug busts will have 'little impact' on mafia|publisher=[[Adnkronos]]|access-date=8 December 2010))</ref>

The Interior Ministry organized the Morava-operation that would focus on drug trafficking to young people in the primary and secondary schools, clubs and cafes and would encompass 2,000 police officers searching the whole country.<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.b92.net/eng/news/politics-article.php?mm=10&dd=31&yyyy=2009|title=More than 500 arrests in police raids|publisher=B92|date=31 October 2009|access-date=8 December 2010))</ref>

In November 2009, [[Argentina|Argentine]] police arrested five Serbian drug couriers and seized their 492 kilograms of cocaine in [[Buenos Aires]],<ref name="aki1"/> One of the largest drug busts in 2009.<ref name="b92-4">((cite web|url=http://www.b92.net/eng/news/crimes-article.php?yyyy=2010&mm=01&dd=18&nav_id=64553|title=Op Balkan Warrior suspect extradited|publisher=B92|access-date=8 December 2010))</ref> The routes of the drugs were from [[Uruguay]] and [[Argentina]] via Central alt. [[South Africa]] to Northern Italy alt. [[Turkey]] to [[Montenegro]].<ref name="aki1"/> Serbian organized crime experts estimated 10,000 foot soldiers part of 5 major organized crime groups operating in Serbia.<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.4032521461|title=Serbia: Cheap drugs and corruption fuels mafia expansion|publisher=Adnkronos.com|access-date=8 December 2010))</ref> A courier package of 5 kilos cocaine was intercepted from Paraguay, 4 Serbs from Belgrade were arrested.<ref name="Aki28"/> The busts were part of the [[Operation Balkan Warrior]]; an international drug smuggling case that involves mainly the [[Zemun clan]], led by, among others, [[Željko Vujanović]].<ref name="b92-3"/>

In December 2009, Interior Minister [[Ivica Dačić]] said "half of the Serbian sport clubs are led by people with links to organized crime".<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.b92.net/eng/news/crimes-article.php?yyyy=2009&mm=12&dd=31&nav_id=64153|title=Half of sports clubs led by mafia|publisher=B92|access-date=8 December 2010))</ref> 21 kilos of heroin ($1,5-million) were found in a Belgrade flat rented by a Montenegrin national. The drugs were brought from [[Turkey]].<ref>((cite web|author=Staff|url=http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?art_id=nw20091209191113886C802325|title=Serb police seize R11m heroin haul|publisher=Iol.co.za|access-date=8 December 2010))</ref>

In January 2010, a ((convert|20|acre|m2|adj=on)) lot illegally owned by the Zemun clan was seized at Šilerova Street, [[Zemun]], Belgrade, the clan's headquarters.<ref name="b92-4"/> By 21 January, the Balkan Warrior Operation included 19 suspects, 9 of whom were already in custody. New arrestees included [[Darko Šarić]]<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.reportingproject.net/PeopleOfInterest/biography.php?id=54|title=Biography for Darko Šarić|publisher=Reportingproject.net|access-date=8 December 2010))</ref> and [[Goran Soković]].<ref name="b92-3"/> That same day, an 8-man crime group involved in stealing of oil over a two-year period from the [[Naftna Industrija Srbije|NIS]] pipelines, the crude oil was sold through a company, worth several hundred thousands of euros, among the arrested is a member of the MUP.<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.b92.net/eng/news/crimes-article.php?yyyy=2010&mm=01&dd=21&nav_id=64645|title=8 arrested for stealing oil from NIS|publisher=B92|date=21 January 2010|access-date=8 December 2015))</ref>

On 10 February 2010, Serbian top officials said serious death threats from the narco-mafia have been directed against President Boris Tadić, Deputy Prime minister and Interior minister Ivica Dačić, Special prosecutor for organized crime Miljko Radisavljević, and other top government officials.<ref name=D1/> On 18 February, a group of six robbers from Belgrade were arrested, they had since 2008 stolen more than 10 million RSD from banks, post offices, gas stations, exchange offices and stores.<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.b92.net/eng/news/crimes-article.php?yyyy=2010&mm=02&dd=18&nav_id=65270|title=Group of robbers arrested|publisher=B92|date=18 February 2010|access-date=8 December 2015))</ref>

On 19 February 2010, Interior Minister Dačić said more than 50 suspects were arrested today in an ongoing operation aimed against financial crime and money laundering conducted in [[Valjevo]], [[Novi Sad]], [[Belgrade]], [[Šabac]], [[Sremska Mitrovica]], [[Čačak]] and [[Sombor]].<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.b92.net/eng/news/crimes-article.php?yyyy=2010&mm=02&dd=19&nav_id=65299|title=50 suspects arrested in police raids|publisher=B92|access-date=8 December 2015))</ref>

In March 2010, [[Stanko Subotić|Stanko "Cane" Subotić]], head of the so-called "Tobacco mafia", accused [[Nebojša Medojević]], the [[Montenegrins (ethnic group)|Montenegrin]] party leader of [[Movement for Change]] of having organized a manhunt for him. Medojević had claimed that Cane and [[Darko Šarić]] had been hiding in a [[Montenegrin police]] villa in [[Žabljak]], while Cane said in an interview that he was in [[Geneva]], [[Switzerland]].<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.b92.net/eng/news/politics-article.php?yyyy=2010&mm=03&dd=16&nav_id=65829|title=Crime suspect accuses businessmen, Port of Belgrade|publisher=B92|date=16 March 2010|access-date=8 December 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131221052039/http://www.b92.net/eng/news/politics-article.php?yyyy=2010&mm=03&dd=16&nav_id=65829|archive-date=21 December 2013))</ref> On 11 March, a "well-known" entrepreneur ((Who||date=December 2015)) was arrested with 1.2 kilograms of heroin meant for resale in [[Jagodina]].<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.b92.net/eng/news/crimes-article.php?yyyy=2010&mm=03&dd=11&nav_id=65738|title="Entrepreneur" arrested with 1.2 kilos of heroin|publisher=B92|date=11 March 2010|access-date=8 December 2015))</ref>

On 19 March, Boris Tadić vowed all-out war on the Serbian mafia, in particular drug trafficking that is considered the biggest threat in society. He claimed to have evidence that Serbian cartels have attempted to penetrate state institutions to destabilise the government. "The latest property seizures prove that those groups have laundered narco money by investing not only into their personal houses and land but also in tourism, factories and distribution of the press", Tadić said.<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.dalje.com/en-world/tadic-vows-all-out-war-on-organised-crime/298577|title=Tadić vows all-out war on organised crime|publisher=Dalje.com|date=19 March 2010|access-date=8 December 2015))</ref> On 28 March 2010, two Bosnian Serbs from [[Novi Pazar]] were arrested at [[Zagreb Airport]] with at least 1.7 kilograms of cocaine for the Serbian drug market. The pure cocaine came from [[Lima, Peru]] where they had spent the month traveling from Belgrade. The drugs were worth an estimated €70,000 on the streets of Croatia.<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.b92.net/eng/news/crimes-article.php?yyyy=2010&mm=03&dd=28&nav_id=66111|title=Two Serbian citizens arrested for cocaine smuggling|publisher=B92|access-date=8 December 2015))</ref>

In April 2010, it was concluded that Šarić's gang had planned an operation against Serbian officials, including the president. [[Encryption|Encrypted]] messages in local newspapers were deciphered by investigators and after long surveillance of the clan it was concluded that several hitmen were to kill Serbian officials of the MUP, BIA and state officials in a synchronized and highly well-coordinated way. The Šarić clan wants to liquidate people that are in their way, after the Balkan Warrior Operation that heavily decreased crime in Serbia and Montenegro.<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.b92.net/eng/news/politics-article.php?yyyy=2010&mm=04&dd=12&nav_id=66430|title=Drug gang planned to kill top officials|publisher=B92|date=12 April 2010|access-date=8 December 2015))</ref> On 14 May 2010, three Serbs who worked security for one of Bolivia's top drug lords were killed in a shootout with rival crime groups; the drug lord ((Who|date=December 2015)) was kidnapped.<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.b92.net/eng/news/crimes-article.php?yyyy=2010&mm=05&dd=26&nav_id=67385|title=Bodies of victims to be flown home from Bolivia|publisher=B92|date=26 May 2010|access-date=8 December 2010))</ref>

Dačić submitted the work report for 2009; the police had uncovered 7 OC groups and arrested 86 people. He said that by the end of 2009 there were 27 registered OC groups active, with each group having more than 200 members.<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.b92.net/eng/news/politics-article.php?yyyy=2010&mm=06&dd=30&nav_id=68145|title=Crime groups, separatists main threat|publisher=B92|date=30 June 2010|access-date=8 December 2015))</ref> There is/was an ongoing investigation against Zemun clan members involved in assassinations who claim [[Vojislav Šešelj|Šešelj]] ordered the assassination of [[Tomislav Nikolić]].<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.b92.net/eng/news/politics-article.php?yyyy=2010&mm=06&dd=30&nav_id=68135|title=SNS leader on assassination claims|publisher=B92|date=30 June 2010|access-date=8 December 2015))</ref>

In 2010 it was revealed that the [[Šarić gang]] had, from 2008 to 2009, ousted the [['Ndrangheta]] from the drug market. With the emergence of the gang on Italian soil, the gang offered better quality cocaine for a lower price, effectively gaining the market from 2007 to 2009, trafficking cocaine from South America. Operation Balkan Warrior was successful in Italy, with over 80 people arrested. Two networks were among the arrested, one Italian, with members from Milan and other northern Italian towns, and the other, a Serbian network, with members from Serbia, Montenegro and Slovenia. The Serbian network has operatives all over Europe and South America.<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.b92.net/eng/news/crimes-article.php?yyyy=2010&mm=11&dd=16&nav_id=70935|title=Drug arrests in Serbia, Montenegro, Italy|publisher=B92|access-date=20 September 2011))</ref><ref>((cite web|url=http://www.b92.net/eng/news/crimes-article.php?yyyy=2010&mm=11&dd=17&nav_id=70948|title=Šarić gang squeezed Italian mafia out|publisher=B92|access-date=8 December 2015))</ref>

The Principi Group is the mafia organization in Serbia that is most closely linked to the Serbian state. After the arrest of their leader and suspected multiple murderer [[Veljko Belivuk]] in 2019, he said in a court hearing that he had done "dirty work" for the Serbian government. In 2022, criminal proceedings against the alleged mafia boss Veljko Belivuk and 31 co-defendants began in a court in Belgrade. The leader is charged with five counts of murder, kidnapping, drug trafficking and illegal possession of weapons. He said he worked through intermediaries for President [[Aleksandar Vučić]].<ref>((Cite news |date=2022-03-09 |title=Serbien: Mutmaßlicher Mafia-Boss will gegen die Regierung aussagen |language=de |work=Der Spiegel |url=https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/justiz/serbien-mutmasslicher-mafia-boss-will-gegen-die-regierung-aussagen-a-c0c83deb-dc8d-4832-a5c6-8c42ea5067b6 |access-date=2023-05-25 |issn=2195-1349))</ref><ref>((Cite web |date=2023-05-16 |title=Veljko Belivuk |url=https://www.blic.rs/veljko-belivuk |access-date=2023-05-25 |website=blic.rs |language=sr))</ref>

==Groups==
((unreferenced section|date=July 2016))

===Belgrade neighbourhoods===
*[[New Belgrade|Novi Beograd]] gangs, organized in different [[Blokovi]] (neighbourhoods), during the 1990s the gangsters of New Belgrade were very successful but had after the [[Yugoslav wars]] been killed by each other.
*[[Surčin]] clan, at the beginning car thefts, smuggling of petrol and cigarettes, moved on to narcotics. Had connections with officials in police, judiciary and politicians mostly prior to the [[Operation Sablja]].
*[[Zemun clan]], Drug trafficking, contract-killing, abduction. Had connections with officials in police, judiciary and politicians mostly prior to the [[Operation Sablja]]. The head was [[Dušan Spasojević]].
**Šarić gang
*[[Voždovac]] clan, led by [[Goran Vuković]] 
*[[Zvezdara]] clan, led by [[Sredoje Šljukić|Sredoje "Šljuka" Šljukić]]
*[[Dorćol]] group, drug trafficking
*[[Karaburma]] group, drug trafficking
*[[Senjak]] group, known for drug trafficking, racketeering,
*Janjičari group, led by Aleksandar "Sale Mutavi" Stankovic<ref>((Cite web|date=2021-02-04|title=Serbia Turns on Crime Gang Once Known for Official Ties|url=https://balkaninsight.com/2021/02/04/serbia-turns-on-crime-gang-once-known-for-official-ties/|access-date=2021-02-10|website=Balkan Insight|language=en-US))</ref>
*[[Principi group]], led by Veljko "Velja Nevolja" Belivuk

===Other===
*Peca gang (19??-1992)
*Arkan network († 2000)
*Elez group (-2009)
*Keka group
*Belov clan
*[[Serbian Brotherhood]]
*[[Pink Panthers]] gang
*YACS Yugoslavian Albanian Croatian Serbian crime group Manhattan NYC. (1970-1997)

==Gang leaders and noted members==
The reign of [[Slobodan Milošević]] represented the height of power of Serbian organized crime, when mafiosi and government officials were intertwined. The role of several Belgrade gangsters was described in the documentary film, ''[[Vidimo se u čitulji]]'' (''See You in the Obituary'').

{|class="wikitable"
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!style=background:#FFDEAD;| Name<br /><small>Alias</small>
!style=background:#FFDEAD; width="5%"| Born/died
!style=background:#FFDEAD;| Title
!style=background:#FFDEAD;| Info
!style=background:#FFDEAD;| Affiliation
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! style="background:beige;" colspan="5"| Mafiosi
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|[[Stevan Marković (bodyguard)|Stevan "Stevica" Marković]] || 1937–1968 || Gangster || French actor [[Alain Delon]]'s bodyguard, Marković's body was found in a garbage dump in the [[Paris]] suburbs in October 1968. His death occasioned an attempt to destabilize the French state, with accusations leveled against [[Georges Pompidou|Pompidou]]. ||Own gang
|-
|[[Novica (Živković) Jovanović|Novica "Stiv" Jovanović]]|| 1954–1984 || Gangster || Known as a gentleman robber, he and Bruno Sulak were the most wanted men of the 1980s in France and other parts of Europe due to a series of spectacular robberies in Cannes, Nice, Monaco, Paris and Lyon. Killed in an ambush by a special unit of the French police, while trying to get Sulak out of prison. The duo were the forerunner of today's Pink Panther group. || Own gang
|-
|[[Ranko Rubežić|Ranko "Dač Šulc" Rubežić]] || 1951–1985 || Boss || Murdered in February 1985 by four of his own associates: Miroslav "Vuja" Vujisić, Dragan "Dadilja" Popović, Boris Petkov, and Bojan Petrović. ||
|-
|[[Ljubomir Magaš]] aka [[Ljuba Zemunac]] || 1948–1986 || Godfather <br /> Head Boss || A Yugoslav amateur boxer, street-fighter and gangster. During the 1970s/80s he operated his own gang in Germany and was assassinated in 1986 by a rival, Goran Vuković. || Own gang
|-
|[[Branislav Matić|Branislav "Beli" Matić]]|| 1952–1991 || Boss || A close friend of Giška, who was a successful businessman in the Netherlands. He co-founded and financed of the Serbian Guard. He was killed outside his family home on 4 August 1991. ||Giška
|-
|[[Đorđe Božović|Đorđe "Giška" Božović]] || 1955–1991 || Boss || Killed in action during [[Battle of Gospić]] (present-day [[Republic of Croatia]]) on 15 September 1991, by [[Croatian Army|Croatian forces]]. ||Ljuba Zemunac
|-
|[[Aleksandar "Knele" Knežević]]|| 1971–1992 || Lieutenant || The youngest "star" of the Serbian mafia at the beginning of the 1990s, he was a bodyguard to Serbian politician [[Vuk Drašković]]. Knežević was murdered on 28 October 1992 in his room at the Hyatt Hotel in Belgrade. || Voždovac<br />Giška
|-
|[[Georg Stanković|Georg "Žorž" Stanković]]|| 1946–1993 || Boss || A mob boss of the older generation; murdered on 1 October 1993 by a single hitman. ||
|-
|[[Goran Vuković|Goran "Majmun" Vuković]] || 1959–1994 || Boss || Vuković murdered Ljuba Zemunac outside court in 1986. Vuković was assassinated alongside Dušan Malović in downtown Belgrade on 12 December 1994 || Voždovac
|-
|[[Mihajlo Divac]]|| 1967–1995 || Boss || Leader of the [[Novi Beograd]] gang at time, he had previously survived a number of murder attempts. In one attempt executor was Luka Bojović. Divac was shot dead in the hall of the Putnik Hotel, Belgrade, in February 1995. || Novi Beograd
|-
|[[Božidar Stanković|Božidar "Batica" Stanković]]|| 1969–1996 || || Son of [[Georg Stanković]], he was assassinated on 23 June 1996 by a hitman. ||
|-
|[[Zoran Dimitrov|Zoran "Žuća" Dimitrov]]|| 1966–1996 || || Had previously survived a number of assassination attempts, but was finally killed on 6 October 1996 by a hitman. || Voždovac
|-
|[[Rade Ćaldović|Rade "Ćenta" Ćaldović]]|| 1950–1997 || Boss || The infamous [[Belgrade]] mafioso, was murdered on 14 February 1997 in his car in [[Belgrade]] by two assassins. His two brothers were also connected with the Serbian mafia, Dragan ("Ćatana") Ćaldović, and Momčilo ("Moške") Ćaldović. ||
|-
|[[Darko Ašanin]]|| 1959–1998 || || A Belgrade gangster involved with drugs and killings. His uncle was Pavle Bulatović, the late Defense Minister. Murdered on 30 June 1998, in his cafe "Koloseum" in Dedinje district of Belgrade by a sole hitman. ||
|-
|[[Zoran Šijan]]|| 1964–1999 || Boss || Former European kickboxing champion and purported leader of the Surčin gang was killed on 27 November 1999 at the corner of Nemanja and Svetozar Marković streets in Belgrade. He was the husband of Serbian Turbo-folk singer [[Goca Božinovska]]. ||<small>Own gang</small><br /> Surčin clan
|-
|[[Branislav Lainović|Branislav "Dugi" Lainović]]|| 1955–2000 || Boss || Founder of the Serbian Volunteer Guard with Giška || 
|-
|[[Arkan]] || 1952–2000 || Head Boss || Considered the most powerful criminal in Serbia until his assassination on 15 January 2000. He was murdered by Dobroslav Gavrić (a close friend of Bata Trlaja), a former policeman who was part of the Novi Beograd gang. || Own network
|-
|[[Radoslav Trlajić|Radoslav "Bata Trlaja" Trlajić]]|| 1963–2000 || || Belgrade mob boss and member of the [[Novi Beograd]] gang, he was famous for referring to Serbia and Belgrade in the 1990s as "a pond too small for so many crocodiles". He was killed on 26 February 2000 by [[Mile Luković]] of the [[Zemun]] gang. || Novi Beograd network
|-
|[[Zoran Davidović|Zoran "Ćanda" Davidović]]|| 1972–2000 || || Murdered by the Zemun clan while returning from the funeral of Branislav Lainović on 23 March 2000. ||
|-
|[[Milivoje Matović|Milivoje "Miša Kobra" Matović]]|| 1955–2003 || Head Boss || Milivoje Matović (aka "Miša Kobra") arrived in [[Sydney, Australia]] in 1986, and became a known gambler who organized big games. His younger brother Braca owed money to the gang of Žorž Stanković, who sent his son Batica for Miša Kobra. Batica Stanković was deported to Serbia, and Braca was killed in the meantime. Žorž was killed in 1993 and his son Batica was killed in 1996. || Sydney clan
|-
|[[Dušan Spasojević]], known as "Šiptar" and "Duća" ||1968–2003 || Head || Head of one of the largest Serb criminal groups on record, the Zemun clan. The peak of this cartel's influence occurred from 2000 until 2003 when Spasojević was killed by Serbian police on 27 March 2003 during a country-wide manhunt initiated after the [[Assassination of Zoran Đinđić|assassination of Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Đinđić]]. || Zemun clan
|-
|[[Milan Luković|Milan "Kum" Luković]]||1969–2003 || Head || Head of one of the largest Serbian criminal groups on record, the Zemun clan. The peak of this cartel's influence occurred from 2000 until 2003 when Luković was killed by Serbian police on 27 March 2003 during a country-wide manhunt initiated after the assassination of Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Đinđić || Zemun clan
|-
|[[Boško Radonjić|Bosko "The Yugo" Radonjich]] ||1943–2011 || Godfather || American godfather. Died at the [[Military Medical Academy (Serbia)|VMA]] on 31 May 2011. || Irish American "Westies"
|-
|[[Rade Rakonjac]] || 1962–2014 || Lieutenant || Former bodyguard to Željko Raznatović (Arkan) and Luka Bojović. Killed in a cafe in the Belgrade.<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.b92.net/eng/news/crimes.php?yyyy=2014&mm=04&dd=02&nav_id=89861|title=Arkan's former bodyguard shot dead|website=B92.net|date=4 February 2014 ))</ref> || Arkan
|-
|[[Ibrahim Habibovic]] (also known as "Beli" and "Drago lo Belo") || 1957- || Head Boss || Member of the Belos and Milano clans ||
|-
|[[Stanko Subotić|Stanko "Cane" Subotić]] ||1959- || Boss || Head of the Tobacco mafia that smuggled cigarettes throughout Europe, allegedly connected with Serbian and Montenegrin officials. || Tobacco mafia
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|[[Sreten Jocić|Sreten "Joca Amsterdam" Jocić]] (aka "Cocaine King") || 1962- || Boss<br />Underboss || One of the most known mafiosi, became strongest in Netherlands through his elimination of rivals. He smuggled cocaine from Colombia. He worked under "Duja" Becirovic as underboss in the Belgrade group and became boss after Duja died in 1990 after [[Klaas Bruinsma (drug lord)|Bruinsma]] hired the kill. A drug smuggler in Bulgaria, he was arrested in 2002. In Serbia, he took over companies with the Surčin clan. Jocić was allegedly involved in the [[Assassination of Ivo Pukanić|2008 car bomb which killed journalist Ivo Pukanić in Zagreb]].((citation needed|date=October 2016)) || Belgrade group
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|[[Milorad Ulemek|Milorad "Legija" Ulemek]]|| 1968- || Boss || Arkan's Tigers member during the Yugoslav wars, transferred into the [[Crvene Beretke|Red berets]] by Milošević. Involved in the murder of Prime Minister Zoran Đinđić and sentenced to 40 years in prison as the orderer of the murder.<ref name=":0">((Cite web |date=24 November 2009 |title=Правоснажно по 40 година! |trans-title=Valid for 40 years! |url=https://www.novosti.rs/%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8/%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B0/%D1%85%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0.405.html:257872-Pravosnazno-po-40-godina |access-date=11 October 2023 |website=Novosti |language=sr))</ref>|| Arkan<br />Zemun
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|[[Kristijan Golubović|Kristijan "Kiki" Golubović]] || 1969- || || One of the few surviving Belgrade criminals from the 1990s || Godson of Ljuba Zemunac
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|[[Darko Šarić]]|| 1970- || Head || Šarić was leader of powerful Balkan criminal organization which had for a years trafficking cocaine from South America through Balkan, Italy and Slovenia to Western Europe and had profited around billion euros each year. Company records show that most of money Šarić laundered by investing it in privatization of important hotels in Serbia and in buying companies from people who were charged or convinced for involvement in organized crime, mostly cigarette smuggling. Šarić received 30 million euros when he sold Serbia's leading distribution company ŠTAMPA SISTEM to the German media concern WAZZ. || <small>Own gang</small><br />Šarić's clan
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|[[Luka Bojović|Luka "Pekar" Bojović]]|| 1973- || Boss <br /> Lieutenant || Arkan's Tigers member and Lieutenant during the Yugoslav wars || Arkan<br />Zemun clan
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|[[Vladimir Milisavljević|Vladimir "Budala" Milisavljević]]|| 1976- || || Member of the Zemun clan. Arrested in 2012 with Luka Bojović in Valencia, Spain. In 2015, he was sentenced to 22 years in prison for possessing illegal weapons and covering up the murder of Milan Jurišić "Jure".<ref>((Cite web |last=Stojadinović |first=Mirjana |date=23 November 2022 |title=Luka Bojović stiže u Srbiju, ali sa njim neće doći poznati "zemunac": Zajedno uhapšeni u Španiji, a između njih postoji bitna razlika! |trans-title=Luka Bojović arrives in Serbia, but the famous "Zemunac" will not come with him: Arrested together in Spain, but there is an important difference between them! |url=https://24sedam.rs/hronika/vesti/175056/vlada-budala-ne-stize-sa-lukom-bojovicem/vest |access-date=11 October 2023 |website=24 sedam |language=sr))</ref> Involved in the murder of Prime Minister Zoran Đinđić and sentenced to 35 years in prison.<ref name=":0" /> || Zemun clan
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|[[Miloš Simović]]|| 1979- || Assassin|| Member of the Zemun clan. Arrested with [[Sretko Kalinić]] in Croatia in 2010. Involved in the murder of Prime Minister Zoran Đinđić and sentenced to 30 years in prison.<ref name=":0" /> || Zemun clan
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|[[Filip Korać]]
|1980-
|Boss
|Member of the Zemun clan. Inherited the management of the Zemun clan from Luka Bojović in 2012. He fought on the side of the Škaljar clan, and against the Kavačka group. His biggest enemy in Serbia was a group led first by Aleksandar Stanković "Sale Mutavi", and then by Veljko Belivuk. Korać also fought with this group over supremacy over the stands at the [[Partizan Stadium|Partizan stadium]]. In Croatia, Korać was given a suspended sentence in 2022 for forging a passport. He was arrested in October 2023 in Hungary on a French warrant for drug trafficking, and the evidence against him is the messages he exchanged through the [[Sky Global|Sky]] application. Bosnia and Herzegovina is also looking for Korać, which has also issued an international warrant for him for drug trafficking.<ref>((Cite web |last=Adžić |first=Ana |last2=Jovanović |first2=Bojana |date=11 October 2023 |title=Uhapšen Filip Korać |trans-title=Filip Korać is arrested |url=https://www.krik.rs/uhapsen-filip-korac/ |access-date=11 October 2023 |website=KRIK |language=sr))</ref>
|Zemun clan
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|[[Veljko Belivuk]]|| 1985- || Head || Belivuk was leader of [[FK Partizan]]'s fans named [[Grobari]]. After the death of his close friend Aleksandar Stanković in 2016, he founded a criminal gang in collaboration with [[Kavač Clan]] from [[Montenegro]]. Belivuk and his clan were arrested in February 2021 on suspicion of having committed serious crimes including mass murdering, drug trafficking, kidnappings, racketeering and illegal possession of weapons. Belivuk and his clan are currently on trial in Belgrade. || <small>Own gang</small><br />Belivuk's clan
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|[[Marko Miljković]]|| 1991- || Head || Veljko Belivuk's closest associate and his right hand. Accused of organizing brutal liquidations of opponents. He is currently on trial in Belgrade along with other members of the gang. || Belivuk's clan
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! style="background:beige;" colspan="5"| Assassinations & connected people
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|[[Klaas Bruinsma (drug lord)|Klaas "De Lange" Bruinsma]]<br /><small>"De Lange"</small> || 1953–1991 || Drug lord || A Dutch drug lord killed on 27 June 1991 by Martin Hoogland, a former policeman hired by [[Joca Amsterdam]] as a revenge for the killing of Joca's boss, a previous Belgrade group leader, known as Duja. ||
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|[[Radojica Nikčević]]|| 1948–1993 || Businessman || Businessman said to have had close ties with the State Security Service, but also with Arkan, who was killed on 7 October 1993. The front of his office in Dedinje. He was suspected of ties with the [[Medellin cartel]]. || ((flag|FR Yugoslavia))
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|[[Vojislav Stanimirović (criminal)|Vojislav Stanimirović]] || 1937 || Criminal turned journalist || The leader of the Balkan trio responsible for the 1971 [[Villa Vizcaya|Vizcaya heist]]. He immigrated to the United States in 1962 and had later ties to YACS and the [[Pink Panthers]]<ref>((cite web|title=Trio Arrested with Silver in New York|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=m99YAAAAIBAJ&pg=4803%2C2833529|website=Spokane Daily Chronicle|access-date=16 July 2016))</ref>||
|-
 |[[Dada Vujasinović|Radislava "Dada" Vujasinović]] || 1964–1994 || Journalist || Reporter for ''Duga'', a news magazine. She was found dead in her apartment on 8 April 1994. The police ruled it a suicide, but many dispute this. ||
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|[[Vlada Kovačević|Vlada "Tref" Kovačević]]|| 1958–1997 || Businessman || Businessman and close friend of Marko Milošević, son of former Yugoslav President [[Slobodan Milošević]]; Kovačević was killed on 20 February 1997. ||Marko Milošević
|-
|[[Maja Pavić]]|| 1972–1997 || Journalist || Journalist of [[RTV Pink|Pink Television]]. Killed with her boyfriend Rade Ćaldović on 14 February 1997 in his car in [[Belgrade]] by two assassins. She was victim of mafia.<ref>((Cite web|url=http://www.tol.org/client/article/17641-belgrade-underground-the-murder-of-centa.html|title=Belgrade underground: The Murder of "Centa" - Transitions Online|website=www.tol.org|date=22 February 1997))</ref> || Rade Ćaldović/Arkan
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|[[Radovan Stojičić|Radovan "Badža" Stojičić]] || 1951–1997 || Chief || Police chief assassinated by a sole hitman on 10 April 1997 in a Belgrade pizza parlour called "Mama Mia". || Police
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|Zoran "Kundak" Todorović || 1959–1997 || Businessman<br />Politician || The Secretary General of the [[Yugoslav Left]] was killed on 24 October 1997. || [[Mirjana Marković]]
|-
|[[Slavko Ćuruvija]] || 1949–1999 || Publisher, journalist || Owner of the Belgrade ''Daily Telegraph'' and the weekly ''European'' was killed on 11 April 1999. front of his apartment at Svetogorska Street #35 in downtown Belgrade during the NATO air strikes on Yugoslavia. || Mirjana Marković
|-
|[[Jill Dando]] || 1961–1999 || Journalist || English journalist, television presenter and newsreader who worked for the BBC for 14 years. She was murdered by gunshot outside her home in [[Fulham]], London. Hitman <!-- name, if known -->was sent from Yugoslavia. ||
|-
|[[Zoran Uskoković|Zoran "Skole" Uskoković]]|| 1963–2000 || Businessman ||  a Belgrade businessman, was murdered on 27 April 2000 by members of the Zemun clan.||
|-
|[[Branislav Lainović|Branislav "Dugi" Lainović]]|| 1955–2000 || Businessman || Businessman from [[Novi Sad]]. Murdered in Belgrade on 21 March 2000 by Miloš Simović of the Zemun gang. ||
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|[[Momir Gavrilović]]|| 1959–2001 || Deputy Chief (retired) || was assassinated in 2001 by [[Milorad Ulemek|Milorad "Legija" Ulemek]] and the Zemun clan to damage premier Zoran Đinđić's administration by convincing the public that Gavrilović was killed for delivering "evidence" of government ties with the criminals. The DNA of [[Sretko Kalinić]], number one hitman of the Zemun clan,((citation needed|date=December 2015)) was found at the murder site. || [[Security Intelligence Agency|BIA]]
|-
|[[Smail Tarić]]|| 1981–2008 || || Murdered due to his connections with the police by two members of the [[Berane]] clan, Velibor Brkić and Milos Rašić.<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.javno.com/en/world/clanak.php?id=175370|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130126174830/http://www.javno.com/en/world/clanak.php?id=175370|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 January 2013|title=Serbian Mafia Beheads Man for Revenge, 3 Arrested|publisher=Javno.com|date=25 August 2008|access-date=10 July 2010))</ref> ||
|-
|[[Danilo Radonjić]]|| 1948–2011 || Businessman || One of many businessmen during the 1990s. The first assassination attempt on him was made back in 1985 when Andrija Lakonjić Laki tried to kill him in front of a Belgrade restaurant. He was assassinated on 6 September 2011, by a professional hitman.<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.mondo.rs/s217096/Info/Hronika_i_Drustvo/Crnogorci_ubijeni_u_sacekusi_u_Zemunu.html|title= Montenegrins killed in ambush in Zemun|publisher=mondo.rs|date=8 September 2011|access-date=11 October 2011))</ref> ||
|-
|[[Boško Raičević]]|| 1971–2012 || Businessman || He was a "relative and associate" of Andrija Drašković - who was put on trial and found guilty for the murder of a member of the Surčin crime group. He was killed by a car bomb.<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.b92.net/eng/news/crimes-article.php?yyyy=2012&mm=06&dd=22&nav_id=80897|title=One dead as blast destroys cars in downtown Belgrade|publisher=b92.net|date=22 June 2012|access-date=23 July 2012))</ref> ||
|-
|[[Radojica Joksović|Radojica "Joksa" Joksović]]|| 1980–2012 || Businessman || Radojica worked for a protected witness Nebojša Josković in proceedings against Darko Šarić. Joksović was killed by the blast that destroys his car.<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.b92.net/eng/news/crimes-article.php?yyyy=2012&mm=07&dd=03&nav_id=81080|title=Nephew of protected witness killed in car explosion|publisher=b92.net|date=22 June 2012|access-date=23 July 2012))</ref> ||
|-
|[[Nikola Bojović]]|| 1974–2013 || Brother of Luka Bojović || He was the younger brother of one of the bosses of Zemun clan, Luka Bojović, who is under arrest in Spain. Nikola Bojović was murdered on 29 April 2013, by a professional hitman.<ref>((cite web|url=http://inserbia.info/news/2013/04/brother-of-luka-bojovic-has-been-shot-dead-police-confirms|title=Brother Of Luka Bojovic Has Been Shot Dead, Police Confirm|date=29 April 2013|publisher=inserbia.info|access-date=29 April 2013))</ref>||
|}

==Activity outside Serbia==
The Pink Panthers international jewel thief network is responsible for some of the most audacious thefts in criminal history.<ref>((cite web|last=Fleishman|first=Jeffrey|url=https://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-balkan-panthers29-2009jul29,0,315138.story|title=Balkans' Pink Panther jewel thieves smash their way into myth|work=Los Angeles Times|date=29 July 2009|access-date=8 December 2015))</ref> They are responsible for what have been termed some of the most glamorous heists ever, with their crimes being thought of as "artistry" even by [[Criminology|criminologist]]s.<ref name="Three suspected Pink Panther .gang members arrested in Monaco">((cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/monaco/5586122/Three-suspected-Pink-Panther-gang-members-arrested-in-Monaco.html|title=Three suspected Pink Panther gang members arrested in Monaco|date=20 June 2009|access-date=8 December 2015|publisher=The Daily Telegraph|location=London, UK|first=Peter|last=Allen))</ref> They have targeted several countries and continents, and include Japan's most successful robbery ever among their thefts.((citation needed|date=December 2015))

Interpol believes that the  YACS Crime Group that evolved into The 
PINK PANTHERS  are responsible for [[United States dollar|US$]]130&nbsp;million in bold robberies in [[Dubai]], [[Switzerland]], [[Japan]], [[France]], [[Germany]], [[Luxembourg]], [[Spain]] and [[Monaco]]. Pink Panthers are believed to be responsible for the robbery of the jewellery store [[Harry Winston Diamond Corporation|Harry Winston]] in [[Paris]], on 9 December 2008. The thieves escaped with more than [[Euro|€]]80&nbsp;million worth of jewellery.<ref>((cite web|last=Carvajal|first=Doreen|url=http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/12/12/europe/jewels.php|title=Pink Panthers' Global Trail Littered with Jewels|publisher=International Herald Tribune|date=12 December 2008|access-date=20 September 2011))</ref> The total worth of jewellery that has been stolen by the Pink Panthers was 250 million € in May, 2010.<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.b92.net/eng/news/crimes-article.php?yyyy=2010&mm=05&dd=04&nav_id=66919|title=Suspected "Pink Panther" arrested|publisher=B92|date=4 May 2010|access-date=10 July 2010))</ref>

===Australia===
The first Serbian mafiosi [[organized crime in Australia#Serbian mafia|came to Australia]] in the late 70s, organized in a [[Yugoslavia|Yugoslav]] clan, their headquarters were some 15 kafanas in [[Sydney]], [[Wollongong]] and [[Melbourne]].<ref name="novine1">((cite web|url=http://www.novine.ca/feljton/feljton-0999.html|title=Feljton - Novine Toronto - Srpska mafija u svetuNa listi svih kriminalaca sveta u Interpolu nalazi se 350 državljana SCG, koji aktivno deluju u Švedskoj, Holandiji, Švajcarskoj, Nemačkoj, Italiji, Češkoj, Australiji, SAD, Velikoj Britaniji i čak Japanu. Londonski advokat Đovani di Stefano, koji brani britanske mafijaše i holandske dilere drogom tvrdi da su Srbi i Albanci su danas najopasniji kriminalci u zemljama Zapadne Evrope|publisher=Novine.ca|access-date=8 December 2015))</ref>

Milivoje Matović (aka "Miša Kobra") arrived in [[Sydney]] in 1986 and became a known gambler who organized big games. His younger brother Braca owed money to the gang of Žorž Stanković, who sent his own son Batica after Matović. Batica was deported to Serbia and Braca was killed in the meantime. Žorž was killed in 1993 and his son Batica was killed in 1996.<ref name="novine1"/>

In 2005 interviews with [[Serbian Australian|Australian Serbs]], it was said some 20 [[Zemun clan]] members operated in Australia at the time, double the number working prior to [[Operation Sablja]].<ref name="novine1"/> Serbian boxer [[Božidar Cvetić]] who in 2002 was stabbed,<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200202/s491312.htm|title=Police call for witnesses of strip club stabbing|publisher=Abc.net.au|date=26 February 2002|access-date=10 July 2010))</ref> now working as a bouncer in Australia said that Australian police had shown him pictures of some 150 Serbian criminals active in Australia.<ref name="novine1"/>

In May 2007, Australian police saw recruitment to organized crime [[motorcycle gangs]] from young Serbs.<ref>((cite web|last=Perry|first=Michael|url=http://news.scotsman.com/organisedcrime/Police-wage-war-on-Australias.3285057.jp|title=Scotsman.com|publisher=News.scotsman.com|access-date=20 September 2011))</ref>

===Austria===
The Serbian mafia was the main operators of drug trafficking and cigarette smuggling in Austria and Austria was the home to many Serbian gangs.<ref name=INFLU>((cite web|url=http://www.docstoc.com/docs/27821814/Influence-of-South-Eastern-European-Organised-Crime-on---Stability|title=Find and Share Free Documents|publisher=docstoc.com|access-date=8 December 2015))</ref>

On 27 October 1978 [[Veljko Krivоkарić]] secretly met with Ljubomir Magaš, a member of the gang he had just left, at the Zur Hauptpost coffee house in [[Vienna]]. Magaš and another Yugoslav, [[Rade Ćaldović]], grabbed Krivоkарić and fractured his skull with a glass bottle. [[Stevan Marković (bodyguard)|Stevan Marković]]'s body was found in garbage bags in 1968. He was the former bodyguard of [[Alain Delon]]. His godfather, Corsican gangster [[François Marcantoni]], was under investigation for murder and spent 11 months in custody. The Pink Panthers have operated in Austria.<ref name="RTS04">((cite web|url=http://www.rts.rs/page/stories/sr/story/135/Hronika/31238/Trojici+%C4%8Dlanova+grupe+%22Pink+Panter%22+31+godina+zatvora.html|title=Trojici članova grupe "Pink Panter" 31 godina zatvora|date=4 December 2008|publisher=[[Radio Television of Serbia|RTS]]))</ref>

===Belgium===
In 1990, Kosovo Albanian activist [[Enver Hadri]] was assassinated in Brussels by [[Veselin Vukotić (criminal)|Veselin "Vesko" Vukotić]], [[Andrija Lakonić]], and [[Darko Ašanin]], at the time hired by the [[UDBA]] (Yugoslav intelligence).((citation needed|date=December 2015))

===Bulgaria===
From 1994 to 1997, Zemun clan leader Dušan Spasojević used heroin supplies channels through Sofia. In 1997, 350 kilos of heroin was seized at the Serbian-Bulgarian border.<ref name=CMS/> [[Sreten Jocić]] (aka "Joca Amsterdam") escaped from custody in Netherlands in 1993; he left for Bulgaria where he would continue his drug smuggling under the pseudonym "Marko Milosavljević" (which happens to be the same name as a noted Serbian football player). He was arrested in 2002 and extradited to [[the Netherlands]].<ref name="Javno1"/>

One Macedonian national and 2 Bulgarians were arrested during the [[Operation Moonlight]] linked with the Zemun clan; they trafficked cocaine from Bolivia.<ref>((cite web|author=Staff|url=http://new.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=25251|title=Macedonian Detainee in Bulgaria "Linked to the Zemun Clan"|publisher=New.novinite.com|date=16 August 2003|access-date=8 December 2015))</ref>

Zemun clan member Nenad "Milenko" Milenković was arrested in 2003 at the Varna resort, following the international warrant by the Serbian police after [[Operation Sablja]]. He was suspected of orchestrating at least three murders in Bulgaria and some 20 in Serbia.<ref>((cite web|author=Staff|url=http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=82932|title=Bulgaria: Sofia-Shot Baby Child of Zemun Gangster Nenad Milenković|publisher=Novinite.com|date=12 July 2007|access-date=8 December 2015))</ref> The Zemun clan successfully managed the drug traffic from Bulgaria after 2003, taking over the market from Surcin-associate Sreten Jocić.<ref>((cite web|author=Staff|url=http://new.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=65208|title=Serbia's Zemun Clan "Withdraws" from Bulgaria|publisher=New.novinite.com|access-date=8 December 2015))</ref>

It has been alleged that Bulgarian tycoon Iliya Pavlov was murdered by the Serbian mafia in 2004 and had owed 250 million dollars to Milosević era government figures.<ref>((cite web|author=Staff|url=http://new.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=31975|title="Links to Milosevic" Brought Death to Bulgarian Tycoon Pavlov|publisher=New.novinite.com|date=8 March 2004|access-date=8 December 2015))</ref>

Croatian hitman Robert Matanić and his colleagues were hired by the Zemun clan to kill members of the competing Bulgarian mafia for the Balkan drug route. Dimitar Hristov, Kaloyan Savov and Zhivko Mitev were killed in a shootout on 4 June 2004. Matanić and his men were hired by Milcho Bonev ((Who|date=February 2017)) as bodyguards. Matanić was arrested and detained in Bulgaria.<ref>((cite web|author=Staff|url=http://new.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=85153|title=Bulgaria: Bulgaria Keeps Croatian Hired Killer Suspect Behind Bars|publisher=New.novinite.com|date=11 September 2007|access-date=8 December 2010))</ref><ref>((cite web|url=http://dnevnik.hr/vijesti/hrvatska/tko-je-robert-matanic.html|title=Tko je Robert Matanić?|publisher=Dnevnik.hr|access-date=8 December 2015))</ref> Milcho Bonev was assassinated in 2004, believed to be organized by the Serbian Mafia.<ref>((cite web|author=Staff|url=http://new.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=37712|title=Serbian Link in Mobster Killing|publisher=New.novinite.com|date=3 August 2004|access-date=8 December 2015))</ref>

In September 2007, what appeared to be an internal feud resulted in the death of Jovica Lukić and the critical wounding of two other men as well as a mother and her baby. The men were all members of the Zemun clan.<ref>((cite web|author=Staff|url=http://new.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=85121|title=Bulgaria: Zemun Clan Gangster Dies after Shooting in Bulgaria's Capital|publisher=New.novinite.com|access-date=8 December 2010))</ref> Former [[Litex]] president [[Angel Bonchev]] had business with the Zemun clan. He was kidnapped in 2008.<!-- still alive?? --><ref>((cite web|author=Staff|url=http://new.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=95494|title=Report: Wife of Football Club President Had Staged Both Kidnappings|publisher=New.novinite.com|date=25 July 2008|access-date=8 December 2015))</ref> The Zemun clan is active in Bulgaria.<ref name="Jzemun"/>

===Czech Republic===
In the 1990s, Serbian organised groups were one of the leading syndicates operating in the Czech Republic.<ref name="T92-95">((Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UIBzCC0c2McC|title=Terrorism, 1992-1995:[...]|year=1997|publisher=ABC-CLIO, 1997|isbn=9780313304682|access-date=8 December 2015))</ref> A letter was sent to Czech newspapers containing information on a supposed future assassination of President Havel by 4 or 5 members and their whereabouts. The letter, written in broken Czech, was thought by police to have been sent by a rival gang.<ref name="T92-95"/>

===Denmark===
Serbian-Danish actor [[Slavko Labović]], who played Radovan in the film ''[[Pusher (1996 film)|Pusher]]'', was arrested, along with his brother, for possession of illegal arms (loaded gun) in Sweden. He was the director of the RK Company in Denmark,<ref name="AF2008-08-24">((cite web|url=http://www.dn.se/nyheter/sverige/pengar-makt-fiendskap-och-dodligt-vald-1.669642|title=Pengar, makt, fiendskap och dödligt våld|date=24 August 2008|publisher=[[Aftonbladet]]))</ref> an illegal gambling company owned by Rade Kotur (Spelkungen, ''The Gambling King'') a known figure in Sweden who hired the murder of [[Ratko Đokić]].<ref name="AF2008-08-24"/>

===Finland===
Human trafficking and illegal immigration was growing in Finland has been orchestrated by Serbian organized crime groups since 2004.<ref name=INFLU/>

===France===
Known in [[French language|French]] as ''Mafia Serbe''. In 1962, Stevica Marković, Miša Milošević and Radovan Delić arrived in Paris, were part of the "Garderodameri" that was formed in 1966 with the arrival of Marko Nicovic.<ref name="novine99">((cite web|url=http://www.novine.ca/feljton/feljton-0993.html |title=Feljton - Novine Toronto - Srpska mafija u svetuNa listi svih kriminalaca sveta u Interpolu nalazi se 350 državljana SCG, koji aktivno deluju u Švedskoj, Holandiji, Švajcarskoj, Nemačkoj, Italiji, Češkoj, Australiji, SAD, Velikoj Britaniji i čak Japanu. Londonski advokat Đovani di Stefano, koji brani britanske mafijaše i holandske dilere drogom tvrdi da su Srbi i Albanci su danas najopasniji kriminalci u zemljama Zapadne Evrope|publisher=Novine.ca|date=24 March 2005|access-date=8 December 2015))</ref>
[[File:HarryWinstonStorefront.JPG|thumb|left|140px|Harry Winston]]
The [[Pink Panthers]] have operated in France. In October 2008, police officials in [[Monaco]] arrested two members of the gang, a Serb and a Bosnian Serb. The gang is suspected of jewellery and gems theft at [[Harry Winston]] for an estimated value of up to 80 million Euros or 105 million US dollars.<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.b92.net/eng/news/crimes-article.php?yyyy=2008&mm=10&dd=18&nav_id=54325|title=Serbian diamond thief arrested in Monaco|publisher=B92|access-date=8 December 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140514120829/http://www.b92.net/eng/news/crimes-article.php?yyyy=2008&mm=10&dd=18&nav_id=54325|archive-date=14 May 2014))</ref>

===Greece===
After the Yugoslav wars, [[Kristijan Golubović]] worked in Greece. In 2002, he escaped from Malandrino, a Greek prison where he had been serving fourteen and a half years for stealing two Mercedes-Benz cars and an armed robbery. In December 2009, two Serbs were arrested suspected of involvement of a major group smuggling cocaine from Peru to Montenegro on luxury yachts. The United States [[Drug Enforcement Administration|DEA]] helped the Greek police track the smuggling for five months. Two other Serbs ((Who|date=October 2016)) were also wanted in Serbia in connection with this.<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_politics_0_19/12/2009_113422|title=Cocaine traffickers nabbed in Athens|publisher=ekathimerini.com|access-date=8 December 2015))</ref>

===Germany===
((more citations needed section|date=February 2017))
Known in German as the [[German language|German]]: ''Serbische Mafia, Jugoslawische Mafia''. The Serbian mafia was the main operator of cigarette smuggling in Germany in 2004.<ref name=INFLU/> [[Ljubomir Magaš]] ("Ljuba Zemunac", "Ljuba from Zemun", "The Godfather") was the head of the Serbian mafia at the time. He was killed by two shots to the heart from close range in front of a courthouse in [[Frankfurt]], [[Germany]] in 1986 by [[Goran Vuković|Goran Vuković "Majmun"]], a member of the Vozdovac clan, who himself survived five murder attempts following the killing before he was assassinated in downtown Belgrade in broad daylight in 1994. Slobodan "Slobo" Grbović left Italy for Germany in the 1970s and became friends with Vaso Letećeg, a thief from Belgrade. In 1981, the friendship ended in a feud over money, Slobo shot and wounded Letećeg and went to prison.<ref name="novine99"/>

In 1980, Branislav Saranović ((Who|date=December 2015)) escaped Wuppertal prison with the help of the Ljuba Zemunac gang who blew up a prison wall. In February 1988, Rade Caldović is appointed the leader in Germany after good relations with the Italian mafia in [[Milan]]. He became friends with Greek businessman Mihail Sainidis, who owns casinos in southern Germany. On 30 March, Zoran Lucić, a Belgrade gangster, killed an Albanian rival in Frankfurt.((citation needed|date=December 2015))

In the 1990s, the underground of former [[Eastern Germany]] was controlled by Italian, German, Russian, Vietnamese and Serbian organized groups.<ref name="Emt">Ćirković, Sima M., and Vuk Tošić. [https://books.google.com/books?id=fa7A9ckBVekC&dq European money trails] Taylor & Francis, 1999; ((ISBN|978-90-5702-362-0)).<!--page(s) needed--></ref> [[Leipzig]] was the centre of [[money laundering]], [[smuggling]], [[prostitution]] and protection rackets due to the weak system. The most profitable operations of the groups from [[former Yugoslavia]] was [[car thefts]], luxury cars were stolen in [[Germany]] and sold to [[Eastern Europe]], [[North Africa]] and [[Far East]].<ref name="Emt"/>

Andrija Drašković, an heir to Arkan's syndicate following the latter's assassination, was arrested by German police in [[Frankfurt]] after four years on the run from the Italian Anti-Organized Crime Unit. Drašković is believed to have organized the murder of his former boss, [[Arkan]].<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.javno.com/en-world/suspected-serb-gang-boss-arrested-in-germany_27309|title=Suspected Serb Gang Boss Arrested In Germany|publisher=Javno.com|date=17 March 2007|access-date=8 December 2015))</ref>

===Hungary===
The main organized crime groups in Hungary in 2004 were the [[Bulgarian Mafia|Bulgarian]] and Serbian mafias.<ref name=INFLU/>

===Romania===
In 2019 the Romanian police arrested two Serbian citizens after finding more than a ton of high-quality cocaine on the Black Sea coast that was clearly intended for transit across the country.<ref>((Cite web | url=https://balkaninsight.com/2019/03/27/romania-arrests-two-serbians-in-major-cocaine-bust/ | title=Romania Arrests Two Serbians in Major Cocaine Bust | date=27 March 2019 ))</ref>

===Italy===
Dado "Metko" Cerović and Ibrahim "Belo" Habibović were the most powerful Yugoslav criminals in Milan before moving to Genova.<ref name="novine99"/> In 1971 [[Ljubomir Magaš]] arrived in Italy with "Dača" and settled in Milan. His friend, Rade "Centa" Ćaldović was shot in his stomach in [[Verona]] by a rival, Bata Glavac. Ćaldović was later sent to a Rome prison. The Yugoslav mafia in Milan was formed by Magas, [[Arkan]], Ćaldović, Veljko Krivоkарić, Slobodan "Slobo Crnogorac" Grbović, Milan Civija, Dule Milanović, Mile Ojdanić, Sava Somborac, Pera Oziljak, Marinko Magda, and Đorđe "Giška" Bozović. They carried out holdups, murders and burglaries in [[Trieste]], [[Rome]], and [[Milan]].<ref name="novine99"/>

Ibrahim "BELO" (called "Drago lo Belo" in Italian) was a Serbian gangster who found his way to Milan, he was connected with a godfather of the Italian Mafia in [[Calabria]]. He was involved with gambling, bank and jewellery robberies.<ref name="novine99"/> An influx of gangsters from [[SR Montenegro]] strengthened the Yugoslav position in the Italian underworld. [[Đorđe Božović]], Vlasto Petrović Crnogorac, and Darko Ašanin were connected with mafiosi operating from [[Montenegro]]; Branko and [[Slobodan Šaranović]], Brano Mićunović and [[Ratko Đokić|Ratko "Cobra" Đokić]], [[Sarajevo]]; Miša Martinović, [[Zagreb]]; Marko Vlahović. In the same time Slobodan Grbović (aka "Slobo Crnogorac") left for Germany and teamed up with Vaso Letećeg, a thief from [[Belgrade]].<ref name="novine99"/>

During the 1990s the [['Ndrangheta]] acquired weapon arsenal (Bazookas, explosives, automatic firearms) built in [[Serbia]], imported through firms outside Italy.<ref name="Emt"/> From 1994 to 2000 illegal cigarette smuggling in Italy was operated by the Serbian mafia together with the Italian Mafia.<ref name="bbb"/>

Zemun clan member [[Ninoslav Konstantinović]] fled the Netherlands to Italy after his brother was arrested in 2003. In Italy he became a leading [[heroin]] distributor and professional hitman, working for the [[Italian Mafia]] in [[Naples]], he is recognized as highly skilled as many of his fellow Zemun clan members are known throughout Europe.<ref name="Jzemun">
((cite web|url=http://www.javno.com/en-world/zemun-clan-mafia--assassins-throughout-europe_174183|title=Zemun Clan Mafia: Assassins Throughout Europe|date=21 August 2008|publisher=Javno))</ref>

In May 2009, Vladimir Jovanović, a former Zemun clan member and [[Interpol]] wanted was arrested in [[Italy]].<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.b92.net/eng/news/crimes-article.php?yyyy=2009&mm=05&dd=29&nav_id=59462|title=Ex-Zemun Clan member arrested in Italy|publisher=B92|date=29 May 2009|access-date=8 December 2015))</ref>

The presence of Serbian OC groups, among others, have increased rapidly the later years because of the badly controlled coastline.<ref name=LOC>((cite web|url=https://www.loc.gov/rr/frd/pdf-files/Nats_Hospitable.pdf|title=Nations Hospitable to Organized Crime and Terrorism|website=[[Library of Congress]] |access-date=8 December 2015))</ref>

===Luxemburg===
International burglary networks were present in 2004, mainly from Southeastern Europe (the Balkans).<ref name=INFLU/>

===Montenegro===
Montenegro was in a [[state union]] with Serbia from 1991 to 2006. The Serbian mafia is the leading criminal group in Montenegro. Many of the Belgrade crime groups that were not caught during Operation Sablja hid in Montenegro. The Zemun clan is active in Montenegro.<ref name="Jzemun"/>

===Netherlands===
There have been a number of unsolved murder cases in [[Rotterdam]] that have been linked to the activities of Serbian Organized Crime gangs. In recent years the Serbian mafia has been growing strong in the [[Netherlands]]. By 2004, ecstasy and heroin in Netherlands had originated from the Balkans.<ref name=GRAZ/><ref name=INFLU/>

[[Sreten Jocić]] (aka "Joca Amsterdam"), is a hitman and a drug dealer. He is considered the leader for the Serbian mafia in Amsterdam. On Christmas Eve, 1974, Slobodan Mitrić killed three alleged UDBA members in Amsterdam. In 1977, Emilio Di Giovine was wounded and two of his men killed by rival Yugoslavs.((citation needed|date=February 2017))

On 24 October 1979, [[Arkan]], Slobodan Kostovski, and an unnamed Italian accomplice were arrested while robbing a [[jewelry]] store in [[Amsterdam]], they had days earlier robbed a jeweller in Hague and were sought in several countries. On 8 May 1981, Arkan escaped from the [[Bijlmerbajes prison]] in [[Amsterdam]] with Sergio Settimo, an Italian national, one of the most sought-after criminals in Europe.((citation needed|date=February 2017))

In 1992, a member of the [[Triad (underground societies)|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.<ref name=LOC/>

===Norway===
Non-Norwegian gangs and organized crime groups came to dominate Norway's drug trade in the 1980s. During the 1990s Norway saw a large influx of Yugoslavs seeking refugee status due to the conflict in the [[Balkan]] region.<ref>[http://www.noas.no/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Notat-om-asyldebatten1.pdf Overordnet om asylsøkere i Norge] noas.no (in Norwegian)</ref>

===Slovenia===
Slovenia has witnessed a growing trend of human trafficking by Balkan organized crime groups since 2004. Serbian organized crime has operated the cigarette smuggling and arms trafficking.<ref name=INFLU/>

===Spain===
A growing trend of auto theft was seen by southeastern European organized crime groups since 2004. Serbian organized crime groups grew their presence in Spain.<ref name=INFLU/>

===Sweden===
Known in [[Swedish language|Swedish]] as: ''Serbiska maffian'' or ''Serbiska Brödraskapet'', earlier ''Jugoslaviska maffian'' or ''Juggemaffian'' during the years of Yugoslavia. And more specifically known as the [[Serbian Brotherhood]] encompassing territory from Sweden to Denmark. The Serbian mafia or [[Serbian Brotherhood]] in Sweden was said to be the top criminal organisation, but its influence has declined since the deaths of several leading figures. A war was fought over the control of the trade of [[narcotics]] and [[cigarettes]] between Serbian Organized Crime leaders which resulted in the deaths of Joksa and [[Ratko Đokić]].((citation needed|date=December 2015))

Individuals associated to Serbian Organized Crime in Sweden include:
((anchor|Ratko Đokić))
*[[Ratko Đokić]], "The Godfather", an arms dealer and cigarette smuggler; he was assassinated on 5 May 2003 by Serbian hitmen hired by [[Rade Kotur]], another notorious Serbian criminal. ((citation needed|date=October 2016))
*Dragan "Jokso" Joksović, notorious gambler and assumed cigarette smuggler, was murdered on 4 February 1998 in [[Solvalla]], [[Stockholm]] by a Finnish hitman hired by "Kova". He was a close friend of [[Arkan]] and is said to have helped Arkan on many occasions. Arkan and many other known mafia figures attended his funeral. As revenge, "Kova" was later killed in front of 60 guests on Arkan's orders.((citation needed|date=October 2016))
*Milan Ševo, declared to be the last Head of the Serbian mafia in Sweden. He has survived numerous murder attempts. In 2004, he escaped from prison. He married Ratko Đokić's daughter.((when|date=February 2017)) ((citation needed|date=October 2016))

Sweden saw a large influx of ethnic Serbs during the 1960s/70s, when the "Arbetskraftsinvandring" took place; The labour force of immigrants who were granted citizenship (similar to ''[[Gastarbeiter]]'' programme). In the 1980s the Serbs were the main operators of drug smuggling in Sweden.<ref>Jan Bondeson, [https://archive.org/details/bloodonsnowkilli00bond Blood on the snow: the killing of Olof Palme]; ((ISBN|9780801442117))<!-- publisher, page(s) needed --></ref>

In 2003, in a storage room located in the [[:sv:Vårby gård (trakt)|Vårby Gård]] suburbs, the Swedish police found silenced firearms; [[Ak47]]s, [[Uzi]]s, [[MP5]]s, [[grenades]], [[plastic explosives]] and [[Land mine|mine]]s.<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/article174936.ab|title=Här förvarade maffian vapen|publisher=Aftonbladet.se|date=7 November 2003|access-date=8 December 2015))</ref> The arsenal was used by the Serbian Mafia in Sweden, the owner of the storage was Milan Ševo, son-in-law of [[Ratko Đokić]], former head of the Serbian mafia. This title was soon inherited by Ševo. On 5 May 2003, Đokić was assassinated outside his boxing club in [[Skärholmen]]. One of the hitmen, [[Nenad Mišović]], was arrested in Europe years later. Mišović came to Sweden in 2002 after fleeing the police in Serbia. He was hired by Rade Kotur, a rival of Đokić<ref name="AF2008-08-24"/> In 2004, the Serbian mafia dominated the organized crime in Sweden, known uncovered operations were doping substances.<ref name=INFLU/>

One of the chapters in the book, ''Svensk Maffia'' (''Swedish Mafia'') follows the history of the Serbian mafia in Sweden from the 1960s to the present. [[Serbia]]n Interior Minister [[Ivica Dačić]] claims former members of the [[paramilitary]] [[Special Operations Unit (Serbia)|Red Berets]] took part in the 2009 [[Västberga helicopter robbery]] one of the most spectacular heists in the history. One month prior to the robbery, the [[Swedish Embassy in Serbia]] was allegedly given "certain information about a criminal group which was preparing a robbery" by Serbian police.<ref name="GOOGLE28">((cite news|agency=Associated Press|url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ghidOYpl2VVu204Us-_AVHMPsEbAD9B0F6R80|title=Officials: Serbs took part in Sweden chopper heist|date=20 September 2009))</ref>

===United Kingdom===
On 2 June 2009, six Serbs were convicted, together with several [[Israel]]is, in smuggling of 12.5 ton (£36m) [[marijuana]], orchestrated by the [[Israeli mafia]].<ref>((cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/duo-jailed-for-smuggling-12-tonnes-of-cannabis-1696972.html|work=The Independent|location=London, UK|title=Duo jailed for smuggling 12 tonnes of cannabis|first1=Ben|last1=Mitchell|first2=Chris|last2=Greenwood|date=4 June 2009|access-date=23 May 2010))</ref> The [[marijuana]] was seized as it travelled from [[Larache]], [[Morocco]] to [[Southampton]] on a tugboat under an Israeli flag.<ref>((cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/hampshire/8071034.stm|work=BBC News|title=Uncovering a gang's £36m cannabis haul|date=2 June 2009|access-date=23 May 2010|first=Damon|last=Embling))</ref> The [[Pink Panthers]] have operated in London.<ref name="RTS04"/>

===United States===
There has been known involvement of Balkan crime groups in the [[United States]]. One of the most notorious Serbs that arrived  in New York City  1956 was [[Vojislav Stanimirović (criminal)|Vojislav Stanimirovic]], aka MR Stan, criminal turned journalist. He was responsible for the [[Vizcaya Museum and Gardens|Vizcaya Heist]].<ref name=s19710325>((cite web|last1=Associated Press|title=Trio Arrested With Silver in New York|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=m99YAAAAIBAJ&pg=4803%2C2833529|website=Spokane Daily Chronicle|access-date=16 July 2016))</ref> His son, Pavle Stanimirović, continued the tradition. The best known is [[Boško Radonjić]], leader of the [[Irish-American]] organized crime group "[[the Westies]]", and the left hand of LCN boss of bosses [[John Gotti]] from 1988 to 1992.((citation needed|date=December 2015))

==In popular culture==
The Serbian mafia has appeared in a number of films, novels and video games. They have appeared in:

===In film===
* ''[[Absolute 100]]'' (2001), Serbian drama/thriller, young and talented sport shooter decides to get revenge on gangsters who destroyed the life of his brother
* ''[[Assault on Precinct 13 (2005 film)|Assault on Precinct 13]]'' (2005), American action thriller
* ''((ill|Point Blank (2016 film)|de|Auf kurze Distanz (2016)|lt=Point Blank))'' (2016), German TV film about an undercover cop infiltrating the Serbian sportsbet mafia in Germany
*''[[Beck – Kartellen]]'', Swedish crime thriller, about the case of a murdered restaurant owner
*''[[Bröderna Jaukka]]'', Swedish short film
* ''[[The Crew (2008 film)]]'', British drama/dark comedy
*''[[Do koske]]'', Serbian crime/action/dark comedy
*''[[In China They Eat Dogs]]'', Danish action-comedy, about a debt to Serb gangsters
*''[[In Order of Disappearance]]'', Norwegian action/dark comedy depicting a war between Norwegian and Serbian gangsters
* ''[[South Wind (film)|South Wind]]'', Serbian action film, about young Serbian car thieves chased by Serbian crime lord, corrupt police chief and Bulgarian gangsters 
*''[[Layer Cake (film)|Layer Cake]]'', British action film with Daniel Craig 
*''[[Leo (swedish film)|Leo]]'', Swedish drama, about the revenge of his wife's murder
* ''[[Klopka]]'' (2007), Serbian drama/thriller, set in post-[[Slobodan Milošević|Milošević]] era, it tells the story of a man who desperately needs money for his son's surgery, when a mysterious man appears offering money in exchange for the murder of a mafia boss
*''[[Mlad i zdrav kao ruža]]'', widely considered to be a visionary movie, it was banned in communist Yugoslavia. It portrays a 1970s mobster who, supported by the Yugoslav secret service [[UDBA]], rises to become a crime lord
*[[Pusher (film series)|''Pusher'' trilogy]], a series of Danish films illustrating and exploring the criminal underworld of Copenhagen.
**''[[Pusher (1996 film)|Pusher]]'', 1996 Danish crime thriller.
**''[[Pusher II]]'', 2004 Danish crime thriller.
**''[[Pusher 3]]'', 2005 Danish crime thriller.
*''[[Pusher (2012 film)|Pusher]]'', 2012 British remake of the 1996 Danish original.
*''[[Paradiset (2003 film)|Paradiset]]'', Swedish drama/thriller
*''[[The Wounds|Rane]]'', Serbian crime/drama/dark comedy, widely considered to be a [[cult classic]]
*''[[Ride Along (film)|Ride Along]]'', 2014 American action comedy
*''[[Snabba Cash (film)|Snabba Cash]]'', Swedish action, about criminal activities in Stockholm, one of the protagonists is a Serbian Mafia henchman
*''[[Snabba Cash (film)|Snabba Cash II]]''
*''[[Последњи круг у Монци|Poslednji krug u Monci]]''. A 1980s [[Belgrade]] criminal reaches Italy searching for a man who owes him money, but gradually becomes the leader of the Italian branch of Yugoslav/Serbian mafia 
*''[[Straight Business 2]]'', Canadian International Short Film
*''[[Straight Business 3]]'', Canadian International Short Film
*''[[The Sweeney (2012 film)|The Sweeney]]'', 2012 British action drama
*''[[The Fourth Man (2007 film)|The Fourth Man]]'', Serbian action/thriller
*''[[Vidimo se u čitulji]]'', Serbian documentary about the organized crime in Belgrade during the 1990s

===On television===
* ''[[Dosije: Beogradski klanovi]]'' (2014), docudrama series about Serbian mafia clans in Belgrade during the 1990s
* ''[[Dosije: Zemunski klan]]'' (2015), sequel to the popular docudrama series, it shows the rise and fall of [[Zemun Clan]], one of the most powerful crime groups in Serbia's history.
* ''[[Gorki plodovi]]'', Serbian TV series
* ''[[Grupa (2019)]]'', Serbian TV series about a group of young street dealers and [[Belgrade]] police force tracking them down
* ''[[Meso (TV series)|Meso]]'' (2017), Serbian TV series about a former soccer player from [[Banja Luka]] who comes back to his home town and confronts his childhood friend, now a crime boss 
* ''[[Ubice mog oca]]'', Serbian crime/action TV show, which shows ties between mafia, politicians, tycoons and corrupt policemen
* In the American TV series [[Power (TV series)|Power]], the Serbian mafia, led by Jason Micic are major antagonists in seasons 2–6.
*''[[South Wind (TV series)|South Wind]]'', connected with a movie, South Wind is about [[Belgrade]] criminals who are work with Bulgarian narco boss, later fights against him. Also, they are rivals with Montenegrin narco boss.

===In literature===
*''[[The First Rule]]'', novel by Robert Crais. Author claims to portray Serbian mafia in the US accurately, however, there are many inaccuracies (Serbian mafia does not abide to the Russian ''"[[Thief in law]]"'' gangster code, and it never did).
*[[Millennium (novel series)]] mentions Serbian mafia members on several occasions.

===In video games===
*''[[Grand Theft Auto IV]]'', American 2008 open world action-adventure video game. The main protagonist, [[Niko Bellic]], is a Yugoslav man involved in organised crime.

==See also==
* [[Crime in Serbia]]
* [[Serbian Brotherhood]]

==References==
((Reflist|colwidth=30em))

==Further reading==
* Glenny, M. (2008). ''McMafia: A Journey Through the Global Criminal Underworld''
* ((in lang|sr)) Lopusina, Marko (2003). ''Srpska Mafija'' (Serbian Mafia)

==External links==
* [http://www.reportingproject.net/PeopleOfInterest/profil.php?profil=54 Darko Šarić profile], reportingproject.net
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070929092246/http://www.b92.net/eng/news/old_archive-article.php?nav_category=55 Joca Freed from jail]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110928230659/http://guide.supereva.com/organizzazioni_criminali/interventi/2001/01/25650.shtml La Mafia Serba] ((in lang|it))
*[http://www.channel4.com/news/2003/06/week_2/10_serbia.html/ Serbian mafia face crack down]
*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/1003770.stm Analysis: Gangsters' paradise lost] by [[Tim Judah]], [[BBC]]

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