Wanted Serb Businessman ‘Must Be Arrested’ If Return to Kosovo Confirmed

Powerful Belgrade-backed businessman and politician, Milan Radoicic, must be arrested if he is in Kosovo as Serbian media have reported, Rasim Maloku from the Ferizaj/Urosevac Basic Prosecution told BIRN on Wednesday.

"The arrest warrant [for Radoicic] related to the 'Brezovica'case is active," Maloku said.

In February 2022, Radoicic escaped to Serbia after being been stopped at a border crossing point.

Maloku told BIRN at the time that Radoicic is a suspect in a case he was investigating about illegal construction work in Kosovo's Brezovica winter resort, a case in which several people, including the ex-mayor of Shterpce/Strpce, have been arrested for suspected corruption.

Serbian tabloid Alo published a video of Radoicic on Tuesday, claiming that he had returned to the Serb-majority north of Kosovo. Serbian-language media outlet Kosovo Online reported that the video was shot in the municipality of Leposavic in the north of Kosovo.

"The real terror against our Serbian people is just beginning. To my people in the north [of Kosovo], and to all Serbs, let me just say - and to the others - I'm here, I'm back, and you know what that means, because there's no going back from here. Long live Serbia," Radoicic said on the video.

Prosecutor Maloku said on Wednesday that "due to the arrest warrant, he [Radoicic] should be arrested on first sight.

"It is problematic now to talk about whether or not he has been [in Kosovo], because it is not verified. It could also be an old video [of Radoicic in Kosovo] or a video taken in recent days, but it nonetheless should be verified and the law enforcement authorities are the ones that do the verification," he added.

Kosovo police officers told BIRN, on condition of...

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