Prosecutor's Office for Organised Crime

Nebojsa Stefanovic. Photo: EPA/JANOS MARJAI.

The Prosecutor's Office for Organised Crime told BIRN on Thursday that it has asked the Interior Ministry's Service for the Fight against Organised Crime to probe allegations that a company connected to Defence Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic's father bought weapons at preferential prices from the state arms manufacturer Krusik.

The Higher Court in Belgrade will hand down a new verdict in the retrial of a former Serbian economy minister, Predrag Bubalo, on Friday. The retrial was ordered after his earlier acquittal of charges of abuse of office was reversed.

It was called regarding the situation with organized crime in Serbia and the killing of lawyer Dragoslav Ognjanovic, the Serbian government announced.

BELGRADE - Businessman Bogoljub Karic on Friday returned to Serbia following 11 years of absence from the country, after all investigations against him had been halted and an Interpol arrest warrant withdrawn three days ago.

Karic was welcomed at Belgrade's Nikola Tesla Airport by family, aides and members of his party, the Strength of Serbia Movement.

Photo: Nebojsa Mandic

BELGRADE - Businessman Bogoljub Karic on Friday returned to Serbia following 11 years of absence from the country, after all investigations against him had been halted and an Interpol arrest warrant withdrawn three days ago.

Karic was welcomed at Belgrade's Nikola Tesla Airport by family, aides and members of his party, the Strength of Serbia Movement.

BELGRADE - The Serbian government on Thursday decided to set up a commission to assess the facts and circumstances related to the death of two Yugoslav Army guardsmen 12 years ago.

BELGRADE - The Prosecutor's Office for Organised Crime has raised an indictment against former telecommunications minister Jasna Matic and her aides on suspicion of embezzling budget funds through frauds in the Serbia Investment and Export Promotion Agency (SIEPA).

BELGRADE - The Special Department for Organised Crime of the High Court in Belgrade acquitted businessman Zvonko Veselinovic from Zvecan, northern Kosovo, of charges that he illegally claimed 32 trucks owned by Hypo Alpe Adria Leasing together with his associates.

BELGRADE - A total of RSD 1.130 billion will be set aside for commodity reserves in 2015, with almost half of the sum intended for procurement of basic food supplies, including maize, Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Rasim Ljajic, who is also minister of trade, tourism and telecommunications, said on Monday.

Serbian police chief Milorad Veljovic said law enforcement bodies in Serbia were gathering evidence about the alleged drugs baron Dragoslav Kosmajac, before a warrant can be issued for his arrest.