Serbian Ministry of the Interior

"Mangusta" was formed to follow the members of the two most powerful mafia clans in Serbia at that time - the "Skaljari" and the "Kava" clans, writes "Blic". On the recommendation of Dejan Milenkovi Bagzi, the then head of the Service for Special Investigative Methods (SSIM) of the Criminal Police Directorate, Coka Damjanovi was brought from the city police as the chief operative of the group.

This decision has been made in order to secure, through coordination of services of the Republic of Serbia and cooperation with journalists and similar institutions from the region, that the fight against the impunity for murders of journalists is continued, the government announced on Thursday.

Instead, they have only been interviewed, he told RTV, Beta agency is reporting on Tuesday.

"None of them have been arrested, there have been interviews with these people in order to determine certain information. When we estimate that some people can endanger the security of Serbia, we then talk to them," Stefanovic said, not wanting to disclose any details of those interviews.

The Serbian government announced this, adding that the document was signed by Minister for European Integration Jadranka Joksimovic and Norway's Ambassador Arne Sannes Bjornstad.

BELGRADE - Serbian police arrested three Frenchmen on Friday after they kidnapped a two-year-old girl in Belgrade municipality of Vozdovac.

M.S., 46, S.A.G., 50, and E.K., 26, were arrested on suspicion of human trafficking, the Serbian Ministry of the Interior has released.

BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of the Interior Nebojsa Stefanovic expressed his gratitude to Hungary and Austria on Friday for their support to Serbia on its path towards the European Union and in the fight against illegal migrations.

BELGRADE - Serbian police evacuated around 370 people from the flood hit areas in the municipality of Kladovo, eastern Serbia, late on Monday.

Around 300 people were evacuated from Tekija, including a woman and her one-and-a-half months old baby, Serbian Ministry of the Interior (MUP) said in a release.

Trucks on Wednesday wait 15 hours at Batrovci

BELGRADE -- Trucks and other freight vehicles leaving Serbia via the Batrovci crossing with Croatia must on Wednesday wait "around 15 hours" to cross the border.

BELGRADE - Serbia registered more irregular migrants in transit to the EU than asylum seekers, it was noted during a meeting on asylum and migration on Tuesday.

BELGRADE - UN officials spoke in high terms of Serbia's participation in international peacekeeping missions, said Vladimir Bozovic, state secretary at the Serbian Ministry of the Interior (MUP), who had recently visited the U.S.