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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.

In his 2015 report submitted to Serbia's parliament on Wednesday, Ombudsman Jankovic said the state of human rights in Serbia was far from satisfactory.

In the section on the police and secret services, Jankovic said the Military Security Agency, VBA, had actively sought information about the activities of various political parties and movements.

Serbian leaders on Tuesday did not respond to calls to dismiss Bratislav Gasic, Defence Minister, and Petar Cvetkovic, head of the Military Security Agency, VBA, as Ombudsman Sasa Jankovic advised.

Sasa Jankovic, Serbia's ombudsman, told TV N1 that he does not feel safe because of the threats and allegations he has received since filing charges against two military policemen.

"Here critics are considers traitors," Jankovic told N1 on Tuesday evening.

"No legal outcomes" to Serbia's wiretapping affairs

BELGRADE -- The issue of wiretapping of state officials has once again been brought up in Serbia, the Belgrade-based daily Danas writes on Friday.