Police

A police officer and a retired navy officer, both aged 50, are among five suspected members of a migrant-smuggling ring that was broken this week following an eight-month investigation, police said on Thursday.

An investigation into a murder involving a police officer in Ankara on July 1 has revealed that a woman and the policeman who killed her were previously having an affair.

A policeman was killed by a security officer after shooting and killing two women in front of a police station in Ankara’s Çankaya district on July 1.

The first victim reportedly filed a complaint against the suspect, a police officer, for harassing her. She returned to her work place but then headed to the police station after the suspect continued to intimidate her.

The police’s cyber crimes unit has warned e-banking users to protect themselves against a new computer virus that helps criminals steal their details.

Officers said that the malware, dubbed EMOTET, is spread via e-mails, with bank customers’ receiving what looks like a genuine invoice from their lender. They are then invited to click on a link in the e-mail, which installs the virus.

BELGRADE - A police working group will investigate everything related to the origins of Dragan Kosmajac's property, but also the suspicions of him working with some police officials.

President meets with Gendarmerie commander

BELGRADE -- Serbian President Tomislav Nikolić conferred on Wednesday with Gendarmerie Commander Milenko Božić on the occasion of the upcoming day of this MUP unit.

The president "congratulated the forces on efficient organization and aid they offered during floods."

BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic conferred on Wednesday with Gendarmerie Commander Milenko Bozovic on the occasion of the Gendarmerie Day and congratulated the forces on efficient organization and aid they offered during floods.

The Albanian authorities are now in control of Lazarat after a week of battles with heavily-armed marijuana traffickers, and hundreds of police officers are securing the village, sweeping buildings for drugs, weapons and ammunition.

The village had been off-limits to local police for more than a decade, becoming a synonymous with uncontrolled crime.

A police officer has been suspended and was facing felony charges this weekend for allegedly embezzling over 300,000 euros from his own department.

According to the case file, authorities believe the officer, who was in charge of the cafeteria at Athens Police Headquarters, embezzled the cash over a period of five years.

President Tomislav Nikolic on Friday called for changes in the police, saying they were needed to support the fight against crime in the country.

"I call on the government to appoint honest crime fighters and ensure that those responsible are doing the job they are entrusted with," Nikolic said.