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"Arms, explosives and luxury cars seized", Europol mega-operation in the Balkans, the biggest drug lords are arrested

2023-05-13 08:36:51Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

"Arms, explosives and luxury cars seized", Europol mega-operation in

An international operation carried out by Serbia, the Netherlands and Belgium has resulted in the bust of the largest criminal drug trafficking organization in the Balkan region, the European Union's Law Enforcement Agency, EUROPOL, announced on Friday.

The announcement says that on May 11, "coordinated raids were carried out in Serbia and the Netherlands." Their goal was to capture the cartel leader and destroy the distribution infrastructure. Seven other members of this criminal organization were arrested in Belgium in 2021".

Last week, the Sunday magazine of the New York Times newspaper published a long article detailing crimes committed by the gang of Veljko Belivuk, head of the Partizan Belgrade football team's fan group. He and 29 members of the group were arrested in 2021 after EUROPOL managed to crack the Sky - ECC messaging app, a preferred means of communication for cocaine traffickers in Europe. All information about Veljko Belivuk's group was revealed there.

The author of the New York Times article, Robert F. Worth, told VOA that European agents are “still investigating the messages they have deciphered. So I think there are many more that have not been reported yet." The EU law enforcement agency EUROPOL announced on Friday that in the latest operation, a total of 23 people have been arrested, including the 3 leaders of this criminal organization, described as high-value targets.

EUROPOL said the results of the raids were:

13 arrests were made in Serbia including 3 high-value targets
35 house searches were carried out
EUROPOL's announcement also shows that during the raids, “15 luxury cars and high-value jewelery as well as wristwatches worth approx. 2 million euros and almost 3 million euros in cash. EUROPOL says that "weapons and explosives, including 2 sniper rifles, 3 automatic rifles and other weapons" as well as explosive material have been confiscated. The busted group is believed to be behind multi-ton shipments of cocaine headed for Europe from Colombia, Brazil and Ecuador, or transiting through West Africa.

"This gang was known in the underworld for its violence and involvement in high-level robberies. One of the targets arrested in Serbia was a former leader of the notorious Pink Panther criminal group."
The announcement of EUROPOL shows that after the decryption of the platform "Sky - ECC" "at least seven tons of cocaine seized in European ports in 2020 originated from this cartel".

"The criminals, arrested in Belgrade as part of this operation, were the largest cocaine traffickers in the Western Balkans, identified as part of the ongoing analysis of Sky ECC data."
The EU law enforcement agency announces that Europol created the "Balkan Cartel" Operational Task Force, bringing together countries around the world to effectively target this threat emanating from this region.

"With over 50 having permanent representation in Europol - including all Balkan countries, Europol is the organization through which such cooperation can be developed. By constantly sharing intelligence-gathered information and with proper coordination we can destroy criminal networks, dismantle their operations and make our communities safer," Europol's Deputy Executive Director, Jean, is quoted as saying in the announcement. -Philippe Lecouffe.
"Two members of Europol staff were deployed in Belgrade to support the Serbian authorities with their investigative measures during this operation."
EUROPOL, as an agency of the European Union, has 27 member countries, while the cooperation agreements are divided into three parts: Strategic Agreements, Operational Agreements, which include agreements signed with Serbia and Albania as well as Labor Agreements. Kosovo signed a working agreement with EUROPOL in July 2020.

The article published on May 7 by the New York Times magazine showed how the leader of the criminal group captured in Serbia in 2021, Veljko Belivuk, had stated that he served the Serbian president, Aleksandar Vucic, to strengthen his power, while the Serbian authorities had been forced to capture him after the data uncovered by EUROPOL had left Serbian authorities with no way out.

The Serbian president has rejected the accusations, saying recently that "the nonsense text in the New York Times was ordered five months ago and people here (in Serbia) drafted it"./VOA


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