Sanctioned in the United States of America, wanted in Kosovo, while in Belgrade he is known as the strongest defender of the Serbs in the north of Kosovo.
This is the profile of Milan Radoicic, a Serb born in Gjakova, currently the vice-president of the Serbian List, who is accused by the Kosovo authorities of being the organizer and participant of the September 24 attack in Banjska, where the policeman Afrim Bunjaku was killed.
In addition to being a business man, over the years Milan Radoicic has also imposed a political profile. He was elected vice-president of the Serbian List a few months after the murder of the Serbian politician from Kosovo, Oliver Ivanovic, in 2018. Radoicic has been accused of having a hand in this murder, but these suspicions have not been proven in court. He described the accusation of the Kosovo authorities against him as an Albanian ploy to eliminate him politically.
In December 2021, the US Department of the Treasury sanctioned Milan Radoicic and his business partner, Zvonko Vesselinovic. The two of them, along with 10 other people, are accused by the US of being the leaders of an organized criminal group that deals with the smuggling of weapons, the corruption of officials and the illegal trade of goods, money and narcotics between Kosovo and Serbia.
The controversial vice-president of the Serbian List has participated in several meetings with the president of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, in Belgrade. He also had meetings and contacts with politicians from Pristina. In 2019, the media published a photo where Radoicic and the chairman of the Serbian List, Goran Rakic, are seen on a yacht with the Kosovar businessman, Behgjet Pacolli. The meeting was accepted by Pacolli who said that the event happened by chance and that they did not talk about politics. When Radoicic was elected vice-president of the Serbian List, he also met with Ramush Haradinaj in his cabinet.
At the beginning of July this year, Milan Radoicic was again in the center of attention. He published a video from the vicinity of Leposavici, in the north of Kosovo, with the message: "I'm here, I'm back and you know what that means." After the attack in Banjske, suspicions have been raised that Radoicic may have been injured in the monastery. The Bosnian media, 'Istraga', reported on platform X that Radoicic took a bullet during the exchange of fire with the Albanian policemen and is being treated in a hospital in Serbia. This information has not been confirmed by either the Kosovo or Serbian authorities.