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The story of the Serbian veteran: From mercenary in Ukraine to hitman for drug clans in the Balkans

2026-08-04 16:51:08Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA JELENA ZORIC DHE MILOS KATIC

The story of the Serbian veteran: From mercenary in Ukraine to hitman for drug

A Serbian veteran of the conflict in Ukraine tells investigators how he ended up becoming a hitman for a Balkan drug gang.

For years, Aleksandar Dinic carried a bullet as a souvenir from the war in Ukraine.

Police found it among his personal belongings in January, when they arrested the 35-year-old Serbian citizen on suspicion of murder.

His alleged victim, a 43-year-old man, was shot dead on January 16 at the foot of Mount Avala, on the outskirts of the Serbian capital, Belgrade.

It is believed that the deceased was part of a Balkan drug cartel and, at the time of the murder, was on trial in Belgrade along with other individuals, accused of smuggling 324 kilograms of cocaine from South America to Europe.

Belgrade organized crime prosecutors suspect that Dinic was recruited as a hitman by the Kavaçi criminal clan, based in Montenegro, according to case files reviewed by BIRN.

Since 2015, dozens of people have been killed in the war between the Kavač and Shkaljari clans, which have their roots in two neighborhoods of the Montenegrin coastal town of Kotor.

The clash erupted after 300 kilograms of cocaine went missing from an apartment in the Spanish city of Valencia. Shkaljari clan member Goran Radoman was among the first to lose his life, after being shot dead in his garage in Belgrade.

Since then, the conflict has spread to many countries, claiming victims in Montenegro, Serbia, Turkey, Austria, Greece, Spain and other states.

Dinic had no direct involvement in this gang war, but he had experience fighting alongside pro-Russian forces in eastern Ukraine and was looking for some extra income.

The battlefield in Ukraine as a recommendation

According to statements given during interrogation, Dinic was put in contact with the Kavaç clan by his marijuana dealer, to whom he had told him he was looking for additional work, in addition to his job at a betting shop.

The member of the Kavaç clan he met offered Dinic 100 thousand euros to kill a person.

Dinic was a low-level criminal, previously convicted of drug-related and theft offenses. He also had proven battlefield experience, having fought as a mercenary alongside Russian-backed forces in eastern Ukraine.

His name appears in a database compiled by the unofficial Ukrainian website Myrotvorets, where he is listed as a fighter of an illegal armed formation operating in the Luhansk region of Ukraine's Donbas. According to the website, he was added to the database in August 2015.

Objektivi i Dinic ishte Zivko Bakic, i cili në atë kohë ndodhej në arrest shtëpiak dhe mbante një byzylyk elektronik në kyçin e këmbës. Atij i lejohej të dilte për shëtitje jashtë shtëpisë për një orë çdo ditë. Dinic kaloi disa ditë duke studiuar rutinën e tij, ndërsa shëtiste nëpër pyjet e periferisë së Sopotit, pranë Beogradit.

Një ditë, sipas dëshmisë që Dinic u dha policisë dhe prokurorëve, makina e tij mbeti e bllokuar në dëborë dhe Bakic, pa e ditur se çfarë synimesh kishte ai, ndaloi për ta ndihmuar. Të nesërmen, në të njëjtin vend, Dinic e qëlloi me shtatë plumba nga një automatik Heckler & Koch, duke e lënë të vdekur. Më pas u largua me makinë përgjatë rrugëve të ngrira, i shoqëruar nga Lana, qeni i tij i racës Hasky Siberian.

Asnjë ndjekje penale për luftimet në Ukrainë

Sipas ligjit serb, pjesëmarrja si vullnetar ose mercenar në një luftë jashtë vendit përbën vepër penale dhe dënohet me nga gjashtë muaj deri në pesë vjet burg. Dënimet janë edhe më të rënda për personat që marrin pjesë si pjesë e një grupi të organizuar ose që rekrutojnë të tjerë për t’iu bashkuar një konflikti të tillë.

Dinic nuk u ndoq kurrë penalisht për aktivitetet e tij në Ukrainë, të cilat, sipas publikimeve në rrjetet sociale, datojnë që nga viti 2014. Nuk dihet se sa kohë ai qëndroi në atë vend.

Ai kishte një histori të gjatë përplasjesh me sistemin serb të drejtësisë, me akuza që përfshinin vjedhje, shkelje të rregullave të trafikut dhe vepra penale të lidhura me drogën.

Në disa raste, Dinic iu nënshtrua vlerësimeve psikiatrike.

Njëri nga avokatët që e kishte përfaqësuar tha se besonte se përvoja e Dinic në Ukrainë kishte ndikuar në mënyrë vendimtare në personalitetin e tij.

“Ai ma përshkroi luftën në Ukrainë si një kasaphanw dhe një mashtrim,” tha avokati, i cili kërkoi të mbetej anonim.

“Nuk besoj se ai u rikuperua ndonjëherë nga ajo periudhë e jetës së tij dhe jam i bindur se atje pa dhe përjetoi gjëra të tmerrshme. Ai u bë edhe më i vetmuar, duke bërë një jetë gjithnjë e më kaotike. Ndërronte shpesh banesat dhe vendet e punës. Punoi në një pikë bastesh, si shpërndarës ushqimi dhe në pika karburanti.”

“Gjendja e tij emocionale ndryshonte vazhdimisht. Ai konsumonte marijuanë pothuajse çdo ditë, herë pas here edhe droga të tjera, si dhe pinte shpesh sasi të mëdha alkooli.”

Një tjetër veteran i luftës, i cili nuk e njihte personalisht Dinicin, tha se ishte “shumë e mundshme” që ai të vuante nga çrregullimi i stresit post-traumatik (PTSD).

“Lufta është diçka e tmerrshme,” tha veterani, i cili foli në kushte anonimiteti. “Copëzat e predhave dhe pjesët e trupave fluturojnë përreth teje, ndërsa çdo minutë pyet veten nëse do të jesh ti viktima e radhës. Askush nuk kthehet nga një luftë i pandryshuar.”

According to data received from the offices of the High Public Prosecutor's Office in Serbia, for the period from 2014 to April 2026, 60 criminal proceedings were initiated for the offense of participation in war or armed conflict in a foreign state, under Article 386a of the Criminal Code, as well as for organizing participation in such conflicts, under Article 386b.

At least 23 of these proceedings have been initiated since 2022, when Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Before that, Russia had been fomenting an armed rebellion in eastern Ukraine since 2014, the same year it annexed Crimea.

Prosecutors reported at least three convictions since 2022, based on plea agreements.

Murder for money

After the murder, Dinic went into hiding, but was eventually arrested while walking his dog. According to the investigation, this was the only reason he left the safe house that the Kavaç clan had rented for him.

He claims he never received the 100,000 euros he was promised for carrying out the murder.

At first, Dinic refused to answer the investigators' questions. Then he broke down emotionally and burst into tears. He spoke of his concern for his dog and the animal's fate while he was in prison. Authorities found the dog another home.

The court-appointed lawyer asked him how he felt when he returned from Ukraine.

“Well, for the first four months after I came back, I was almost never sober,” Dinic replied. “Most of the time I was drunk, trying to make peace with myself. I believe that part of what I experienced is still inside me, although I don’t know for sure. It’s difficult. It’s difficult to answer that question. I think the hardest thing right now is to talk about yourself.”

Currently, Dinic is in custody, awaiting trial.


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