Country
Serbia
Year
2021
Issuing Entity
US
Type
Individual
Institution
US Department of Treasury
Executive Order
E.O. 13818, US Global Magnitsky sanctions
Grounds
Corruption, Organised Crime
Additional information
Organized crime group leader, North Kosovo. Zvonko Veselinovic is the leader of the Zvonko Veselinovic Organized Crime Group (OCG). The Veselinovic OCG is suspected to be engaged in a largescale bribery scheme with Kosovar and Serbian security officials who facilitate the group’s illicit trafficking of goods, money, narcotics, and weapons between Kosovo and Serbia. It is believed that the group has also conspired with various politicians in several quid pro quo agreements, including an early 2019 bribery of Kosovar security officials to allow their smuggling operations between Serbia and Kosovo, and a late 2017 bribery of Kosovar border security officials to allow safe passage for smugglers. Allegedly in 2017 Veselinovic and his brother Zharko had agreements with politicians to help their party win elections, secure political victories for their candidates, and contribute large sums of money to candidates. In exchange, these politicians would grant the brothers control of certain areas for their businesses where they could conduct their illicit business activities without interference by Serbian authorities, provided proprietary business information to support the brothers’ business investments, and granted the two the best infrastructure contracts. It is believed that the brothers used political donations as a method of laundering money from their illegal enterprises. Additionally, Veselinovic and members of his group were named in the indictment for the alleged murder of political party leader Oliver Ivanovic in January 2018. Global Magnitsky Designations. Executive Order (E.O.) 13818. Treasury.
Connected to
Marko Rosic, INKOP D.o.o., Milan Mihajlovic, Zeljko Bojic, RADISAVLJEVIC, Miljojko, Andrija Bojic, Radule Stevic, Miljan Radosavljevic, Srdjan Vulovic, Civija Komerc, Miljojko Radisavljevic, Radovan Radic, STEVIC, Radule, ROSIC, Marko, NEDELJKOVIC, Sinisa, FERARI PREDUZEEE ZA USLUGE I PROMET POLOVNIM VOZILIMA SH.A., MIHAJLOVIC, Milan, BOJIC, Zeljko, BOJIC, Andrija Zheljko, S.Z.T.R. PRIZMA B.I., RADIC, Radovan
