At 5:00 am local time two EULEX helicopters and several armored SUVs conducted a raid on the family home of Zvonko Veselinovic in the Serb dominated
Dragisa Milovic, the mayor of Zvecan, said that EULEX had deceived Veselinovic’s family by telling her the raid was being conducted by the Special Prosecutor’s office in
Zvecan is part of Kosovo’s restive Mitrovica region, populated predominantly by ethnic Serbs who oppose have opposed the existence of Kosovo as a separate country since it declared independence in 2008.
Veselinovic has been described by Serbian media as the “leader of organized crime in Kosovo” and remains in custody in
The NATO mission in Kosovo (KFOR) accuses Veselinovic of organizing riots at the border crossings between
Serbian news outlet B92 wrote at the time of the riots and barricades that “Some of the media in
EULEX did not comment on the raid or the mayor’s decision.