Bojovic to be Extradited as Serbia and Spain Jointly Tackle Organized Crime

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Spain has begun efforts to extradite Luka Bojovic, Vladimir Milisavljevic and Sinisa Petric to Serbia, Serbian Minister of Justice Snezana Malovic told reporters after a Tuesday meeting with authorities in Madrid. The three internationally sought Serbians fugitives were arrested in Valencia, in February. Malovic, who met with her Spanish counterpart Alberto Ruiz-Gallardon, said that Bojovic and his associates will be extradited within a year, Radio Television Serbia reported. Serbia and Spain will also form a joint investigative team to exchange information on organized crime groups and their prosecution. The team will focus on crime groups such as those of Luka Bojovic and Darko Saric, as well as the fugitive Slobodan Radulovic, who is wanted in Serbia for fraud.

April 11, 2012

 Following her meeting with the Spanish State Prosecutor Eduardo Torres-Dulce, the Serbian State Prosecutor Zagorka Dolovac said that the joint investigative team will consist of prosecutors from both countries who are already working on the Bojovic, Saric, and Radulovic cases, Tanjug news reports.

Minister Malovic added that Serbia and Spain will also discuss the possibility of confiscating illegal assets obtained in Spain by the fugitive Serbian criminals. Serbian authorities estimate that the assets owned by Serbian organized crime in Spain amount to dozens of millions of euros. Allegedly, a street in the southern Spanish city of Marbella is locally known as “Serbian Street,” because of all the Serbian-owned real-estate and businesses on it.

Spanish and Serbian delegations also discussed the case of the missing member of Bojovic’s clan, Milan “Jure” Jurisic. Although the DNA analysis of minced remains found earlier in Madrid is not complete, the Spanish authorities believe these belong to Jurisic. It is unclear which country will get to prosecute the Jurisic case, Malovic added.