6.8.2008 by CrniLabudovi.

Serbia ‘Zemun Clan’ Jailed For 465 Years

Milrad Ulemek Legija

06 August 2008 Belgrade _ A judge in Serbia sentenced 26 members of a notorious criminal ring known as “Zemun Clan” to a total of 465 years in jail.

Judge Milimir Lukic ended the trial with a 1,000-page long ruling, which will be delivered by hand to all parties. They have the right to appeal to Serbia’s Supreme Court within a fortnight of receiving the verdict.

The 26, eight of whom remain at large, were found guilty of joint criminal activity, 18 murders, three abductions and two terrorist attacks.

Maja Kovacevic, the Special Court spokeswoman, said the verdict was “the largest ever in Serbia’s judicial history.”

The Zemun Clan trial started five years ago as a part of the trial for the assassination of Serbia’s former prime minister, Zoran Djindjic, who was gunned down on March 12, 2003, outside his office.

It was then separated from the original case, although a number of the gang members took part in organising and carrying out Djindjic’s assassination.

Milorad Ulemek “Legija”, ex-commander of the former Serbian police’s Unit for Special Operations, and then the gang leader, was the prime suspect in both trials. He has already received a maximum 40-year imprisonment for Djindjic’s killing. Read more:
http://balkaninsight.com/en/main/news/4709

Ulemek also received the maximum jail term as the head of the Zemun Clan, together with three more accused who are at large. The others were sentenced from three to 35 years in jail.
The court ordered four Zemun Clan members to be released.

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6.8.2008 by Lupo.

Thaci: No more talks with Belgrade
6 August 2008 | 13:08 | Source: Beta
PRIŠTINA — Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci says there will be no more new negotiations on the police, judiciary or customs in Kosovo.

Hasim Thaci (FoNet, archive)

“Priština will not negotiate at any time or under any conditions with Belgrade regarding the six points proposed by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon,” Thaci said in an interview with Kosovo daily Koha Ditore.

He added that “no one can negotiate, nor will there be any negotiations” regarding these issues.

Ban proposed new talks be held regarding six fields—police, judiciary, customs, borders, protection of cultural and religious heritage, as well as traffic and telecommunications.

Commenting on UNMIK Chief Lamberto Zannier’s statement regarding talks about the police, judiciary, and customs with Belgrade, Thaci said that he would only respect the constitution, “and not anyone’s ad hoc statements.”

“The boss in Kosovo are the people and the people they elect,” Thaci replied when asked to respond to Zannier’s statement that he was the boss in Kosovo as long as UN Security Council Resolution 1244 was in force.

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