At the time when numerous arrests of different persons are under way in Serbia, linked to former Aleksandar Vuciqi’s power, the prominent criminal, Zvonko Veselinovic, reportedly headed towards Turkey this morning.

Veselinovic has close ties with former powers’ tops and with Andrej Vucinj, Aleksandar Vuciqi’s brother. He had an impact on appointments to the Serbian police, while his company has benefited millions of euros from state projects, as evidenced by messages on the app KRIKI (Skaj) which he published two years ago.

Zvonko Veselinovic has left on the early morning flight from Sarajevo to Istanbul, using the Serbian passport, told CRIK journalists.

His trip to Istanbul takes place at the time of arrests of contractive businessmen and officials, who during the rule of Aleksandar Vuciqi and the Serbian Progressive Party ( The SNS had a privileged position that enabled them to break the law without obstacles and become rich.

Turkey, meanwhile, has become one of the main countries in which members of different Balkan criminal groups take refuge over the past five years.

In reports of police and security services, which KRIC journalists published earlier, Veselinovic has been named as one of the top Serb criminals in Kosovo. These reports also reported that his group deals with smuggling drugs, arms and oil, files and money laundering.

In Serbia, he has been charged several times for various criminal acts, including drug smuggling, truck theft and illegal sand excavations. However, most of the court processes against him have ended with a plea of release during Aleksandar Vuciqi’s rule.

The worst crime Veselinovic allegedly suspected is involvement in the Kosovo politician’s murder, Oliver Ivanovic, in January 2018. Kosovo’s prosecutor says Veselinovic’s Godfather, Milan Radojic, is involved in this murder. Both have had the protection of former Serbian president.

At the end of 2021, Veselinovic was included in the American Treasury’s list of sanctions because he suspected that he had corrupted politicians to enable the development of his illegal activities. A year later, sanctions against him were imposed by the United Kingdom.

Despite all of this, Veselinovic enjoyed protection in Serbia. His political ties stretched up to the highest levels of power and he was close to Andrej Vucinqi, the brother of the former Serbian president, for whom the KRIK had written several years earlier.

Political ties have enabled him not only to live freely but also to enrich himself. His construction company earned millions of euros by participating in state projects.

Messages on KRICIA apps two years ago discovered the way Veselinic secured these large state contracts and benefited financially from them.

Brother, I know how many millions you get. That too is not enough, one of the criminals of the rival group wrote, describing Veselinovic’s impotence.

Messages published by KRIK show Veselinovic had influence even on appointments to the Serbian police. Among other things, in 2020 he opposed the appointment of Veselin Miliqi, then chief of the Criminal Police Directorate ( The UKP, while today accused of not reporting a murder, in the position of police director.

According to messages, he had told Andrej Vucinqi that he would no longer help the SNS if Miliqi took that position.

Source Layer: Insander