Organized crime trials continue across the Balkans involving Kavač and Belivuk groups

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Legal proceedings regarding major organized crime groups continue across the Balkans. In Belgrade, the trial of Veljko Belivuk's group has seen the presentation of Sky encrypted app messages. These messages allegedly detail the 2020 murders of Igor Dedović and Stevan Stamatović in Athens, with the defense claiming a prosecutor, Saša Ivanić, was mentioned in the communications. The defense's request to recuse the prosecution was denied.

In Montenegro, proceedings involving the Kavač clan and figures like Ljubo Milović have highlighted communications regarding cocaine smuggling through European ports like Antwerp and Hamburg. Meanwhile, in Slovenia, the Ljubljana District Court is nearing a verdict in the Kavač clan case. Prosecutors have requested a combined 110 years and six months in prison for 14 defendants, with Klemen Kadivč facing a proposed 15-year sentence.

Additionally, the trial of the Vračar clan in Belgrade has presented evidence of planned liquidations and discussions regarding sex workers, based on intercepted Sky communications.

Entities

Kavač Clan · Kavački clan · Klemen Kadivč · Radoje Zvicer · Saša Ivanić · Skaj · Slobodan Kašćelan · Veljko Belivuk

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What the coverage asserts, and how many sources carry each claim.

[○ 1 SOURCE] The trial involves 19 people charged with four murders banjaluka.net
[● 2 SOURCES] The judge rejected the defense's request to recuse the prosecutors banjaluka.net · mondo.rs
[● 2 SOURCES] Prosecution claims Sky messages show group members discussing the murders of Igor Dedović and Stevan Stamatović in Athens banjaluka.net · mondo.rs
[○ 1 SOURCE] The Vračar clan trial in Belgrade includes evidence of planned murders and discussions about sex workers www.kurir.rs
[● 2 SOURCES] Defense claims a Sky message refers to prosecutor Saša Ivanić as 'our man' banjaluka.net · mondo.rs
[○ 1 SOURCE] Executors of the murders were allegedly promised 300,000 euros each banjaluka.net
[● 2 SOURCES] Klemen Kadivč faces a maximum proposed sentence of 15 years in Slovenia siol.net · slovenskenovice.delo.si
[● 2 SOURCES] Prosecution proposes a total of 110 years and 6 months in prison for the Kavač clan defendants in Slovenia siol.net · slovenskenovice.delo.si