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Security officer for Serbia's anti-organized crime chief arrested for extortion
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Security officer for Serbia's anti-organized crime chief arrested for extortion

From N1 Serbia · () Serbian

Translated from Serbian, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • Dragiša Grujić, a security detail member for the head of Serbia's organized crime unit, was arrested for extortion.
  • Grujić allegedly extorted 10,000 euros.
  • His arrest is seen by sources as indicative of internal power struggles within the Serbian police's criminal investigation directorate.

Dragiša Grujić, a 57-year-old member of the security detail for Marko Zafirović, the chief of Serbia's Service for Combating Organized Crime (SBPOK), has been arrested on suspicion of extortion. Grujić reportedly demanded and received 10,000 euros in his alleged illicit activities.

According to reports, Grujić transitioned from the Special Police Unit (JSO) to the Criminal Investigation Directorate (UKP) when his former commander, Marko Zafirović, was appointed to lead it. Radar sources indicate that Grujić was also a former member of the JSO and shares the same birth year as the convicted commander of that unit, Milorad Ulemek Legija.

Insiders within the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MUP) suggest that Grujić's arrest signals a power struggle at the highest levels of the UKP. They point to ongoing disputes among newly appointed officials within the directorate and suggest that Zafirović may no longer have the full confidence of his closest associates.

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Originally published by N1 Serbia in Serbian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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