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Article: Ex-police chief turned mobster 'plotted Serb premier's death' Crime boss targeted in crackdown feared extradition over war crimes

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March 16, 2003
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MILORAD LUKOVIC, the main suspect in the murder of the Serbian prime minister in Belgrade last week, had believed he was about to be extradited to The Hague to face war crimes charges.

Mr Lukovic, a former police commander who turned to organised crime, also believed that he would be arrested by an "anti-gangster" prosecutor appointed by the Serbian government.

Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic, who was shot in the stomach and back outside government offices in central Belgrade, was determined to crack down on the criminals whose trafficking in weapons, drugs, terrorists and people flourished during Slobodan Milosevic's 13-year presidency. Lukovic is believed to have hoped that the momentum ...

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