Nov 29 2008
ZAGREB — Tomislav Karamarko, the Croatian Minister of Internal Affairs of Croatia, said in a conversation for “Dnevni Avaz” that the security situation in the region is satisfactory. However, he stressed that the murder of Ivo Pukanic and Niko Franjic confirm the issue of organized crime and mafia organizations that endanger that security. Continue Reading »
Oct 29 2008
Croatia’s new justice minister has announced a package of measures to tackle organised crime, following a spate of mafia-style killings. Continue Reading »
Oct 24 2008
Zagreb — A car bomb killed Ivo Pukanic, a prominent Croatian journalist, and a colleague in downtown Zagreb on Thursday, and the country’s president and premier called it an assassination. Continue Reading »
Oct 10 2008
The council has decided for a police national office to be established which will fight crime in all larger Croatian cities.
Zagreb — A sitting of the Croatian National Security Council was held, presided by Croatian President Stjepan Mesic and Prime Minister Ivo Sanader. The sitting was summoned by President Mesic after 26-year-old Ivana Hodak was brutally executed in downtown Zagreb on Monday, in broad daylight. Continue Reading »
Oct 08 2008
Zagreb — Twenty-six-year-old Ivana Hodak, the daughter of a prominent Croat lawyer, was shot twice in the head in broad daylight by an assassin who ambushed her in the stairwell of her apartment block in central Zagreb on Monday. Continue Reading »
Jul 11 2008
Who is Jelavic? The successor to Zlatko Bagaric and Zagreb’s underground throne or respected businessman that legally supports his family.
Nikica Jelavic (38) called Boxer, was born in Gabela near Capljine. He finished high school and served his compulsory military service in Sarajevo. After serving in the army, Jelavic was a boxer for a while in the club “Metalac”, and this is why he gained the nickname “Boxer”. During the eighties, he mainly worked as a bouncer at various discos, and during the nineties he started to trade money. Today, he lives with his wife and three children in a villa worth a few million kuna in Zagreb’s Cmrok. Continue Reading »
