Better late than never: , where he’s wanted on charges of selling weapons to a foreign terrorist organization, money laundering and sanctions busting.

By Beth Kampschror

A Croatian member of a once-powerful mob group based in neighboring Serbia may soon be the first Croatian citizen to be extradited , last week. Sretko Kalinic, who faces decades in prison has . Serbian radio-television B92 :

Kalinić, sentenced in absentia to a total of 70 years in prison, was a fugitive for seven years and was hiding in Croatia when another Zemun Clan crime group member, Miloš Simović, shot and wounded him.

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run by the European Union’s justice mission there. The mission released a statement offering only a broad idea of what they’re interested in, :

The searches were part of a “corruption and financial investigation into suspicion of abusing official position or authority, accepting bribes, tax evasion, trading in influence and money laundering,” according to the statement.

By Beth Kampschror

Corruption and organized crime are the biggest problems in the Western Balkans, crippling foreign investment and making a misery out of everyday life, a new Gallup poll indicates.

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Authorities are trying to find out whether two Serbian gangsters convicted of aiding with the 2003 murder of the country’s prime minister .

By Beth Kampschror