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Croatia

EP member Thaler resigns amid bribery scandal

by SETimes

European Parliament member and Special Rapporteur for Macedonia Zoran Thaler resigned on Monday (March 21st) amid a corruption scandal

Croatia Sees Varied Results in Corruption Survey

by Balcan Insight

The number of Croatians who believe that nothing can be done to fight corruption has decreased dramatically since 2007, while other indicators have gone up, a recent survey shows

Ex-public company head arrested

by B92

BELGRADE - Former Roads of Serbia public company Director Branko Jocić was arrested around 9 CET today in his apartment for giving and accepting bribes, B92 has learned

Bulgaria Seizes 100 Kilograms of Heroin at Turkey Border

by Balcan Insight

Bulgarian police have captured a shipment of 96 kilograms of heroin at the country's border with Turkey in an anti-narcotics operation coordinated with the US Drug Enforcement Agency, DEA

Heated debate behind closed doors

by B92

The European Parliament (EP) members engaged in a "heated debate" over the Kosovo organ trafficking allegations, reports Beta

State Department: Kosovo is heroin transit route

by b92

Kosovo is a transit route for Afghan heroin on its way to the EU and it has a growing narcotics problem, the U.S. State Department said in a report

US assesses counternarcotics efforts in Balkan countries

by SETimes

Turkish authorities seized nearly 36,000 kg of narcotics in the first half of 2010, according to the US State Department's annual International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, published on Thursday (March 3rd)

“Montenegrin govt. was involved in organized crime”

by b92

A diplomatic cable sent by former U.S. Ambassador in Podgorica Roderick Moore directly links then Montenegrin government with organized crime

Croatia's Sanader Faces New Corruption Probe

by BalkanInsight

Croatia's anti-corruption agency has opened a new investigation into former Prime Minister Ivo Sanader on the suspicion that he abused his office in relation to a Hypo Bank deal in 1995.

Del Ponte wants Kosovo organ case

by B92

Ex-Chief Hague Prosecutor Carla del Ponte she would like to investigate the case of organ trafficking in Kosovo