ZAGREB, Dec 18 (Hina) - Goran Jungic, a witness for the prosecution in the trial of Zagreb mobsters, on Monday named eight of 14 indictees of being "the men of Zlatko Bagaric," who headed the 'criminal organisation' from its
establishment in 1990 to July 1998, when he was killed. The witness said Bagaric's clan included Miljenko Zaja and Zoran Petrovic, who were Bagaric's friends, as well as Nikica Jelavic, brothers Rajko and Velibor Momcilovic and Davor Zecevic. Speaking about indictees Tvrtko Tomicic and Djordje Vuletic, he said they had belonged to the group only for a period of time. Vuletic, a former police officer, gave the mobsters a short course about the police work, Jungic said. Speaking about indictee Zoran Pripuz, Jungic said he knew nothing about him except that he was from Rudes (a Zagreb neighbourhood). Jungic said he had heard through the grapevine that indictee Davorin Sobjeslavski was deali
ZAGREB, Dec 18 (Hina) - Goran Jungic, a witness for the prosecution
in the trial of Zagreb mobsters, on Monday named eight of 14
indictees of being "the men of Zlatko Bagaric," who headed the
'criminal organisation' from its establishment in 1990 to July
1998, when he was killed.
The witness said Bagaric's clan included Miljenko Zaja and Zoran
Petrovic, who were Bagaric's friends, as well as Nikica Jelavic,
brothers Rajko and Velibor Momcilovic and Davor Zecevic.
Speaking about indictees Tvrtko Tomicic and Djordje Vuletic, he
said they had belonged to the group only for a period of time.
Vuletic, a former police officer, gave the mobsters a short course
about the police work, Jungic said.
Speaking about indictee Zoran Pripuz, Jungic said he knew nothing
about him except that he was from Rudes (a Zagreb neighbourhood).
Jungic said he had heard through the grapevine that indictee
Davorin Sobjeslavski was dealing drugs for Zecevic and
Momcilovic.
Jungic said indictee Zoran Petrovic did not interest him much
because he was not linked with the murder of his friend Zeljko
Sobot.
Asked by indictees Radovan Stetic and Miroslav Vukovic if they
belonged to the criminal organisation also, Jungic answered
negatively.
Djordje Vuletic left the organisation in 1995 when the Momcilovic
brothers and Zecevic joined it, Jungic said. Jungic heard that they
had borrowed DM 50,000 from Jelavic in Germany for the defence costs
of one of the Momcilovic brothers, Velibor. Jelavic later 'chased'
them to enforce payment and they had to do some jobs for him, Jungic
said.
Asked by Jelavic's defence attorney what those jobs were, the
witness said "Sakota and Taci" alluding to the murders of Ivan
Sakota and Spejtim Taci. Those jobs were done for the late Bagaric,
who was alive at the time, said Jungic, insisting that Zecevic
killed Sakota and Momcilovic killed Taci.
Nikica Jelavic, first indictee, asked Jungic if he knew about a
conflict between him and Sobot, to which the witness replied the
conflict was about the money borrowed to Ilija Perkovic.
Jungic said Perkovic had borrowed money both from Sobot and Jelavic
and Sobot was killed because of money.
The president of the panel of judges, Ratko Scekic, requested that
Jungic explain his statement that Jelavic had not ordered anyone to
commit a criminal act. The witness said he believed there had been
no direct order but the mobsters' meetings were a matter of business
interest. Asked by Jelavic's attorney if his client's business
interest was to have someone killed or return the borrowed money,
Jungic said it was both.
The trial continues tomorrow.
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