Former Kosovo Serb police ties with Belgrade

Radoiciq is on the US blacklist due to suspicion of involvement in international crime.

Also, on December 9th, Great Britain has imposed sanctions against it, under its anti-corruption measures.

The Serbian list has condemned the move, with the estimate that it is up to “and said”. “has proved that [Radoicicic] is a patriot and a bearer of resistance to Kosovo's north-of-the-clock invasion”, the Serbian List has said.

The data also shows that two former police officials -- Djuric and Filipovovic -- have been a kind of “spiunes” of Serbia.

Nenad Djuric, former director of the Kosovo Police for the north region, has been suspended from office after refusing to implement the Kosovo government's decision to reregister Serbian illegal license plates.

Later, members of the Serb community in the north have fled all Kosovo institutions.

Filipovic, former chief of operations for the north region, has been the first to remove his uniform with the words: “Enough was”.

The decision to withdraw from Kosovo institutions has been made in co-ordination with the Serbian List, which is close to the current authorities in Serbia and with the country's president, Aleksandar Vuciq.

Vuciq has given Djuriqi “the credit order for first degree defence and security”, while Filipovic “The Golden Medal of Courage to Milos Obiliq”.

Kosovo Minister of Internal Affairs Jedal Svecla, in some cases, has publicly stated that half of the police forces in the north “have been working” for Serbia.

Kosovo police in the country's north, mainly, have made up former members of Serbia's Ministry of Internal Affairs, which are integrated into the Kosovo system under the 2013 Brussels Agreement.

The role of Djuric?

The data, which has had access to Radio Free Europe, shows that Djuriqi is a former officer whose task has been to convey reports by Kosovo Police at Serbia's MPB.

Djuric, in 2011, when even the technical dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia started on normalising relations, has been working as commander of the police station in Zvecan.

In 2013, under the first Brussels Agreement, he was appointed police commander for the north region.

Meanwhile, he has also become director of the Kosovo Police for the northern region. These reports have been made despite the fact that he, in some cases, has rejected the implementation of decisions of the Kosovo Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Because of refusing to implement one of Kosovo's MPB decisions, Djuric has been suspended in January 2011, but in May of this year.

Links to Radoichi

Nenad Djuric has publicly offered support to Milan Radoicchi in various activities that have been organised, while what has not been known so far, is that from Radoiciqi's deputy chairman of the Serbian List he has received a gift from a villa at the Lake of Weiman (Gazioda), it is said in the data of a Kosovo security institution in which REL has had access.

This lake near Zubin Potok is located on the territory of Kosovo and Serbia, while Djuric's villa lies on the Serbian side.

Based on the declaration of property at the Kosovo Anti-Corruption Agency, where all officials should report information on property they have Djuric has not declared to have any real estate in Kosovo or Serbia. The only thing shown is that he took a loan for ten years with atonement in 2021 over 30 thousand euros, “to meet his family needs”.

Radojic is wanted in Kosovo for the intimidation of witnesses in the case of Brezovica, which deals with illegal construction, while also linked to the still unconventional murder of Serbian opposition politician in Kosovo Oliver Ivanovic in January 2018.

Radociac has become deputy chairman of the Serbian List several months after Ivanovic's murder.

While arrest warrants have been issued against him, he, in early July, sent a message from the north of Kosovo saying: “I am back and you know what this key means.”

Radojic, as well, has been present at the barricades that were erected July 31st in northern Kosovo. He has managed to flee even the Kosovo Police several times before possible arrest.

Information available to the REL also shows Djuric has received direct instructions from Belgrade to help and facilitate smuggling from Serbia to Kosovo.

Although he was a senior official in the Kosovo Police, the information system has cases of criminal acts against him, due to rowing, obstruction of justice, smuggling suspicion, bribery and misuse of official office.

The role of Filipovitch?

Aleksandar Filipovic, who has until recently served as Kosovo Police chief of operations for the northern region, has been a member of Serbia's Ministry of Internal Affairs while becoming part of the Kosovo Police following the Brussels Agreement.

The data in which the REL access has been made says Filipovic has kept in touch with Serbia's MPB through Slavisa Arsenijevic, Serbia's top MPB official for Kosovo. There is also evidence for their meetings, whether they're pictures of them.

The REL has contacted Serbia's Ministry of Internal Affairs regarding this information, but, until text publication, it has received no response.

In 2016, Filipovic has become commander of the police station in Leposaviq, at the request of Radojchiqi, reports the data provided by the REL.

Besides Radojici, he has also had close ties with Milan Mihajlovic, who was arrested in October 2022 as suspected of involvement in the murder of Serbian politician Oliver Ivanovic.

He, too, has maintained close contact with Russian representatives in Kosovo, such as Aleksandar Rozlustvenski, from the Russian Liaison Office in Kosovo.

Filipovic is also known as the “vulin man”, thanks to his close contacts with Mile Radivojevich, who has been Aleksandar Vulin's adviser, until he was Serbia's interior affairs minister. Volin now heads Serbia's Security Information Agency BIA.

Filipovic is also a member of Serbia's International Police Association section.

Also, data shows that he has participated in recruiting members of the Civil Protection Service, formations in northern Kosovo that have worked on the Serbian system, but has been officially disbanded under the Brussels Agreement.

According to data from the Kosovar Centre for Security Studies, Civil Protection in northern Kosovo is composed of persons who have had military experience or were trained in military methods.

Former cops are criminals?

From December 6th, incidents of firearms and explosive devices have increased in northern Kosovo, while Kosovo police have increased their capacities in that region, with the goal of maintaining order and calm.

However, on the evening of December 8th, masked persons have tried to prevent the arrival of additional Kosovo Police units, and a police officer has been easily injured in an armed clash.

Armed men with mask “phatome” on their faces do not represent anything new in northern Kosovo. On July 31st, when barricades are set up to oppose Kosovo authorities, Radio Free Europe teams have documented the presence of masked persons.

Kosovo Minister of Internal Affairs Jhelal Svecla, at a news conference on December 7th, has blamed former Serb police for these attacks, which have abandoned their positions.

He has said that indicates the data collected from the ground by police or intelligence services.

On December 8, REL has asked Minister Svechla whether they were involved in the latest attacks in the north of Djuric and Filipovic.

The moment Kosovo has evidence that any of them have been involved in the attacks, police will take legal steps”, Svecla has responded.

Kosovo police chief has also said that the situation in the north could be jeopardised or exacerbated “due to criminal acts and sometimes even terrorist by specific groups, which are under Belgrade management and support”.