Law enforcement

BELGRADE - Public enterprise Roads of Serbia called on all participants in traffic to be more cautious because of the high rainfall and to adjust the driving modes and speeds to the new emergency situation on I A class state roads and motorways E-70, E-75 and E-80.

A photograph released by the Hellenic Coast Guard shows fishing boats approaching the capsized vessel off the coast of Samos in the eastern Aegean.

At least 22 migrants, including four children, drowned on Monday after two vessels capsized off the eastern Aegean island of Samos, near Turkey, while many more migrants remained unaccounted for by late last night.

Three members of the Serbian Pink Panther gang of jewel thieves who have carried out robberies in Britain, Dubai, Japan and Switzerland have been arrested in Athens, police sources said on Friday.

The proposed new international protocol on documenting and investigating wartime sexual violence will utilise Bosnia and Herzegovina’s 20 years of experience in dealing with sensitive cases.

Police focus on stopping illegal drugs in Macedonia, Serbia

Police employ a systematic approach to combat street drug dealing.

Police are moving against street-level drug dealers in the Balkans. [Tomislav Georgiev/SETimes]

Police were unable to arrest on Saturday two men that failed to stop their vehicle when asked to pull over in the eastern Athens neighborhood of Ilissia and then opened fire on officers who pursued them.

Three people drowned on Monday in a flooding in Southern Romania, with a 13-year-old boy among them.

Two more have been reported missing after heavy rainfall caused rivers to swell, according to Bulgaria's public broadcaster BNT.

Traffic is disrupted on a few roads after the flooding caused landslides.

Three people were arrested in Italy and four in Bulgaria in an operation aimed at intercepting a Bulgarian credit card fraud ring, according to Europol.

The arrests of the seven suspects last week were the result of an investigation of over one year.

Hundreds of protesters battled with riot police in one of the Greek capital's main shopping districts. No injuries or damage have been reported.

OPATIJA - Outgoing interior minister Ivica Dacic stated in Opatija on Wednesday that police cooperation in the region is very good and that it even surpasses the cooperation between political bodies in certain countries, which is producing positive results in international police cooperation in the Balkans and South-East Europe.