Sretko Kalinić

On April 5 this year at Belgrade Higher Court, the trial will start for an attempted murder in a village near Zagreb in Croatia in June 2010.

Both the suspect and the victim, Milos Simovic and Sretko Kalinic, are Serbian citizens and former members of a notorious criminal gang.

Zemun Clan member Dejan Milenkovic aka Bagzi on Monday testified before the Special Court in the trial for the murder of Slavko Curuvija.

Milenkovic, a protected witness and resides in an unknown location, was brought to the court today under police escort.

Defence witnesses at the trial of former Serbian paramilitary commander Dragan Vasiljkovic, alias ‘Captain Dragan’, admitted that Croatian soldiers used Catholic church premises as a command post.

Former Serb paramilitary leader Dragan Vasiljkovic, known as Captain Dragan, arrived in Croatia after being extradited from Australia to face war crimes allegations.

The Special Court in Belgrade has set Luka Bojovic and Vladimir Milisavljevic free, and convicted Sretko Kalinic and Milos Simovic to 35 and 30 years in prison.

Accusations seen as "strike to heart of police"

BELGRADE -- "A strike to the heart of the criminal police" is how Mile Novaković has described the accusations made during his trial by accused crime boss Darko Šarić.