A Serbian court has approved an indictment against Dragoslav Kosmajac \u2013 a man described by Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic as \u201cthe biggest drug dealer in Serbia\u201d \u2013 over a 2010 abuse of authority case that allegedly caused \u20ac95,000 (US$ 108,000) in state losses.<\/p>\n
Belgrade\u2019s High Court announced<\/a> Monday it had decided last month to accept an indictment prepared by prosecutors in early June over the deal allegedly arranged to gain sole ownership of a 7.5 acre (3.04 hectare) plot of land in Belgrade. Two others were also indicted.<\/p>\n Authorities have previously tried to assemble a drug case against Kosmajac, but have not managed to gather enough evidence.<\/p>\n Prosecutors say that in September 2010 Kosmajac got an employee of a company contracted to the country\u2019s land registration authority to scrub the names of co-owners of the plot from the records, handing him exclusive control of the land.<\/p>\n The decision follows a failed earlier attempt<\/a> by prosecutors last October to indict Kosmajac for the same alleged crime. That attempt was rejected by judges, who said prosecutors had failed to explain how the state had been harmed.<\/p>\n Kosmajac\u2019s lawyer, Djordje Simic, has said he will file a complaint against the decision, Serbian OCCRP partner the Crime and Corruption Reporting Network (KRIK) reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n Kosmajac came to prominence in June 2014, when Vucic used a press conference to label him a major drug dealer with contacts in law enforcement<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cEveryone fears him and keeps quiet. People from the police and people from other agencies have contact with him,\u201d Vucic said.
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