{"id":17951,"date":"2017-07-21T16:01:02","date_gmt":"2017-07-21T14:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.krik.rs\/en\/?p=17951"},"modified":"2017-07-24T16:57:20","modified_gmt":"2017-07-24T14:57:20","slug":"minister-stefanovics-remarks-mafia-tied-guard-contradict-snss-earlier-statement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.krik.rs\/en\/minister-stefanovics-remarks-mafia-tied-guard-contradict-snss-earlier-statement\/","title":{"rendered":"Minister Stefanovic\u2019s Remarks on Mafia-tied Guard Contradict SNS\u2019s Earlier Statement"},"content":{"rendered":"

Serbia\u2019s Minister of Interior Nebojsa Stefanovic wasn\u2019t clear at Thursday\u2019s press conference whether his ruling party had hired security guards tied to criminal organizations for President Aleksandar Vucic\u2019s inauguration ceremony. <\/b><\/p>\n

Stefanovic said that he doesn\u2019t believe the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) recruited Borko Aranitovic, one of the aggressors who assaulted journalists and anti-Vucic protestors at the swearing in event on May 31.<\/strong><\/p>\n

KRIK found that Aranitovic is close to the crew of Aleksandar Stankovic – dubbed \u201cSale the Mute\u201d \u2013 a drug kingpin who was assassinated last October. <\/strong><\/p>\n

The minister said that the perpetrators who were photographed dragging protesters away by the neck and threatening journalists have been identified, and that action is being taken against them.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese aren\u2019t unfamiliar faces, contrary to media speculations,\u201d Stefanovic told KRIK reporters. \u201cSupposedly now somebody is going to reveal the faces. Everyone has been identified and action is being taken.\u201d<\/p>\n

One of the security guards,\u00a0KRIK discovered through online photographs, is Borko Aranitovic who is tied to Serbia\u2019s underworld and to law enforcement authorities.<\/p>\n

The unofficial guards, who, according to the victims, had no identifying insignia, were praised as \u201cparty security guards\u201d by SNS several days after the incident. Minister Stefanovic doesn\u2019t think that the mafia-connected Aranitovic was one of them.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not sure that anybody thought of him,\u201d Stefanovic told KRIK reporters on Thursday. \u201cI don\u2019t know, I didn\u2019t ask. Maybe some of them were SNS guards. I don\u2019t think SNS precisely declared all of them as party security. I can\u2019t know everyone who was there.\u201d<\/p>\n

A Facebook photo shows Aranitovic working as a security guard on the \u201cFreestyler,\u201d a nightclub barge on Belgrade\u2019s Sava river. He is also seen with members of the Sale the Mute\u2019s gang.<\/p>\n

KRIK further identified Aranitovic in a security camera video that shows Stankovic’s gang beating Zoran Jaksic, another criminal who is currently on trial in Peru for drug trafficking.<\/p>\n

Aranitovic\u2019s Facebook profile also reveals his personal connection to Nenad Vuckovic called \u201cVucko\u201d, a member of a special police force called the Gendarmerie.<\/p>\n

Read more: Serbian President’s Party Tied to Football Hooligans<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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