Context:
he
 was
 running
 in
 municipal
 
elections
 in
 Vu
cit
r
n
 as
 
a
 
candidate
 of
 the
 Social
 
Democratic
 Party
 of
 
Kosovo
 (
P
SDK
).
 

Cooperation
 with
 the
 international
 community
 is
 also
 
a
 
very
 
sensitive
 issue
 
within
 the
 
ethnic
 Albani
an
 community
.
 Some

 local
 
sources
 
pointed
 out
 that
 
Popov
a
 had
 been
 
involved
 in
 setting
 up
 meeting
s
 
between
 international
 
officials
 and
 non

government
al
 
organizations
 in
 Vu
cit
r
n
.
 C
PJ
 
released
 
a
 news
 alert
 about
 the
 
murder
 on
 September
 14.
 Reporter
 Me
kter
ovic

 and
 
photographer
 Pop
las
en
 of
 the
 
weekly
 Reporter
,
 
published
 in
 
Banja
 Luka
,
 
Bosnia
,
 were
 arrest
ed
 by
 police
 in
 Novi
 Sad

 as
 the
y
 
tried
 to
 interview
 construction
 
workers
 on
 the
 Vara
d
inska
 Du
ga
 Bridge
.
 
According
 to
 
editors
 at
 Reporter
,
 Me
kter

ovic
 and
 Pop
las
en
 were
 inqui
ring
 about
 progress
 on
 the
 construction
 of
 the
 bridge
 
when
 the
y
 were
 de
tained
 and
 
taken
 to
 
a

 local
 police
 station
.
 Police
 accus
ed
 the
 two
 journalist
s
 of
 "
t
rying
 to
 make
 
a
 story
 
without
 the
 
permission
 of
 the

 Federal
 Information
 Agency
,"
 
according
 to
 Serbia
n
 independent
 media
.
 Two
 
Kosovo
 Albani
ans
 
tried
 to
 ab
duct
 Boj
an
 Boz
ovic

,
 
a
 local
 
ethnic
 Serb
 reporter
 for
 the
 U
.
S
.
-
fund
ed
 Radio
 Free
 Europe
/
Radio
 
Liberty
 (
RF
E
/
RL
),
 
according
 to
 
a
 statement
 by

 
a
 
Kosovo
 Serb
 group
.
 The
 two
 men
 stopp
ed
 Boz
ovic
'
s
 car
 
while
 he
 was
 
driving
 
between
 the
 
provincial
 capital
,
 P
ristina
,

 and
 the
 
northern
 town
 of
 Kosov
ska
 Mi
trovic
,
 and
 
tried
 to
 force
 him
 out
 of
 the
 vehicle
.
 The
 kid
n
apping
 at
tempt
 was
 foi

led
 by
 
a
 United
 
Nations
 police
 
patrol
.
 The
 UN
 police
 then
 escort
ed
 Boz
ovic
 to
 Serb
-
domin
ate
 
northern
 
Kosovo
.
 The
 Serb

 National
 Council
,
 an
 organization
 of
 
Kosovo
 Serb
s
,
 
claim
ed
 that
 the
 attack
 was
 motivat
ed
 by
 Boz
ovic
'
s
 R
FE
/
RL
 report

 about
 an
 argument
 
between
 
ethnic
 Albani
an
 leader
 Ha
shim
 Tha
ci
 and
 Rada
 
Traj
kovic
,
 the
 Serb
 
representative
 in
 the
 UN
-

super
vis
ed
 
Kosovo
 government
.
 The
 argument
 
concerned
 
Traj
kovic
'
s
 
participation
 in
 an
 
investigation
 of
 atro
cities

 committe
d
 
during
 the
 
Kosovo
 conflict
 that
 
could
 have
 implica
ted
 Tha
ci
,
 
according
 to
 The
 
Associated
 Press
.
 Independent

 media
 were
 barre
d
 from
 
covering
 an
 election
 rally
 in
 the
 Serbia
n
 town
 of
 K
ragu
jeva
c
,

Input:
 in
 Serbia
 it
self
 —
 and
 with
 p
rominent
 
Kosovo
 Albani
an
 criminal
s
.
 “
In
 the
 field
 of
 drug
 traffic
king
,
 Zvo
nko
 Vesel
i
nović

 works
 close
ly
 with
 Is
met
 Osman
i
 and
 Mentor
 Be
ciri
 (
Men
tor
 Be
qiri
)
 from
 the
 [
Albania
n
]
 part
 of
 Kosov
ska
 Mitr
ovica
,

 leaders
 of
 
a
 criminal
 organization
 
involved
 in
 international
ly
 organiz
ed
 drug
 traffic
king
 
channels
,”
 it
 read
s
.
 

According
 to
 the
 report
,
 Vesel
i
nović
s
 group
 buy
s
 drug
s
 from
 Osman
i
 and
 smu
ggles
 them
 to
 Serbia
 
while
 
selling
 
weapon
s

 through
 the
 Albani
ans
 in
 the
 opposit
e
 direction
.
 In
 
a
 2005
 report
 by
 Germany
s
 Federal
 Intelligence
 Service
 that
 was
 

published
 by
 Wiki
Le
aks
,
 Osman
i
 is
 alleg
ed
 to
 be
 
involved
 in
 
smug
gling
 
fuel
,
 
cigarettes
,
 and
 drug
s
.
 “
(
He
)
 is
 consider
ed
 
a

 particular
ly
 
dangerous
 individual
,”
 the
 report
 read
.
 
Both
 
reports
 
describe
 Osman
i
 and
 Be
ciri
 as
 important
 
players
 in
 

Kosovo
s
 criminal
 under
world
.
 Vesel
i
nović
s
 other
 associat
es
,
 
according
 to
 the
 Serbia
n
 
intelligence
 report
,
 include
 En

ver
 Seki
rač
a
,
 
a
 
Kosovo
-
based
 organiz
ed
 crime
 figure
 convi
cted
 of
 
ordering
 the
 
murder
 of
 
a
 police
man
 in
 2007
,
 and
 Gor
an

 Obra
dovic
 Sus
a
,
 the
 Serbia
n
 leader
 of
 
a
 drug
 
smug
gling
 group
 who
se
 2014
 
murder
 
remain
s
 un
solved
.
 The
 report
 also
 notes

 that
 Vesel
i
nović
 and
 his
 group
 receive
 
logistic
al
 support
 from
 police
 
officer
s
 —
 most
ly
 Serb
 national
s
 —
 in
 
northern
 

Kosovo
.
 Serbia
n
 law
 
e
nforcement
 has
 made
 many
 at
tempt
s
 to
 prose
cute
 Vesel
i
nović
,
 with
 little
 success
.
 He
 and
 two

 associat
es
 were
 accus
ed
 of
 
steal
ing
 
a
 Mercedes
 in
 the
 
southern
 Serbia
n
 town
 of
 Novi
 Pazar
 in
 2000.
 Pros
ecutor
s
 later
 d

ropped
 the
 charge
s
 with
 no
 clear
 
explanation
.
 But
 in
 court
 he
 profess
ed
 his
 in
noc
ence
 and
 
claim
ed
 he
 had
 been
 beat
en
 in

 police
 custod
y
.
 He
 was
 acqui
t
ted
 in
 2005.
 He
 was
 later
 
tried
 for
 his
 alleg
ed
 involv
ement
 in
 
a
 2011
 truck
 the
ft
 
scheme
.
 

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