Municipal Court in Zagreb sentenced killers of Croatian journalist Ivo Pukanić and his colleague Niko Franjić to a total of 140 years in prison today.
Robert Matanić was convicted to 33 years in prison.
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Trial of crime boss begins
April 20th, 2010 |
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The trial of suspected crime boss Sreten Jocić aka Joca Amsterdam has begun before the Special Court in Belgrade. Jocić was indicted with the murder of Croatian journalist Ivo Pukanić and his associate Niko Franić.
Äukanović slams ex-associate
March 19th, 2010 |
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Milo Äukanović said that he recognized the intentions of people, including late journalist Ivo Pukanić, for “drawing a target” on his head. “From the start I recognized the ambitions of Messrs (ex-associate Ratko) Knežević and Pukanić and many others to draw a target on my head in the same way they drew one on the head of late Prime Minister Zoran ÄinÄ‘ić,” Äukanović told Croatian media.
Pukanić case suspect pleads “not guilty”
March 15th, 2010 |
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Bojan Gudurić, accused of the murder of Croat journalist and publisher Ivo Pukanić and his colleague Miko Franjić, pleaded not guilty to the charges. After the indictment was read in Zagreb on Monday, Gudurić said that he was not guilty of any of the counts of the indictment that accuses him of the murder of Pukanić and Franjić, who were killed in a car bomb explosion on October 23, 2008, or the organized international crime that had the goal of killing two other people in Zagreb.
“Tobacco mafia behind Pukanić murderâ€
February 25th, 2010 |
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The Montenegrin tobacco mafia is behind the murder of Croat journalist and publisher Ivo Pukanić, Montenegrin businessman Ratko Knežević said. He was testifying at the murder trial in Zagreb on Thursday, saying that Stanko Subotić, aka Cane, and Montenegrin Prime Minister Milo Äukanović were behind the crime.
Croatian journalist murder trial begins
February 3rd, 2010 |
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The trial for the murder of the co-owner of Croatian daily Nacional, Ivo Pukanić and his colleague Niko Franjić begins today in Zagreb. Pukanić and Franjić were killed in a bomb blast in the Croatian capital in October 2008.
Suspected murderer to be tried in Zagreb
January 26th, 2010 |
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Željko Milovanović, accused of setting up an explosive device that killed Croat journalist Ivo Pukanić and his associate Niko Franić, will be tried in Zagreb. Milovanović, a former member of the so-called Red Berets (JSO), is in custody in Belgrade, awaiting trial.
Indictment issued in Pukanić case
October 26th, 2009 |
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The Serbian Special Prosecution has indicted Sreten Jocić aka Joca Amsterdam, a suspected crime boss, for the murder of Croatian journalist Ivo Pukanić. Niko Franjić, employed with Pukanić’s weekly Nacional, also died in the bomb blast in Zagreb a year ago.
No extradition for Pukanić case suspect
October 14th, 2009 |
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The Serbian Supreme Court (VSS) has rejected the Croatian Justice Ministry’s extradition request for Željko Milovanović, the court announced on Tuesday. Milanović is suspected of killing weekIy Nacional owner Ivo Pukanić.
Custody extended for suspect in Pukanić case
August 28th, 2009 |
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The special sector of the Serbian Supreme Court has extended the custody period for another two months for Milenko Kuzmanović, suspected of murder.
“Custody will be extended because if the suspect were to be freed, he could potentially influence Bojan Gudarić, who is on the run in Croatia and is suspected of being one of the direct murderers of Ivo Pukanić and Nikola Franić,†the statement from the court reads.
“Mafia sending threats to Tadić”
July 28th, 2009 |
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Montenegrin businessman Ratko Knežević said that the so-called Tobacco Mafia is threatening Serbian President Boris Tadić. He said that the threats come after the arrest of those suspected of murdering Ivo Pukanić.
Former ally slams Äukanović as “cartel boss”
July 21st, 2009 |
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A former adviser to Montenegrin PM Milo Äukanović says that the so-called Tobacco Cartel is to blame for the murder of Ivo Pukanić. The Croatian journalist and publisher was assassinated last fall in Zagreb. Now Ratko Knežević told Podgorica’s Vijesti daily what he claims he knows about cigarette smuggling operations, secret channels, bank accounts and persons involved.