Former UN employee heading trafficking ring claims Belgrade newspaper

The Yugoslavian daily newspaper Danas is reporting an investigation into a human trafficking ring whose operations spanned Albania, Kosovo, Serbia and Croatia. The newspaper claims that the trafficking is being organised by an unnamed former UNPROFOR official, along with several Belgrade taxi drivers and allegedly Scorpion paramilitary unit members Aleksandar Medic and Miroslav Micic. The newspaper also claims that some of the victims have been trafficked from as far away as Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, with the price for each individual being $7,500. It claims that several hundred people have been trafficked in this way. It is unclear from the reports so far whether this operation is focused on the smuggling of immigrants or true human trafficking with people ending in slavery. It is certain that the main destination country is the UK.