Smear Campaign Tries to Link Serbian Journalists to Criminal Network
Cenzolovka 12.03.2021
Pro-government media in Serbia are attempting to discredit the investigative outlet KRIK by falsely linking it to the suspected leader of a criminal network, the site’s editor-in-chief says.
KRIK, a Belgrade-based nonprofit that is part of the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), said that the smear campaign attempted to link the independent news outlet to Veljko Belivuk, the alleged leader of the Janjicari or Janissaries crime network. Belivuk was one of 17 people arrested last month on charges including murder and drug trafficking. Several pro-government media groups ran stories this week claiming that KRIK has ties to Belivuk,