‘The most dangerous situation’: Serbian journalists accused of links to organized crime
Cenzolovka 06.07.2021 | Attila Mong
In March, when a reporter at Serbian investigative news site KRIK asked President Aleksandar Vučić at a press conference about the government’s alleged links to organized crime, governing party politicians and pro-government media outlets turned the claim back on KRIK.
Foto: N1 They accused the journalists of being part of a criminal network, which KRIK has forcefully denied, as CPJ documented. The incident was par for the course for KRIK, which stands for the Crime and Corruption Reporting Network, a non-profit organization focused on improving investigative journalism in the country. Journalists there told CPJ that in the six years since KRIK’s founding, the outlet has faced repeated similar accusations as well as lawsuits by
