Increase penalties in Serbia for selling and serving alcohol to minors to prevent intoxication: Monetary fines are negligible

The poisoning of 33 teenagers with alcohol, including those younger than 15, at the nightclub Siner on Valentine's Day, is shocking, but not entirely surprising given how lenient the penalties are in Serbia for selling and serving liquor to minors, while there is no ban on consuming it for that population at all, experts who advocate stricter punishment of offenders with higher fines, as well as temporary closure of premises that serve alcohol to children, say for