Beginning with the Yugoslav wars and ending with the assassination of Prime Minister Zoran Đinđić in March 2003 , connections between the mafia and the government were obvious and corruption was rampant in most branches of the government , from border patrols to law-enforcement agencies . On 12 March 2003 , Đinđić was assassinated by a former Serbian Special Operations Unit member , Zvezdan Jovanović . " Legija " was also involved in the assassination and was sentenced to 50 years in prison
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Assassination of Zoran Đinđić
Serbian mafia