-Caveat Lector- from: http://www.telegraph.co.uk:80/et?ac=003791936528942&rtmo=LxtSbySd&atmo=rrrrrrr q&pg=/et/00/11/10/wserb10.html Click Here: <A HREF="http://www.telegraph.co.uk:80/et?ac=003791936528942&rtmo=LxtSbySd&atmo=r rrrrrrq&pg=/et/00/11/10/wserb10.html">Serbs in hunt for missing billions</A> ----- 1995 Friday 10 November 2000 Serbs in hunt for missing billions By Alex Todorovic in Belgrade SERBIA'S Democratic Opposition group has set up an anti-corruption committee to hunt for billions of pounds hidden away in foreign bank accounts by Slobodan Milosevic, his family and former associates. An adviser to the finance minister said: "We're more interested in eventually getting to the money than arresting them." The Milosevic regime ran Yugoslavia as a fiefdom, giving out lucrative monopoly contracts and import rights in exchange for loyalty and financial assistance. Top-ranking politicians doubled as directors of the country's largest companies. Mihail Kertes, the head of customs, gave impounded cars as presents to high-ranking members of the regime. Customs impounded cars regularly for tax violations, or if a driver could not immediately produce proof that his taxes had been paid. Milosevic's daughter, Marijana, transported 4,000 tons of radio equipment from Italy on a Yugoslav commercial jet free of charge so she could establish her own Belgrade radio station. Companies handed out apartments and lavish lines of credit to the Milosevic faithful, taxes were ignored, and licence fees were non-existent for party loyalists. Criminal gangs paid money to government officials for the right to import products, setting a precedent for close links between police and the underworld. A member of the anti-corruption committee said: "We all knew the Milosevic regime was among the most corrupt in the world, but what surprised us was how it trickled down to relatively innocuous positions." Dusan Batakovic, the president of the Council for Democratic Change, which is pressing for a federal anti-corruption police force to be established, said: "We believe there are two to three billion pounds out there in private bank accounts that need to be brought back to the country." The federal finance minister has contacted foreign intelligence services for help to follow the money trail. This is difficult as the Milosevic regime used diplomatic routes to transfer money. � Copyright of Telegraph Group Limited 2000. <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
