Tag: crime
Macedonia 28.11.23 | 10:09

More than 550 kg of marijuana were taken from a medical marijuana factory

At a factory in the Gostivar town of Chegrane that produces cannabis for medical use, three individuals ambushed a security guard. They then locked the guard up and stole 41 bags of marijuana totaling 552,85 kilograms. The theft was reported before Sunday night at midnight, according to the Interior...
Culture 08.11.23 | 09:00

Storybooks on gang crime and drag queens

The storybook designed for children aged between 3 to 6 to give them an idea of how to become a drag queen will be published in Sweden in November. The book tells the story of Liam, who „is like any other boy” and „goes to school, plays with his friends and dreams of becoming … a drag queen!”....
Macedonia 05.07.23 | 15:09

Five police officers among 20 arrested for smuggling luxurious vehicles

Upon completing procedures, the Public Prosecutor’s Office started an investigation against eight persons for criminal acts in continuity: smuggling, concealing smuggled goods and custom fraud, computer forgery, and forgery of official documents. Five of the suspects are Ministry of Interior’s...
Macedonia 30.06.23 | 19:21

Miteva: The arrest of the ex-mayor is a defocus from the Government’s crimes

The Government’s attempt to defocus the public from its own crimes is desperate and unsuccessful folklore of pressures for the constitutional amendments, that won’t happen, marija Miteva, VMRO-DPMNE spokesperson said on Friday commenting of the high level arrests carried out on Thursday night...
Macedonia 29.06.23 | 15:54

Besian Ahmeti could affect his brother’s competitors from his position in the Ministry of Economy

Besian Ahmeti, Ali Ahmeti’s other nephew, who is now appointed as the First Secretary of the Macedonian Embassy in Bruxelles, is the owner – along with his brother Drin – of the company Everest JD, from2007 until 2017. The company has a permanent concession on a mineral mine necessary...
Macedonia 24.06.23 | 14:36

Mickovski: The mafia won’t arrest itself, perhaps it is time for the Army to intervene

The mafia won’t arrest itself, the honest people are marginalized, there is no just system, the institutions are empty shells, perhaps this has matured to calling the Army to help – writes the renown journalist Ivor Mickovski on his Facebook profile. “We are actually so mired in crime...
Macedonia 23.06.23 | 14:04

VMRO-DPMNE: PM Kovachevski claims that he didn’t know of Merko’s crimes – did he know about the other crimes?

Dimitar Kovachevski is lying about not knowing of Ramiz Merko’s crimes and involvement in judicial proceedings. SDS is in coalition with DUI and bring all decisions and conduct the crimes together, the VMRO-DPMNE Friday statement reads. Merko couldn’t influence the courts, abuse the office,...
Macedonia 22.06.23 | 16:52

MIckoski: Serious indications of an enormous crime within the Ministry of Health and the Health Fund

There are serious indications of a huge crime by people connected to the Ministry of Health and the Health Fund, demanding huge percentages from the trading companies, VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski claimed on Thursday. “I have indications received from the companies connected to the Macedonian...
Macedonia 15.06.23 | 20:59

Nikolovski: Cleaning the crime and the corruption priority number one for the next VMRO-DPMNE government

Cleaning the crime and the corruption will be priority number one for the next government headed by VMRO-DPMNE, because in this one the crime reigns, and the corruption blossoms, which became the main reason why the country is degrading – VMRO-DPMNE Vice-Chair Aleksandar Nikolovski said on Thursday. Nikolovski...
Macedonia 07.03.23 | 19:32

Pavle Trajanov calls on all parties to support his proposal for a new organized crime fighting unit

DS party leader Pavle Trajanov called on the other parties in Parliament to support his draft law for rooting out organized crime. According to the former Interior Minister and police official, Macedonia is a “criminalized country and this endangers the fundamental values, the rights of the citizens...
Macedonia 21.03.22 | 09:24

“Interior Minister Spasovski is responsible for the spike in crime”

Interior Minister Oliver Spasovski is responsible for the increase in crime, with over 50 armed attacks in Skopje and 3,500 crimes across Macedonia, said the opposition VMRO-DPMNE party. He is also guilty of issuing passports to criminals from the region and the suspicious purchases of IT equipment from...
Macedonia 27.01.22 | 10:28

Ohrid: 18 year old stabbed his father

An 18 year old youth from Ohrid stabbed his father yesterday, following an argument. Local police said that there was a family dispute during which the father hit the son. The son then pulled a knife and injured his father, before the police was called.  
Macedonia 04.02.21 | 19:02

TikTok crime spree: Man arrested for impersonating a police officer and sharing the video online

Another in the series of fines and arrests for stupid petty crimes posted on TikTok was reported today. Twenty year old man from Tetovo was fined after he shared a video on TikTok of himself driving through a pay toll booth on the Skopje – Tetovo highway without paying. The man used police style...
Macedonia 15.05.20 | 17:21

Post Office tellers stole 25.000 EUR from 26 customers

Nine tellers working in the Macedonian Post Office, and their superior manager, have been charged with stealing 25.000 EUR from the accounts of 26 citizens. The money was taken using forged withdrawal slips, signed in favor of their manager in the branch in Skopje’s Cair district. The theft was...
Macedonia 30.03.20 | 12:47

Other countries take care of their own citizens, while in our country the government does not cover anything, citizens pay for their transport themselves

The government is committing a crime amid a pandemic and wants to profit from the transport of our fellow citizens from abroad to Macedonia, VMRO-DPMNE said in a press release. Our citizens who come from abroad, unlike people from other countries who take care of their own citizens, pay for their own...
Macedonia 18.10.19 | 21:12

Crime in Macedonia is worth millions, in the hands of several people and in all sectors

VMRO-DPMNE is flooded with documents and materials brought by concerned citizens who prove the corrupt activities of the government. Most of the materials have been submitted to the prosecution, but they have not responded so far, VMRO-DPMNE Vice President Aleksandar Nikoloski said on Friday. According...
Macedonia 03.10.19 | 17:18

Mickoski: Citizens approach us every day with reports of crime and corruption that originate with the Government

Citizens are approaching us with evidence of crimes every single day, VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski said during his press conference today. The opposition party helped reveal a number of significant corruption scandals regarding the ruling SDSM party in the past months, and Mickoski said that...
Macedonia 22.09.19 | 11:20

SDSM is synonym for corruption: From nepotism, through crime, the embarrassing prank to “Racket”

Zoran Zaev and SDSM are a synonym for crime and corruption. The SDSM government has not done anything for the citizens for three years, only commits crime, VMRO-DPMNE said. The nepotism epidemic was one of the first scandals to shake the public that exposed the criminogenic face of the government. Relatives...
Macedonia 07.06.19 | 17:45

Interior Minister Spasovski blames the courts for his poor results in fighting crime

Pressed on the failure to deliver on the promise to fight crime and corruption, which is one of the sticking points as Macedonia asks to be allowed to open EU accession talks, Interior Minister Oliver Spasovski blamed the courts for the poor results in his department. Spasovski spent most of his term...
Macedonia 22.05.19 | 14:30

Report points to the Albanian gangs in Skopje and the heroin trafficking originating in Veles

A report on crime in the Balkans, prepared by the Global initiative against transnational organized crime points to the main crime hotspots in Macedonia. The reports lists Albanian gangs as dominating the crime in the capital Skopje, while Veles became prominent in the European drug trade. Although Skopje’s...

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