Tag: extortion
Macedonia 14.09.24 | 17:52

Two men from Aracinovo arrested for extortion

Two men from the village of Aracinovo near Skopje were detained yesterday for trying to extort 50,000 EUR from a man. After the arrest, the two claimed that the victim owes them the money. Aracinovo is notorious as center of organized crime in the region.
Macedonia 01.09.23 | 23:43

Extortionists attacked a furniture company owner over a disputed public contract

Two brothers from Skopje are charged with extortion carried out against a woman from Vizbegovo. The two attackers, in their 20-ies, were pressuring the owner of a company who won appealing the outcome of a public contract to supply schools with furniture. According to the charges, a week ago the two...
Macedonia 23.12.21 | 21:24

Man from Skopje arrested for blackmailing a girl with her nude photos

A 24 year old man from Skopje was arrested today as he was trying to extort 3,000 EUR from a girl using the threat that he will release her nude photographs. The man was blackmailing the 22 year old girl for a while, and she turned to the police, while pretending to go along with the blackmail. Today,...
Macedonia 11.12.20 | 20:02

ANB agent caught extorting money from a businessman

An agent of the ANB security agency and an accomplice are being charged with extorting money from a company in Skopje. The two presented electronic data to the owner of the company that he is under an investigation by Interpol, for alleged abuses in providing visas to Kosovan citizens and selling Covid-19...
Macedonia 21.06.20 | 11:19

VMRO accuses ELEM director Kovacevski of racketeering

VMRO-DPMNE spokesman Dimitar Arsovski accused the head of the state owned ELEM energy company Vasko Kovacevski of extorting 250.000 EUR from a company that was working on a contract with ELEM’s main power plant – REK Bitola. Earlier this week Interior Minister Nake Culev confirmed that the...
Macedonia 19.07.19 | 14:59

Vecer asks: Did Boki 13 fund the SDSM election campaign in Karpos?

Vecer.mk raised allegations that Bojan Jovanovski – Boki 13 was secretly funding the 2017 election campaign his friend, current Karpos Mayor Stefan Bogoev. Bogoev, who is an up and coming star in SDSM politics and Boki 13 are inseparable, at least judging by the many pictures they would post together...

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