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Interior Ministry to Examine Granting of Citizenship to Alleged Mobster
Wednesday 17 February 2010 Zoom in | Print page
Holic, February 17 (TASR) - The Interior Ministry will look into the 2005 application for Slovak citizenship that was filed by cocaine-smuggling suspect Darko Saric from Serbia, Interior Minister Robert Kalinak said following a Government session in Holic (Trnava region) on Wednesday.
Saric, who was granted Slovak citizenship in 2006, is suspected of having smuggled 2.7 tonnes of cocaine from Latin America. According to the February 16 edition of Belgrade-based daily Blic, Serbia's Interior Ministry has turned to the Slovak ministry asking for an explanation as to on what basis Saric was granted Slovak citizenship. The tabloid labelled Saric as a drug mobster who was included in Interpol's list of wanted persons on January 22, 2010.
According to Kalinak (who was not the minister at the time), if the information included in Saric's citizenship application turns out to be correct, there will be no other remedy than to accept the situation, said the minister. On the other hand, if the information turns out to be false in any way the granting of the citizenship would be void, said the minister. He added that he has no evidence in his hands as yet, however.
Blic also wrote that an investigation spanning several months revealed that Saric, who is currently on the run, has his own cocaine plantations in Latin America. Police action resulted in the seizure of more than two tonnes of cocaine in Uruguay in October 2009.
Serbian and Montenegrin police differ in Saric's current whereabouts. According to Serbian police, Saric is currently in Monte Negro, while Montenegrin police says he is an unnamed European country.
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