The Montenegrin mafia Crnogorska mafija refers to the various criminal organizations based in Montenegro or composed of Montenegrins. There are documented organized criminals operating within Montenegro; outside of the country Montenegrin gangs are active throughout Europe -notably Serbia and Slovenia.
The gangs tend to specialize in cigarette smuggling , narcotics and arms trafficking. The Montenegrin police have just recently begun documenting and taking action against the many criminal gangs within Montenegro, discovering a vast network of powerful cartels and groups that play a central role in organized crime within the Balkans. They additionally smuggle weapons and export stolen luxury cars into Albania. His organization has been known to deal with human trafficking primarily Albanians and Kosovars being illegally smuggled into Western Europe and America.
The organization are primarily involved in smuggling, arms trafficking, protection rackets and illegal gambling. The group are organized in the horizontal manner and higher-ranked members are not necessarily coordinated by any leader. In they opened up a business firm and restaurant in Podgorica, using these locations as fronts to hide their source of income. Vjeko was recently arrested in Belgrade, wanted by Interpol and Swiss police for drug dealing.
In court he was tried for smuggling three and a half kilos of Cocaine and Money Laundering and sentenced to 20 years in prison. During the trial the police found a hidden , euros, to which Jugoslav claimed he won a million marks at a Belgrade casino. The Podgoricans are heavily affiliated with the gangs of Bar , who the Montenegrin police claim in recent times have taken over much of the Montenegrin underworld.
The Bar gangs noticeably have a higher level of organization, financial means and connections throughout Montenegro and the rest of Europe. There are two main cartels based in the city of Bar. The larger of the two main gangs in Bar, the "Bar Kartel" is allegedly led by three individuals: This gang is known in Bar for its violence and is believed to have strong connections to organized criminal groups in the Belgrade underworld as well as the surrounding ex-YU countries, Albania, Western Europe and South America.
