The trial of the leaders of the Kavaka clan in Slovenia produced new, so far unpublished information about the functioning of this criminal organization.
The witness-collaborator gave details about the method of drug distribution, the price list of transportation, but also how the Slovenian branch of the Kavački clan paid tribute to the Montenegrin one, including polygraph tests.
If it weren't for hardened criminals, the unifying capacity of the Kavaka clan might have surpassed Tito himself. Zagreb's Jutarnji List writes about the unification of Yugoslavia through criminal structures, and numerous Slovenian media also report on it.
Damijana Žist, a journalist from the Slovenian newspaper "Večer", told TV Vijesti that Slovenia was the main drug distribution center for European drug dealers.
"It follows from more than 600 pages of the indictment that the Kavčana organ had the main drug warehouse in Slovenia, in the Gorenjska region, from where couriers transported drugs to Western Europe and even Serbia," she said.
Montenegrins were the ones who established the outpost in Slovenia and put it under strict supervision, claims the Slovenian prosecution.
"According to the witness-collaborator, the liaison between the Slovenian unit and the home Montenegrin unit of the drug dealer was a person called "Leviteze", in question he is a Montenegrin citizen from Spain who supplied drugs for both countries. It also follows from the indictment that the heads of the Slovenian unit are Klemen Kadivec and Filip Vrzić had to get a permit from Montenegro for activities and transactions," stated Zist.
In addition to work permits, the Slovenian branch paid the so-called "tax" on sales to the parent, Montenegrin organization.
"The prosecution claims that the Slovenian branch paid "taxes" to the Montenegrin bosses and that through them they bought drugs in Spain. When something unforeseen happened, the leaders of the Slovenian bars had to travel to Belgrade for meetings and polygraph tests, which was also the case when money and drugs disappeared in 2019," Zist added.
After distribution problems and numerous arrests, the management of the Slovenian branch is being taken over by a Croatian citizen, says Jutarnji list journalist Dušan Miljuš.
"The main destinations in Croatia were Zagreb, Split and Rijeka, which should not be surprising considering that these are the cities with the highest supply and demand for cocaine," Miljuš said.
Miljuš states that transporting a kilogram of cocaine between Rijeka and Zagreb cost 750 euros. Slovenian couriers fared somewhat better, with a salary of 1.000 to 2.000 euros per kilogram of cocaine. All earned money was invested, synchronized.
"It is important here that they invest money in real estate in Croatia, that between three and four kilograms of marijuana and large quantities of cocaine are brought to Croatia per week, as well as that some of them had Croatian documents obtained in Karlovac," Miljuš added.
The Kavački clan is not the only criminal organization from Montenegro whose members are on trial in Slovenia. In addition to them, the Skaljars as well as Darko Šarić's group are on trial.
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