The trial of Darko Šarić and other defendants for smuggling cocaine from Latin America to Western Europe continued today in the Special Court in Belgrade behind closed doors, as Šarić faces one of the three witnesses who were collaborators in the process.
The court made the decision to exclude the public at the proposal of the prosecution for organized crime.
Before the exclusion of the public, the court allowed Šarić to question the cooperating witness, whose identity has not been disclosed, and then to confront him.
The questioning and confrontation with the witnesses cooperating with the prosecution was requested by Šarić, who claims that their allegations are fabricated and false.
Nebojša Joksović, Draško Vuković and Radan Adamović were also accused in that proceeding, who will be acquitted of punishment due to their cooperation with the prosecution.
The exclusion of the public is always practiced when cooperating witnesses testify in court, and the only exception was Dejan Milenkovic, who publicly testified in the trials for the murder of Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Đinđić and for the crimes of the "Zemun clan".
Šarić denies that he participated in cocaine smuggling and that the accusations against him were fabricated by the former government and the top police.
Apart from Šarić, who surrendered on March 18 last year after several years on the run, there are nine other defendants on the dock, while 14 are still on the run and are being tried in absentia.
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