Sullivan: US sanctions threaten the brother of the President of Serbia

Drew Sullivan, one of the founders of the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), told Nova.rs today that American sanctions threaten the brother of the President of Serbia, Andrej Vučić.

"We know that the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, as well as many in the Kosovo government, have numerous connections with organized crime. We know that Vučić's brother Andrej met with Zvonko Veselinović. They will probably be added to the list in the next few months or years," he said. Sullivan in an interview for Nova.rs.

Commenting on the decision of the administration in the USA to impose sanctions on businessmen from Kosovo, close to the ruling party, primarily Zvonk Veselinović, Sullivan said that he believed that the list of those sanctioned would be expanded and that it would also include people close to Aleksandar Vučić - Nikola Petrović and Andrej Vučić, writes Nova.rs.

"I assume that people like Petrović and Andrej Vučić are high on the list of those making sanctions lists," said the American journalist.

According to him, the US government identifies and sanctions those who are linked to the government and organized crime.

He assessed that Vučić is applying the policy of the President of Montenegro Milo Đukanović and Russia's Vladimir Putin, who "regularly use their connections with organized crime as a secret branch of government".

"Governments like the USA and the EU probably won't sanction Vučić. They haven't sanctioned more important figures, like Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, nor the godfather of all corrupt leaders - Vladimir Putin," Sullivan added.