Dušan Spasojević | |
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Душан Спасојевић | |
Born | |
Died | 27 March 2003 | (aged 34)
Nationality | Serbian |
Occupation | Criminal |
Spouse | Tatjana Spasojević |
Children | 2 |
Relatives | Milovan Spasojević Stanka Spasojević |
Dušan Spasojević ( Cyrillic: Душан Спасојевић; 10 July 1968 – 27 March 2003), known by the nicknames Duća and Šiptar [1] [2] (a derogatory term for Albanians) [3] was the head of one of the largest Serbian criminal groups on record, the Zemun Clan.
The peak of Zemun Clan's influence occurred from 2000 until 2003 when a country-wide manhunt, named Operation Sabre, was initiated after the assassination of Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Đinđić, leading to more than 11,000 people associated with organized criminal groups being detained. [4] [5]
Serbian police surrounded Spasojević and his accomplice, Mile Luković. After a shootout between the two sides, Spasojević and Luković were killed by police in front of their hiding place by a sniper [6] in the village of Meljak near Belgrade on 27 March 2003. [7] [8]