The Vienna Regional Court was a high-security zone. The tract in front of the courtroom, in which a 34-year-old was seated, was largely cordoned off. Special forces from the prison guard and those from the Office for the Protection of the Constitution stood side by side. Nobody was allowed to take photos or film.
Because the man who had to answer for aggravated robbery yesterday is the presumed leader of a Serbian-Montenegrin mafia gang that deals in narcotic drugs on a very large scale in Austria.
The allegations against the man weigh accordingly heavily: On December 28, 2019, he and six other gang members are said to have robbed 13 kilos of cocaine and 106,000 euros in cash in a garage in Vienna. And from another group of criminals.
Photographs taken of victims
The accused pretended to want to buy cocaine. A warehouse is said to have been rented specifically for this purpose and the two salespeople have been ordered there. The accused and his alleged accomplices are said to have lain in wait behind mattresses before they attacked the men with brutal force. The two vendors were knocked to the ground and kicked. One of the two was even stabbed in the back with a knife.
“I wasn’t there at all. I don’t plead guilty,” said the 34-year-old succinctly yesterday. According to the Federal Criminal Police Office, his group is known throughout Europe, possibly even worldwide, and notorious for brutal crimes against life and limb in addition to drug trafficking. The alleged leader had already served an 11-year prison sentence in Serbia for murder. The 34-year-old also commented laconically on this fact: “It’s outrageous why I had to be in prison at the time.” After that, there were no further requests to speak from his side. According to the findings of the Federal Criminal Police Office, the criminal organization comprised 200 people in Vienna alone. She is said to have found buyers in the federal capital for several 100 kilograms of narcotics.
Victims deny being victims
In February 2020, the 34-year-old advanced to the top of the Viennese offshoot. Because he assumed that he was communicating in a tap-proof, undecipherable chat, he and his gang members spoke more freely and openly than in conventional chats, the prosecutor reported. The crimes committed were apparently also regularly documented with photos, and the pictures were posted in group chats. The stabbed man, who went to a hospital and said he had been attacked by unknown perpetrators, is now in custody in Zagreb. The second alleged victim also denies being in the photos. The hearing will continue on December 9th.
Source: Nachrichten
