The Serbian Minsitry of Interior stated that together with members of the Tax Administration, the police made synchronised arrests in several Serbian towns and took into custody 15 members of an organised criminal group, private company directors, civil servants and owners of private petrol stations.
All detainees were taken in because there are grounds to suspect that for quite some time they imported oil derivatives from Greece, declaring them oil derivatives for production purposes, but in fact sold them to private petrol stations and in the black market.
According to estimates, the suspects thus misappropriated around €10 million from the budget. The police will continue investigating the case, concludes the statement.