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Number of inter-ethnic incidents in Vojvodina drops
Novi Sad,
14 March 2011
First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior Ivica Dacic said that Vojvodina last year recorded the lowest number of inter-ethnic incidents in the past seven years.
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infobiro.tv
Dacic said at the session of the Provincial Security Council that in relation to 2009, the number of such offences decreased by 26%, i.e., the number of inter-ethnic incidents decreased from 150 to 110.
The number of all types of criminal offences related to ethnicity or religion also dropped, he noted, adding that 17 applications related to national, religious and racial hatred were filed last year, 12 of which have been cleared up.
The First Deputy Prime Minister said that following the introduction of visa-free regime for travel to the EU, about 10,000 inhabitants of our country sought asylum in the EU, almost all of whom are of Roma or Albanian ethnicity.
In terms of overall crime in Vojvodina, he said that three criminal groups dealing with financial crime and ten groups selling drugs were discovered, while 22 criminal charges were pressed against 34 persons for human trafficking.
The First Deputy Prime Minister said that last year police discovered eight groups dealing with grand larceny and robbery, 86 reports were filed because of illegal migration, while eleven cases of money laundering were discovered whose total value is RSD 300 million as well as 724 cases of corruption, twice as much when compared to 2009.
The number of all types of criminal offences related to ethnicity or religion also dropped, he noted, adding that 17 applications related to national, religious and racial hatred were filed last year, 12 of which have been cleared up.
The First Deputy Prime Minister said that following the introduction of visa-free regime for travel to the EU, about 10,000 inhabitants of our country sought asylum in the EU, almost all of whom are of Roma or Albanian ethnicity.
In terms of overall crime in Vojvodina, he said that three criminal groups dealing with financial crime and ten groups selling drugs were discovered, while 22 criminal charges were pressed against 34 persons for human trafficking.
The First Deputy Prime Minister said that last year police discovered eight groups dealing with grand larceny and robbery, 86 reports were filed because of illegal migration, while eleven cases of money laundering were discovered whose total value is RSD 300 million as well as 724 cases of corruption, twice as much when compared to 2009.
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