On Monday, three members of the Belanoca criminal group were given long prison sentences for several crimes.
For the act of criminal association related to the 2023 murder of Orhan Bajrami (a.k.a. Oki), leader of the rival Dukjandjik/Grchec drug gang, and the murder on Nikola Karev Boulevard, in which 29-year-old Amar Ismani, a young singer and blogger, lost his life, one of them received 20 years in prison, and another received 11 years for criminal association. The third defendant was sentenced to four years for the crime of extortion.
The trial is still ongoing for the leader of Belanoca, Fatlum Ajeti (a.k.a. Tote), as well as for other members of his gang, who are accused of at least eight murders, criminal association, extortion, threats, and setting facilities and cars on fire.