Written material collected by Puparo
Early 70ties
Italy, Milan
In 1971 arrived Ljubomir Magas in Italy and went to
Milan. In 1972 started the criminal career of Rade
Caldovic and he settled in Milan. Caldovic was shot in
his stomach in Verona by Bata Glavac, Caldovic went to
prison in Rome. The criminal yugo gang in Milan was
formed by Ljubomir Magas, Rade Caldovic, Veljko
Krivokapic, Slobodan Grbovic, Milan Civija, Dule
Milanovic, Dragan Malesevic, Mile Ojdanic, Sava
Somborac, Pera Oziljak, Marinko Magda, Zeljko
Raznatovic "Arkan", Djordje Bozovic. They did holdups,
murders and burglaries in Triest, Rome and Milan.
Italy, Raznjatovic "Arkan"
10 July 1972 Italy gave out an arrestwarrant for
Raznjatovic "Arkan" for attempted thefts. 14 September
1973 Italy gave out an arrestwarrant for Raznjatovic
"Arkan" for attempted thefts.
Netherlands, Amsterdam, cafe Mostar, triple murder
case, suspect Mitric
Christmas day 1973 Slobodan Mitric "karate Bob" shot
and killed in cafe Mostar in Amsterdam 3 other
yugoslavs and gets arrested, he said they were part of
Yugoslavs secret service.
Mailand (Germany?), Raznjatovic "Arkan"
In february 1974 they hold up a restaurant in Mailand
(Germany?), Arkan escaped but his helpers Bozidar
Vulicevic "koko" and Aleksanddr Maric were arrested.
Stockholm, Sweden, Raznjatovic "Arkan"
In april 1974 there is a series of bank hold ups in
Sweden like the Enselid bank in Stockholm, Arkan and
his friends made 80000 swedish crones.
Sweden, Stockholm
In 1974 Carlo Fabiani (later Giovanni Di Stefano)
stands trial in Stockholm but then gets freed by his
armed friend the serb Zeljko Raznjatovic "Arkan", they
go on with their holdups.
Belgium, Raznjatovic "Arkan" arrested
In 1974 belgium police arrested Raznjatovic "Arkan"
for an armed robbery.
Late 70ties
Italy, Milan
7 November 1975 escaped the Calabrian Emilio Di
Giovine of the Serraino cosca from Milan's prison by
changing places with his visiting brother Francesco.
He had started his career with holdups. Di Giovine is
the 4th son of the 12 children of Maria Serraino and
Rosario Di Giovine.
Belgium, Raznjatovic "Arkan"
Belgium sentenced Raznjatovic "Arkan" to 10 years
prison on 18 december 1975.
Netherlands, Scheveningen prison
In 1976 Mitric starts to contact the CIA from prison
via Dusan Sedlar a serbian opposition leader.
Italy, Milan
In 1977 was Emilio Di Giovine wounded in an ambush by
yugoslavs in which were 2 others killed.
Italy, Milan
At the beginning of october 1978 the Montegrin
yugoslav boss Velko Krivokapic escaped in Milan from
an ambush by Magas men from whose gang he had split.
Austria, Wien, murdercase Krivokapic, suspect Caldovic
Velko Krivokapic goes then 27 october 1978 to a peace
meeting in cafe Zur Hauptpost in Wien with Ljubomir
Magas from whose gang he had split. Magas and an other
yugoslav grab him and Rade Caldovic beats his skull in
with a heavy winebottle.
Belgium, Raznjatovic "Arkan"
But after about 3 years Raznjatovic "Arkan" escaped 4
july 1979 from prison and went to the Netherlands.
Netherlands, Ansterdam
24 October 1979 three yugoslavs holdup a jeweller
store in Amsterdam and police arrest them: Raznjatovic
"Arkan", Carlo Fabiani (later Giovanni Di Stefano)
and Slobodan Kostovski. Several days before they had
also held up a eweller in The Hague and they were
sought in several countries for bank and jeweller
holdups.
Netherlands, Ede and Nieuwegein
At the end of the 70ties a group of about 150 yugoslav
gypsies get assylum in the Netherlands and they mainly
settled in Ede and Nieuwegein.
Italy, Milan, restaurant La Strega massacre
One night in november 1979 a murderteam stormed the
restaurant "La Strega" in Milan, they had gotten the
order from Francis Turatello to kill his enemy
Antonio Prudente. The killers were Luigi Francesco Di
Paolo (a brother in law of Dragomir Petrovic a capo in
the Marseille clan), Gaetano Mirabella (29) (an in
Milan living mafiaboss) and Giosue Gargiulo who also
killed in the restaurant 6 witnesses. In 1980 was
Giosue Gargiulo killed.
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