Darko Saric Seen in South Africa

The South African office for combating organised crime is checking with Interpol and police in Serbia and Montenegro to confirm that the man is Saric.
 
"That person is not arrested but is the object of our attention, and we will take further measures once the checks with Interpol and the authorities of Serbia and Montenegro are done," the office told the Podgorica-based newspaper Dan.
 
Saric, who is of Montenegrin origin but holds Serbian citizenship, is the alleged leader of an organised criminal group suspected of smuggling over 2.1 tons of cocaine from South America to Europe. Serbian prosecutors filed charges against Saric and his associates in April 2010 and issued a warrant for his arrest.
 
The Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project wrote on its website on January 17, citing the Daily Voice, a South African newspaper, that Saric was hiding in South Africa protected by local mafia and corrupt police.
 
He reportedly lived under a pseudonym in the province of Gauteng, which contains the cities of Pretoria and Johannesburg.
 
This would not be the first time that a Serb accused of crimes at home has hidden in South Africa.
 
On January 19, the South African Department of Home Affairs said that Serbian Dobrosav Gavric entered South Africa illegally in 2007 using a fraudulent passport with a fake identity from Bosnia and Herzegovina. Gavric is wanted by Serbia where he received a 35-year prison sentence for the murder of warlord Zeljko Raznatovic and two others. He was arrested after the Serbian government requested that he be extradited.