Dušan Spasojević | |
Native Name: | Душан Спасојевић |
Native Name Lang: | sr |
Birth Date: | 10 July 1968 |
Birth Place: | Retkocer, Medveđa, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia |
Death Place: | Belgrade, Serbia, FR Yugoslavia |
Nationality: | Serbian |
Occupation: | Criminal |
Spouse: | Tatjana Spasojević |
Children: | 2 |
Relatives: | Milovan Spasojević Stanka Spasojević |
Dušan Spasojević (Душан Спасојевић; 10 July 1968 – 27 March 2003), known by the nicknames Duća and Šiptar[1] [2] (a derogatory term for Albanians)[3] was the head of one of the largest Serbian criminal groups on record, the Zemun Clan.
The peak of Zemun Clan's influence occurred from 2000 until 2003 when a country-wide manhunt, named Operation Sabre, was initiated after the assassination of Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Đinđić, leading to more than 11,000 people associated with organized criminal groups being detained.[4] [5]
Serbian police surrounded Spasojević and his accomplice, Mile Luković. After a shootout between the two sides, Spasojević and Luković were killed by police in front of their hiding place by a sniper[6] in the village of Meljak near Belgrade on 27 March 2003.[7] [8]