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A "bombshell" fell on Thursday morning, October 23, in the world of sports.
Euroleague Basketball referee (the equivalent of the Champions League in football), 39-year-old Uros Nikolic, was arrested.
Uros Nikolic, a referee in Europe's biggest basketball competition, the ABA League, was arrested after local police found 250,000 euros in his apartment, the origin of which is being investigated. The news was reported by Serbian state television, RTS, and Blic on Thursday morning.
Blic added that Nikolic is suspected of participating in a criminal organization, which was dismantled in recent hours by Serbian authorities. In addition to Nikolic, Serbian police arrested nine other people in connection with the case, while suspicions also fall in the field of gambling or sports betting.
The judge was also found to have luxury items, such as expensive watches and a car.
Vračarci criminal organization
According to Serbian media, the criminal organization in question is the infamous "Vračarci", led by Nikola Vušović (imprisoned in Germany) and Uroš Piperski (imprisoned in Portugal), who have committed a series of serious crimes.
Criminal proceedings are underway against them at the Special Chamber of the Supreme Court in Belgrade for crimes related to a criminal organization. According to the case file, the organization is suspected of:
He committed the crime of aggravated murder against V..P on December 1, 2018 and in 2020, he committed three attempted aggravated murders against NA in 2020 and, on three occasions in 2020 and 2021, he caused general danger.
At the same time, members of a connected organized group are accused of committing aggravated murder against the person with the initials KV, on June 18, 2020, who died from the wounds received on July 12, 2020.
The case remains ongoing in the Serbian justice system, with authorities examining the full trail of actions of those involved during the period in question.
Nikolic in the Euroleague
The Serb was a referee at the Final Four in Abu Dhabi, while this season he has refereed, among others, the match between Panathinaikos and Bayern Munich and Olympiacos and Real Madrid in Madrid.
According to Serbian media, members of the criminal organization, whose organizers are in prison, are being investigated for serious criminal offenses. The arrested are accused, among other things, of two murders and three attempted murders.
Time and again, there have been reactions from teams about an unfair trial, but authorities have not yet explained whether his arrest is related to betting or to collaboration in serious crimes.
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