An investigative team of the Investigative Reporting and Organized Crime program implemented by Media Centar Sarajevo Training Center questioned the results of court proceedings for attempted sale of a valuable, illegally uncovered archeological find, as well as facts based on which the court verdicts were reached, proving beyond any doubt the existence of a ring involved in illegal archeology, smuggling and trafficking in Serbia’s cultural and historic wealth. Written by: Belgrade weekly NIN journalists Dragana Perić and Nebojša Janković

As a result of illegal exploitation of quarries, logging and artificially turning woodlands into construction sites, Slavonian forests are being destroyed with impunity. Authorities, including the Croatian Government, instead of putting a stop to this, are allowing and even stimulating it. This is the most thorough story so far on the issue, with documented results of a journalist’s investigation.By Ljiljanka Mitoš-Svoboda, freelance journalist, Osijek