Fast Life, Flashy End For Belgrade Mobster; Gangs Rise to Prominence in Serbia

The Washington Post | November 21, 1992| | Copyright

Aleksander "Knele" Knezevic drove a red Porsche, wore Air Jordan sneakers and carried two pistols. He lived his last month in the fanciest hotel in Serbia.

A parade of young women delivered themselves to Knezevic's room at the Belgrade Hyatt. For he was a nice-looking, well-groomed gangster, just 21 years old, tall, with rippling muscles and lots of money.

After he was found dead in his hotel room late last month with two bullets in his head, three in his chest and $3,200 worth of German marks in his pants, his associates organized a funeral befitting a national hero.

Insisting that ...

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