Stevan Dojčinović

Stevan Dojčinović is an investigative reporter based in Belgrade, working for the Centre for Investigative Journalism in Serbia (CINS) and the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP).

He specialises in investigating links between organised crime and privatisation deals, and connections between Balkan tycoons, organised crime, private security agencies and the gambling industry.

Dojčinović also investigated the so-called Balkan route of the international cocaine smuggling and corruption in the football clubs. His stories have been published and quoted in various media all over Balkans.

He also teaches journalists how to collect and analyse business data. He won the 2011 NUNS award for investigative reporting and was a finalist for the 2010 Daniel Pearl Awards for Outstanding International Investigative Reporting.

Dojčinović took third prize in the 2011 fellowship for his investigation into how criminals can still cash in on Serbia’s privatisation process, despite the introduction of background checks.

Belgrade is still unable to guarantee convicted criminals will not be able to buy state-owned or state-supervised firms, leading to fears sold firms could be subject to money laundering, fraudulent mortgages and illegal asset-stripping.

Dojčinović travelled to Montenegro and Poland to compare the privatisation systems in those countries to policy in Serbia.

Fellowship Article

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Serbian Privatisation: Criminals Still Cash In

Eleven years after embracing capitalism, Belgrade has cancelled almost 30 per cent of all privatisation deals because of corruption or mismanagement. Yet the system remains open to abuse.

Diary

28 Jul 2011 / 10:59

Privatisation and Crime: How Business is Done

Stevan Dojčinović

There will always be someone ready to abuse the privatisation process in Serbia, because the system itself is easily exploited.

15 Jul 2011 / 10:44

Poland: Slow, but Crime Free Privatisation

Stevan Dojčinović

After more than 20 years of privatisation, Poland is yet to sell off all its state-owned companies. Sluggish progress perhaps, but the system appears to have successfully prevented corruption and the influence of organised crime.

01 Jul 2011 / 12:12

EU: Serbia Must Investigate Privatisation Deals

Stevan Dojčinović

Privatisation is a hot topic in Belgrade once more, as the Serbian government is forced to examine the sale of more than 20 companies following EU concerns the deals were marred by corruption.

17 Jun 2011 / 11:45

Serbia’s Idle Factories

Stevan Dojčinović

Most of Serbia’s biggest factories, once jewels of the former Yugoslavia’s state-owned industry, have been privatised. Production has ceased at many since they were sold off, and once-bustling sites are now deserted.

Topic

Topic 2011: Justice

The topic for this year’s programme is justice and fellows are investigating subjects as diverse as privatisation, organised crime, employment law, rape convictions and extradition treaties.