Flood-stricken town to get criminals' money

Justice Ministry State Secretary Slobodan Homen will on Tuesday hand over RSD 3mn (some EUR 30,000) to the municipality of Trgovište.

Izvor: Tanjug

Monday, 24.05.2010.

16:57

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Justice Ministry State Secretary Slobodan Homen will on Tuesday hand over RSD 3mn (some EUR 30,000) to the municipality of Trgoviste. The southeastern town has recently been hit by flooding and landslides, and the money will come the seized property gained through criminal activities, it has been announced in Belgrade today. Flood-stricken town to get criminals' money Homen told Tanjug that at this point about RSD 8mn in Serbia's budget has been collected through seizure of the proceeds of crime, and pointed out that the basic idea of the Law on Seizure and Confiscation of the Proceeds from Crime was that money seized from criminals “be used to help the most vulnerable”. In this way, the justice ministry official explained, the Serbian Red Cross will get RSD 3mn in aid every three months, and an additional RSD 600,000 for providing for soup kitchens, while the rest of the seized property revenue will be used in cases of emergency, such as the one in Trgoviste. Two people died, while about 300 houses were damaged in the municipality. According to preliminary assessment, the material damage amounts to about EUR 2mn.

Flood-stricken town to get criminals' money

Homen told Tanjug that at this point about RSD 8mn in Serbia's budget has been collected through seizure of the proceeds of crime, and pointed out that the basic idea of the Law on Seizure and Confiscation of the Proceeds from Crime was that money seized from criminals “be used to help the most vulnerable”.

In this way, the justice ministry official explained, the Serbian Red Cross will get RSD 3mn in aid every three months, and an additional RSD 600,000 for providing for soup kitchens, while the rest of the seized property revenue will be used in cases of emergency, such as the one in Trgovište.

Two people died, while about 300 houses were damaged in the municipality.

According to preliminary assessment, the material damage amounts to about EUR 2mn.

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