Josip Perković

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Josip Perković (2014)

Josip Perković pronunciation ? / i alias Tomo Novaković (born May 17, 1945 in Ličko Novo Selo, Našice municipality ) is a former employee of the Yugoslav secret police Uprava državne bezbednosti (UDB) and the successor organization Služba državne bezbednosti (SDB). After the collapse of Yugoslavia , he worked for various Croatian secret services . Audio file / audio sample

Until his arrest on January 1, 2014 in Zagreb , he was one of the most wanted persons of the German Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) in connection with the murder of Croatian exile and dissident Stjepan Đureković . In August 2016, the Croatian citizen was sentenced to life imprisonment in Germany for murder .

Career

Perković worked until 1990 as head of the Croatian branch of the Yugoslav secret police SDS, which mainly dealt with Croatian emigration and dissidents abroad. According to the BKA, he is said to have instigated a Croat in 1977 to murder two Croatians living in Germany. In particular, he was wanted in connection with the murder of Stjepan Đureković on July 28, 1983 with an international arrest warrant .

In the early 1990s, Perković was responsible for setting up the secret service network in Croatia , which was becoming independent . The formation of the secret services of the Croatian Ministry of Defense and Interior go back to him. He was the head of the Croatian Military Intelligence Service and held various other functions in these areas. In recent years Perković has worked as an advisor to the domestic intelligence service and as a lecturer at the military college. His son Saša was the security coordinator of the former Croatian President Stipe Mesić and a member of the National Security Council of the former President Ivo Josipović .

In the course of Croatia's accession negotiations with the European Union and the expected accession of Croatia to the EU , Perković and the question of his extradition to Germany became a political issue. In 2013, three days before Croatia 's accession to the EU , the Croatian Parliament passed a special law prohibiting extradition of persons for crimes committed before August 7, 2002. The European Commission then announced sanctions against Croatia. Croatia changed the law again under pressure from the EU. When the law on the extradition of alleged criminals came into force on January 1, 2014, Perković was arrested by Croatian authorities in Zagreb on the same day. He was released two days later but was not allowed to leave the country. On January 24, 2014, Perković was extradited to Germany . At the beginning of August 2016 he was sentenced to life imprisonment by the Munich Higher Regional Court .

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  1. ↑ www.bka.de ( Memento of the original from September 23, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. BKA (current manhunt). Accessed January 26, 2014. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bka.de
  2. ↑ Croatia arrests former head of the secret service FAZ.net, January 1, 2014.
  3. ↑ Ivo Josipović's official website ( memento of July 7, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), predsjednik.hr
  4. ↑ Thomas Roser: Angela Merkel annoys the newcomer. The Chancellor does not take part in the accession celebrations in Croatia. The cancellation triggers a continuing turmoil in Zagreb. In: saechsische.de. June 29, 2013, accessed April 13, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Ralf Borchard: Merkel is spoiling Croatia's EU accession celebration. Croatia has to celebrate without Merkel. In: tagesschau.de. June 27, 2013. Retrieved June 29, 2013 .
  6. ↑ EU tells Croatia to change law or face sanctions EUobserver, August 21, 2013. (English); Dominik Brodowski, Developments relevant to criminal law in the European Union - an overview , in: Zeitschrift für Internationale Strafrechtsdogmatik , vol. 8.2013, pp. 455–472, here p. 470
  7. ↑ Josip Perkovic arrested in Zagreb derStandard.at, January 1, 2014.
  8. ^ Wanted secret service general: Croatia lets Perković run again Spiegel Online, January 3, 2014.
  9. ↑ Ex-secret service agent Perković delivered to Germany derStandard.at, January 24, 2014, accessed on January 25, 2014.
  10. ↑ spiegel.de August 3, 2016: Croatian ex-agents sentenced to life imprisonment for murder
  11. ↑ http://vijesti.hrt.hr/417046/josip-perkovic-izgubio-na-hrvatskom-sudu
personal data
SURNAME Perković, Josip
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Novaković, Tomo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Croatian employee of the Yugoslav secret police UDB
DATE OF BIRTH May 17, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Ličko Novo Selo