Greece: two criminals from the Balkans found murdered

Two criminals actively wanted by the justice system from Serbia and Montenegro were found murdered on the Greek island of Corfu, media reported this Friday, July 24, bringing the number of recent similar murders in Greece to three. The two men, with false papers, were found in a car in front of the house they had rented on the tourist island of Corfu, according to the Greek news agency ANA.

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They had multiple gunshot wounds, according to an ANA forensic scientist. They are two notorious criminals wanted for murder in their countries of origin, Serbia and Montenegro, according to the Greek daily Kathimerini. Last January, two men were shot dead in front of their wives and children while dining in a restaurant on the outskirts of Athens.

The police then told AFP that the two victims were wanted by the Montenegrin authorities as " dangerous and violent " individuals under an international arrest warrant. According to Serbian tabloid Blic, they belonged to the Skaljarci clan, based in Kotor, on the Adriatic coast, which has waged a merciless war against neighboring rival clan Kavcani since the disappearance of 200 kilos of cocaine in 2014 in Valencia, Spain.

The settling of scores between the two rival gangs began in 2015 and left some 40 dead in Montenegro, Serbia and Austria, according to Blic Online.