Sreten Jocić ( sr-cyrl, Сретен Јоцић; born 24 October 1962), also known as Joca Amsterdam ( sr-cyr, Јоца Амстердам), is a Serbian gangster from Velika Krsna who operated in the

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. He was sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment for the

murder Murder is the unlawful killing of another human without justification (jurisprudence), justification or valid excuse (legal), excuse, especially the unlawful killing of another human with malice aforethought. ("The killing of another person wit ...

of Goran Marjanović in July 1995, and is serving his sentence in a Zabela prison in

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. In April 2016 Jocić sought damages against the state of Serbia for unlawful detainment in another murder investigation, the

death Death is the irreversible cessation of all biological functions that sustain an organism. For organisms with a brain, death can also be defined as the irreversible cessation of functioning of the whole brain, including brainstem, and brain ...

of Croatian journalist

Ivo Pukanić Ivo Pukanić (21 January 1961 – 23 October 2008) was a Croatian journalist. He was best known as editor-in-chief of the once influential Croatian political weekly ''Nacional''. In 2008, Pukanić was assassinated by members of Croatian and Serbi ...

, for 60 million

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(approximately

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500,000). His trial in that case has already cost the state 11 million dinars in legal fees.

References

External links

"Killing the Journalist or: Sreten Jocic alias Joca Amsterdam – The bloody journey of a Mafia boss across Europe"
oraclesyndicate.twoday.net; accessed 2 August 2016.
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kurir-info.rs; accessed 20 January 2016. Living people People from Smederevska Palanka Gangsters from Belgrade 1962 births {{Serbia-bio-stub