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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. In June 2010 he was sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment for the

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of Goran Marjanović in July 1995, and since 2013 he is serving his sentence in 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

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of Croatian journalist

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, for 60 million dinars (approximately €500,000). His trial in that case has already cost the state 11 million dinars in legal fees.

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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