The head of the European Union mission in Serbia Vincent Degert has said that the EU countries are receiving up to one hundred tons of heroin through the Balkans. Such a situation in criminal activity could prevent the countries in the region joining the EU. “Organized crime and corruption could become an obstacle to joining the EU, if these problems are not resolved appropriately. Serbian Interior Ivica Dacic agrees with him. Speaking at the International gathering of officials from national security councils of 44 countries in Sochi, he said that Europe gets 70-80 percent of heroin from Afghanistan through the Balkans, and criminal groups in the region were involved in drug trafficking.

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