The Montenegrin mafia refers to various criminal organizations based in Montenegro or composed of Montenegrins, active in narcotics smuggling, tobacco smuggling, and arms trafficking. The most prominent groups are the Kavač and Škaljari clans, which are central to the Balkan cartel. They have strong alliances with Italian mafia groups like the Camorra and Sacra Corona Unita. The mafia emerged in the post-Yugoslav era and is still active.
CRIMENET has extracted 15 linkages for this organization, including 15 cooperative ties across 8 organizations and footprints in 19 countries.
both clans maintain a direct presence in South America - port cities in Brazil , border regions of Paraguay , Uruguay and Argentina
European strongholds include ... Austria
European strongholds include ... Belgium
both clans maintain a direct presence in South America - port cities in Brazil
Territory: ... South America: , Uruguay, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador
with some presence registered in Ecuador
European strongholds include ... Germany
European strongholds include ... Greece
European strongholds include ... Hungary
the Montenegrin groups have established, since the early 1990s, a strong alliance with the Camorra and the Sacra Corona Unita ... for the entry of drugs into Italy.
European strongholds include ... Netherlands
both clans maintain a direct presence in South America - port cities in Brazil , border regions of Paraguay
with some presence registered in Ecuador and Peru
Outside of the country Montenegrin gangs are active throughout Europe —notably Serbia .
European strongholds include ... Slovakia
European strongholds include southern Spain (major transit and unloading point for cocaine shipments, particularly Valencia , Balearic and Canary Islands )
European strongholds include ... Turkey
European strongholds include ... Ukraine
both clans maintain a direct presence in South America - port cities in Brazil , border regions of Paraguay , Uruguay