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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: June 29, 2024 Los Santos Government Announces Contract Opportunity for Sanitation Services LOS SANTOS, SA — The City of Los Santos is pleased to announce the release of a new contract for municipal sanitation routes as part of its waste disposal program, authorized in Directive No. 2-2024-06 - Municipal Sanitation Program. This initiative is designed to support the efficiency, health, and environmental protection of our city's waste management system through partnerships between the government and private enterprises. The contract is now open for proposals, and private companies are invited to apply. The application deadline is tentatively set for July 7, 2024. Interested parties can find additional information on the specifics of the contract and the application process at https://forum.lsgov.us/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=1436. Key Points of the Municipal Waste Contracting Program: Ensure the community’s health and safety. Protect the environment. Promote community development and well-being. For more details or questions on the responsibilities, objectives, and timeline for the contract, please visit the LSGOV website or contact the Office of the City Treasurer, Jerry Roux. ###

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Serbian Transnational Criminal Organizations The Serbians? Some say they are back on track, while others say they are long gone. Transnational organized crime is coordinated across national borders, involving groups or markets of individuals working in more than one country to plan and execute illegal business ventures. In order to achieve their goals, these criminal groups use systematic violence and corruption. Common transnational organized crime activities include conveying drugs, weapons, trafficking for sex, toxic waste disposal, materials theft, and poaching. Serbian TCOs are politically and financially motivated groups that are responsible for causing significant financial harm to the United States each year. Unlike traditional organized crime groups, they tend to operate around ethnic associations and friendship ties. They also appear to be more agile, organic, and project-based. Serbian TCOs are adept at adopting new technological methods to enhance their illicit activities, thus increasing their ability to expand their criminal market base through cyber-enabled fraud. These groups engage in a myriad of illegal ventures including passport fraud, access device fraud, identity theft, healthcare fraud, real estate fraud, insurance fraud, money laundering, drug trafficking, human smuggling, prostitution, and extortion. Organized crime in the Balkans has its roots in the traditional clan structures. In these largely rural countries, people organized into clans with large familial ties for protection and mutual collaboration. Starting in the 15th century, clan relationships operated under the kanun, or code, which values loyalty and besa, or secrecy. Each clan established itself in specific territories and controlled all activities in that territory. The protection of activities and interests often lead to violence between the clans. The elements inherent in the structure of the clans provided the perfect backbone for what is considered modern-day Balkan organized crime. Many years of communist rule led to black market activities in the Balkans, but the impact of these activities was limited to the region. When communism collapsed in the late 1980s and early 1990s, it led to the expansion of Balkan organized crime activities. Criminal markets once closed to Balkan groups suddenly opened, and this led to the creation of an international network. Within the Balkans, organized crime groups infiltrated the new democratic institutions, further expanding their profit opportunities. Balkan criminal organizations have been active in the U.S. since the mid-1980s. At first, these organizations were involved in low-level crimes, including bank robberies, ATM burglaries, and home invasions. Later, ethnic Albanians and Serbians affiliated themselves with the established LCN families in New York, acting as low-level participants. As their communities and presence have become more established, they have expanded to lead and control their own organizations, spreading across multiple states. There is no single Balkan “Mafia” structured hierarchically like the traditional La Cosa Nostra (LCN). Rather, Balkan organized crime groups transcended their clan-like structure to the United States. They are not clearly defined or organized and are instead grouped around a central leader or leaders. Organized crime figures maintain ties back to the Balkan region and have established close-knit communities in many cities across the nation.

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