Ivo Pukanic was the publisher of the leading weekly Nacional, known for its investigations into corruption and organised crime (EPA/STR)War Declared On Mafia As Car Bomb Kills Journalist Ivo Pukanic -- Times Online
Croatia declared a war on organised crime last night after one of the country’s most prominent newspaper publishers was killed by a car bomb in the capital, Zagreb.
Ivo Pukanic, 47, the publisher of the leading weekly Nacional, known for its investigations into corruption and organised crime, was killed after an explosive device was detonated beneath his new Lexus car outside the magazine’s offices. Niko Franic, 38, the marketing manager, was also killed in the blast.
“The criminal underworld has confronted the country with an unprecedented challenge,” said Stjepan Mesic, the Croatian President, summoning an emergency meeting of the National Security Council.
“This is the moment when our society must stand as one because the question we are facing is: us, the rule of law, or them, the criminals, the terrorists and the mafia,” he added.
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My Comment: Crime is the number one problem in all former Eastern European Communist states.