Brussels joins regional leaders in blasting the Serbian President’s “authoritarian nerve” as a leaked passenger manifest exposes a network of state-sponsored MMA fighters, convicted hitmen, and party enforcers sent to infiltrate the EU-Western Balkans Summit.
The European Democratic Party has issued a scathing condemnation of Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić, accusing him of staging a dangerous “nationalist theater” to sabotage regional stability. The diplomatic backlash in Brussels intensified after a leaked intelligence manifest blew the cover on the 87 Serbian nationals deported from Tivat Airport on Friday morning, June 5, 2026.
While Vučić spent his press conference attempting to minimize the incident as a harmless blunder involving “peaceful banner-holding activists,” an investigative exposé published by Vijesti revealed that the chartered Air Serbia flight was packed with notorious underworld enforcers, convicted violent offenders, and shadow operatives directly managed by the ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS).
“Montenegro is choosing Europe. Serbia deserves the same—democracy, the rule of law, and good neighborly relations,” the European Democrats stated in an official dispatch on X, describing the border infiltration as “deeply disturbing” and indicative of political desperation in Belgrade.
The Manifest of Violence: Who Was on the Plane?
According to highly classified files secured by Vijesti from sources close to the Montenegrin National Security Agency (ANB), the 87 individuals were deployed as an advance paramilitary vanguard ahead of Vučić’s arrival at the EU-Western Balkans Summit. The list reads less like a political delegation and more like a police blotter of the SNS’s domestic intimidation apparatus.
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ The Tivat Passenger Manifest: Notorious Figures Exposed │
├───────────────────────┬────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ OPERATIVE NAME │ KNOWN CRIMINAL BACKGROUND / STATE LINK │
├───────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Dalibor Stanojević │ Heavy enforcer; accused of assaulting student │
│ ("Boske") │ demonstrators with a metal cable in Belgrade. │
├───────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Jovan Kecman │ Former hooligan leader; convicted of the 2014 │
│ ("Coje") │ attempted murder of an ex-police officer. │
├───────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Stefan Kojović │ SNS-linked street operative; facing charges for│
│ │ breaking a female student’s jaw with a bat. │
├───────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Nemanja Naračić │ Linked to the Hofman-Vidović gang; on trial for│
│ │ driving a Porsche into a 2024 protest crowd. │
├───────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Aleksandar Janković │ State-backed ringleader deployed to athletic │
│ ("Aca Hari") │ arenas to violently silence anti-regime chants. │
└───────────────────────┴────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
The manifest also included former Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighter Bojan Mihajlović, bodybuilder Janko Kerekeš, kickboxer Vukašin Vakirević, and Vladan Virijević, a political defector who was rewarded with a State Secretary position in the Serbian Ministry of Agriculture.
Infiltrators as Political Tools
Montenegrin security officials confirmed that the group represents the operational core of the SNS’s shadow workforce. In Serbia, these networks are routinely deployed to secure party offices, organize aggressive counter-protests, paint nationalist graffiti, and physically suppress opposition and student movements.
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│ Anatomy of Serbia's Shadow Infiltration Network │
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│ • HOOLIGAN CORE: Convicted felons controlling stadium terraces. │
│ • STREET ENFORCERS: Armed squads used to break up peaceful protests. │
│ • INSTITUTIONAL COVER: State-funded transport, charter flights, and │
│ protection from domestic prosecution via high-level ministries. │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
The discovery that Belgrade used an official state-backed charter flight to transport dozens of men with active rap sheets into a neighboring country has deeply alarmed Western observers. European diplomats in Tivat noted that the incident completely shatters Vučić’s “subordinate blunder” defense, exposing a coordinated, state-sanctioned hybrid operation.
Tensions Boiler Over on the Eve of the Summit
With the identities of the deportees now fully public, European leaders are expected to take a significantly harder line against Belgrade during the plenary sessions.
The European Democrats emphasized that Montenegro’s sovereign right to deny entry to known security threats is a baseline requirement for EU integration. The aggressive behavior from Belgrade, analysts suggest, will likely accelerate the EU’s plans to build legal “guardrails” against Serbian interference in neighboring states while fast-tracking Montenegro’s entry into the bloc.
