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Sep 2020
48m 50s

Arkan's Tigers and the new Serbian Mafia

The Underworld Podcast
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Arkan started off a bankrobber and a hitman before becoming the leader of a vicious paramilitary group that committed war crimes. He grew rich off the disintegration of Yugoslavia and the wars that followed, becoming a new iteration of warlord mafioso. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 
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