The second episode from our sojourn in Ljubljana - stories of the insurance fraid that resulted in a severed hand and Slovenian justice for Gangs from Montenegro that intrude on the Slovenian reputation for a safe environment
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It helps other detectives find our case. Now let's step into the dark side of Slovenia.
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Spending a few days in Slovenia, I've researched detective's private detectives and crime in the country.
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Slovenia has a very low crime rate, ranking them among safest countries globally,
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there has been a recent increase in some crime types such as juvenile domestic violence
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and organised crime. I've climbed up to the top of Lubljana Castle and I wanted to be able to see
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the civil court but the case I wanted to talk about was tried. However it's a day when this very thick
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fog and quite frankly I can barely even see the ground, let alone mountain peaks around.
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Can however just hear the church bells in the distance in the town of Lubilyana.
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Because Slovenia has a very low crime rate, dramatic crimes do stand out. We've previously explored
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the story of the notorious serial killer Metatrepic. The story of Sebastian Abramov is also a case that
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made headline news and was followed by everyone in the country. Sebastian Abramov was born as Sebastian
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Kalavik. In early 2019, Abramov and his girlfriend
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Haria Hadlysik committed a specific fraud. Abramov made life an accident insurance policy
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through his girlfriend with five insurance companies at the end of 2018. In January 2019 when
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insurance was valid and the first instalments paid, his girlfriend had released a cut off her left
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hand just above the wrist with a circular saw at the Abramovs home. Only days later the four suspects,
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including his girlfriend's parents filed damages claims with the five insurance companies.
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But they did not receive any money as police had already started investigating the case.
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Haria Hadlysik and her partner Sebastian Abramov attracted a lot of media attention during the trial,
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including by allegedly getting engaged. Abramov was also being tried as the suspected murderer of
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Sarah Viva, who was his girlfriend at the time of her death in 2015 in what Abramov claimed was a
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shooting accident. He was in custody throughout the trial while Hadlysik was sent into house arrest in
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May 2019 as the court found that the chance of a repeat had fenced. The Lugliana district court
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found Haria guilty of fraud and Sebastian Abramov guilty of aiding and abetting. In sentencing the court
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fully followed the prosecution's proposal as the defendant had already pleaded guilty at the
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pre-trial hearing. The prosecution accused Hadlysik of defrauding NLB of 31,000 euros and other companies
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of 7,000 euros and co-defendants Abramov of aiding and abetting the criminal act.
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Hadlysik was accused of other frauds of opening bank accounts and making fraudulent loans.
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After cutting off her hand, after severing her hand at the wrist with the saw if the police had
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not interfered as Hadlysik would have received 1.2 million euros in damages and several hundred
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thousand euros in monthly rent. Her father, Gerasherd Kalarik, who was accused of taking part in the
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scheme along with his wife, was also found guilty and got a one-year suspended sentence on two-year
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probation. Abramov's mother was found not guilty. And while this insurance fraud case was ongoing,
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Abramov was also facing the other separate, more serious charge, the murder of his former girlfriend,
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Sarah Weber. Weber died from a gunshot wound in the living room. Abramov claimed it was an accidental
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shooting but prosecutors alleged he murdered her in a devious manner and made it look like an accident.
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Evidence presented that trial-indicated Weber was shot from a distance of 80 to 210 centimeters,
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making an accidental close range discharge during cleaning highly unlikely and that she may have
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been in a defensive position. The shot tore away her jaw, destroyed part of her nose and cost her
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an eye. At a funeral, a co-worker of Weber described the funeral as unusual and recalled Abramov screaming
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and appearing as though he might jump into the grave. This new girl, Finn Hadlysik, testified
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during the trial stating that Abramov was a loving and gentle partner and that he told the shooting
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was an accident and account she believed despite others doubts. Abramov was found guilty of murder.
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The initial sentence of 27 years was later reduced to 26 years upon appeal. Factoring in his other
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conventional convictions for fraud, his final combined sentence was determined to be 29 years in prison.
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The Slovenian Supreme Court rejected his final appeal solidifying his sentence.
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Abramov was found guilty of the frauding Sarah Weber's mother, Nader Weber of more than 15,000 euros.
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And what has happened since? Haryne Hadlysik served a prison sentence for the insurance fraud case
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and has since been released. Since her release, she has become quite a star on TikTok, posting videos
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in early 2025 she shared videos from a luxurious trip to Dubai. More recently, she's taken up painting
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and shared artwork online. She is still carefully concealed to reattached hand in the public social
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media appearances which remains a key focus of public interest. New supports indicate that she
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was still visiting Abramov in prison during his separate murder trial proceedings but more recent
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articles refer to her as his former partner. And she now seems to be living in an independent life
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focused on social media and painting.
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I've walked down from lofty heights of Ljubljana Castle to Orish Nova Street,
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a residential area that's very active, cars parked and either side of the road,
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and it's flanked by apartment blocks just three or four stories high. Typical Ljubljana street lighting,
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hung on a wire suspended between the two buildings. There's a couple of RVs parked around.
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It was here that the peaceful activity of Ljubljana was disturbed by dramatic and very tragic incident
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a couple of years ago. But more of that later in our story.
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Fast forward to the present day, Ljubljana is now a modern European capital, a hub of international
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business and unfortunately international crime. In recent years the city has seen a rise in organized
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crime activity linked to powerful Balkan cartels especially the notorious Gajari and Kavatch
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clans from Montenegro. The syring streets of Ljubljana became the backdrop of scenes that fell straight
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out of a mafia movie. In December 2024 the city was shaken by a mafia style execution, a Bosnian
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national identified as Sacko Zofko, a witness in ongoing court proceedings against one of the cartels
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was shot in his car on the western edge of the city. Police special forces responded quickly
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arresting three men in Ljubljana in just six days. One was found to have an international
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rest woman's out for his capture. The incidents highlights a concerning trend. A massive trial is
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currently underway in Ljubljana with more than a dozen members of a local Kavatch crancel
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facing charges for allegedly trafficking enormous quantities of cocaine, cannabis and heroin
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across Europe. The stakes are incredibly high. The trial itself has been the target of criminal plots.
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Two men were recently arrested for allegedly plotting to murder a police informant would become
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a protective witness. These cases show a different side to the picturesque city. One where high-level
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police investigation is constantly tested by powerful, ruthless, international organizations.
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The alleged member of the criminal organization to allegedly murdered Sacko Zofko in Ljubljana
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has denied any wrongdoing. Dinomusvertic have verified to put together a very
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precisely elaborate and insidious plan for the murder of Sacko Zofko and carried it out within
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the framework of the criminal organization of which he was the leader. The manner of execution
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was very theatrical and that is loud and resonant. So said the prosecutors at his trial in the
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indictment against Mustafa Ravitch and co-defendant Yako Bergen, Roland Kretu, Osmo Kostrovich,
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Bili Sushnik and Bobon Stoshabernick. Mustafa Ravitch was believed by the prosecution to have left
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his personal mark precisely with the theatrical manner of the kidding. Even before that,
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Zofko was allegedly planning to kill him with a bomb, at least as two of his former colleagues
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from Bosnian and Herzegovina revealed during the investigation. The first one explained how the
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scooter with the explosives was supposed to be parked near Zofko's vehicle when it was in Bili Khodusa.
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The second option was to place the explosives in a bag of chips near Zofko's home. Mustafa Ravitch
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allegedly revealed a third plan, namely to kill Zofko with a rocket launcher. His former colleagues
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had already sought police help out of fear for their own safety. One said of Mustafa Ravitch that he
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was an uncompromisingly vengeful man, feared by 90% of the people who worked in his organization,
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most of them working to pay off debts that they allegedly owed him. Mustafa Ravitch had allegedly
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been looking for Zofko for at least a year before his liquidation. He had hung posters around New
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Biharna saying, "I am Sackle Zofko. I am the biggest traitor in Europe. I betrayed my best friends
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and family for money and drugs." One of the gangsters testifying who had worked for Mustafa Ravitch since
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June 2024 said in the investigation that after he was released from prison, Zofko started working
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with Mustafa Ravitch in drug dealing. He even had free entry to his home, four vehicles, and a
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monthly limit of 15,000 euros. Zofko allegedly stole drugs and money worth a total of 300,000
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euros from Mustafa Ravitch and claimed that he did not steal the drugs while Mustafa Ravitch
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applied that the scourge asked had entrusted the drugs to him and that he would be responsible for that.
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Since then, there was said to have been in a dispute where Pons Zofko sought police protection
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and among other things, we build several of Mustafa Ravitch's drug hiding places. That is when
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he came to Slovenia. In the days before the murder, according to the testimonies of witnesses in
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the investigation, Zofko told several people that he had settled the dispute with Mustafa Ravitch,
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so he stopped hiding. Just three days before the murder, he also communicated with one of the
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Slovenian criminal investigators and then confided in him that Zofko was hiding in one of the
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Lubejana apartments and that he was keeping a large quantity of weapons there, namely automatic
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rifles and pistols. He described Mr. Ravitch as a member of the Scaljar clan who, in 2020, collaborated
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with Clemen Kaderbitch in the attempted murder of Egor Manchick in Lubejana. That attempt did not
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succeed, but it links full circle back to where I now stand in Ourshnovar Street. Three years later,
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Egor Manchick, now 34, was murdered in a targeted, mafia style shooting, where I stand here in Ourshnovar
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Street. It was not the victim of a separate attempted murder, rather the fatal shooting was the
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successful assassination, often described as an execution-style killing. Manchick was ambushed and
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shot in broad daylight in front of his child with whom he'd been sitting in a vehicle. According
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to Slovenia, a media Manchick's murder was widely believed to be a continuation of the bloody
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international conflict between Montenegro and organized crime syndicates. Prior to his death,
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Manchick had a documented history of legal and criminal troubles. In 2013, he was involved in a
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firearm-related altercation in Serbia, and it was subsequently linked to the kidnapping
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of murder of Thaniel Botšik in Slovenia in 2019. Sofko, who, according to witnesses regularly
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used drugs, owed money to many people and liked to go to casinos. He warned the police that if
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Mustafa Ravitch was not arrested soon, he would definitely carry out one or two murders in Slovenia.
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He allegedly had a team of younger boys ready and recruited to do just this. Obviously,
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Sacko Sofko did not know at the time that it was he whos murder was being planned. Also,
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the murder was carried out in a truly insidious manner. Sofko lived in the belief that the dispute
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with Mustafa Ravitch had been resolved and he could therefore be completely safe here in Slovenia.
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But on the night of Friday, November 29th, 2025, three drivers who happened to be driving past
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the Sheraton-Lubjana noticed a red Audi that had crashed into a fence.
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It wasn't a traffic accident. They immediately noticed that someone had shot at the vehicle
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and also saw the murdered Sofko with a gunshot wound to the forehead.
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Mustafa Ravitch had prepared a detailed plan for Slovenia's liquidation. As Sofko left the entrance
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to the hotel casino, 31 bullets were fired at him, 26 from an AK-47 and at least five from a
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Glock short-boweled firearm. Prosecuting at Mustafa Ravitch trial had no doubt that they were part of
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his criminal organisation. It had involved his co-defendant's task in them with following Zofec
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and gave one of them his personal vehicle. The police would probably have had a harder time
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catching the six accused if they'd not discover the tracking device in a hidden part of Sofko's car
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which was accessible from the outside. Video surveillance camera footage from various buildings
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around Lubjana revealed three important locations of the group, two on Topnishka Street,
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an apartment and a garage and a third apartment at Berthaar Way. It was here that the killers
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hid after the murder. When the three locations were raided, the police not only found arms
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and weapons but also large quantities of drugs, two kilograms of malphins,
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kilograms of another substance and also very importantly biological traces of all of the accused.
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That brings us to the end of this, the second part of my dive into the dark reality
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shaken central unit living by my visit to Lubjana. For years Slovenia was wildly considered a
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tranquil postcard perfect century but as we've seen today that quiet exterior has been shattered
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by two wildly different yet equally terrifying faces of crime. On the one side you have the
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intimate psychological horror of Sebastian Abramov. His story sounds less like real life
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and more like a psychological thriller, a master manipulator who orchestrated the infamous
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cut-off hand insurance scam with his girlfriend. But Abramov's web of deceit was stained with far
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worse than fraud. Following a relentless multi-year pursuit of justice, the courts finally brought down
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the ultimate hammer, the Slovenian high court officially upheld a 26 year prison sentence
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for the cold-blooded calculated murder of his former girlfriend, Sarah Viva.
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By combining his multiple fraud convictions, he faces a total of 29 to 30 years behind bars,
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effectively ensuring that this parasitic predator will remain off the streets for decades. Yet,
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as Abramov steps into a cell, Slovenia faces a much larger systemic threat bleeding across
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its borders. The company has rapidly transformed from a peaceful crossroads into a strategic
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battle ground for highly violent international cartels. And it is not homegrown. The brutal multi-year
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war between Montenegro's notorious clans has officially arrived on Slovenian soil.
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It's no longer a distant problem. Local cells are actively operating right here.
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The shocking gang-land executions, the brazen assassination of Manchekin Lubjana prove that these
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syndicates, view slovenia's infrastructure, as prime real estate for European drug trafficking.
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Security experts warn that the public can no longer turn a blind eye to these mafia organizations.
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The massive trials, the recent cross-border arrests of cartel leaders underscore a chilling reality.
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The quiet streets of Lubjana are, though deeply entangled in a global,
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billion-dollar cocaine pipeline. Two distinct shadows over one nation, one born of
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absolute individual sociopathy, the other driven by corporate militarized cartel violence.
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Both have forever altered Slovenia's criminal landscape. However, a personal plea
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do not be put off from the stories of crime and violence in this podcast and this true crime genre.
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Slovenia is a beautiful country. The people warm Lubjana is a fantastic city for a weekend or
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but before we launch you into a true crime world where we uncover a maze of dark secrets,
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shocking fraud and ruthless criminal syndicate, peeling back the postcard perfect layers of
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It helps other detectives find our case. Now let's step into the dark side of Slovenia.
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Spending a few days in Slovenia, I've researched detective's private detectives and crime in the country.
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Slovenia has a very low crime rate, ranking them among safest countries globally,
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there has been a recent increase in some crime types such as juvenile domestic violence
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and organised crime. I've climbed up to the top of Lubljana Castle and I wanted to be able to see
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the civil court but the case I wanted to talk about was tried. However it's a day when this very thick
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fog and quite frankly I can barely even see the ground, let alone mountain peaks around.
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Can however just hear the church bells in the distance in the town of Lubilyana.
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Because Slovenia has a very low crime rate, dramatic crimes do stand out. We've previously explored
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the story of the notorious serial killer Metatrepic. The story of Sebastian Abramov is also a case that
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made headline news and was followed by everyone in the country. Sebastian Abramov was born as Sebastian
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Kalavik. In early 2019, Abramov and his girlfriend
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Haria Hadlysik committed a specific fraud. Abramov made life an accident insurance policy
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through his girlfriend with five insurance companies at the end of 2018. In January 2019 when
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insurance was valid and the first instalments paid, his girlfriend had released a cut off her left
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hand just above the wrist with a circular saw at the Abramovs home. Only days later the four suspects,
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including his girlfriend's parents filed damages claims with the five insurance companies.
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But they did not receive any money as police had already started investigating the case.
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Haria Hadlysik and her partner Sebastian Abramov attracted a lot of media attention during the trial,
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including by allegedly getting engaged. Abramov was also being tried as the suspected murderer of
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Sarah Viva, who was his girlfriend at the time of her death in 2015 in what Abramov claimed was a
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shooting accident. He was in custody throughout the trial while Hadlysik was sent into house arrest in
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May 2019 as the court found that the chance of a repeat had fenced. The Lugliana district court
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found Haria guilty of fraud and Sebastian Abramov guilty of aiding and abetting. In sentencing the court
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fully followed the prosecution's proposal as the defendant had already pleaded guilty at the
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pre-trial hearing. The prosecution accused Hadlysik of defrauding NLB of 31,000 euros and other companies
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of 7,000 euros and co-defendants Abramov of aiding and abetting the criminal act.
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Hadlysik was accused of other frauds of opening bank accounts and making fraudulent loans.
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After cutting off her hand, after severing her hand at the wrist with the saw if the police had
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not interfered as Hadlysik would have received 1.2 million euros in damages and several hundred
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thousand euros in monthly rent. Her father, Gerasherd Kalarik, who was accused of taking part in the
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scheme along with his wife, was also found guilty and got a one-year suspended sentence on two-year
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probation. Abramov's mother was found not guilty. And while this insurance fraud case was ongoing,
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Abramov was also facing the other separate, more serious charge, the murder of his former girlfriend,
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Sarah Weber. Weber died from a gunshot wound in the living room. Abramov claimed it was an accidental
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shooting but prosecutors alleged he murdered her in a devious manner and made it look like an accident.
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Evidence presented that trial-indicated Weber was shot from a distance of 80 to 210 centimeters,
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making an accidental close range discharge during cleaning highly unlikely and that she may have
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been in a defensive position. The shot tore away her jaw, destroyed part of her nose and cost her
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an eye. At a funeral, a co-worker of Weber described the funeral as unusual and recalled Abramov screaming
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and appearing as though he might jump into the grave. This new girl, Finn Hadlysik, testified
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during the trial stating that Abramov was a loving and gentle partner and that he told the shooting
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was an accident and account she believed despite others doubts. Abramov was found guilty of murder.
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The initial sentence of 27 years was later reduced to 26 years upon appeal. Factoring in his other
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conventional convictions for fraud, his final combined sentence was determined to be 29 years in prison.
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The Slovenian Supreme Court rejected his final appeal solidifying his sentence.
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Abramov was found guilty of the frauding Sarah Weber's mother, Nader Weber of more than 15,000 euros.
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And what has happened since? Haryne Hadlysik served a prison sentence for the insurance fraud case
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and has since been released. Since her release, she has become quite a star on TikTok, posting videos
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in early 2025 she shared videos from a luxurious trip to Dubai. More recently, she's taken up painting
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and shared artwork online. She is still carefully concealed to reattached hand in the public social
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media appearances which remains a key focus of public interest. New supports indicate that she
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was still visiting Abramov in prison during his separate murder trial proceedings but more recent
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articles refer to her as his former partner. And she now seems to be living in an independent life
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focused on social media and painting.
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I've walked down from lofty heights of Ljubljana Castle to Orish Nova Street,
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a residential area that's very active, cars parked and either side of the road,
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and it's flanked by apartment blocks just three or four stories high. Typical Ljubljana street lighting,
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hung on a wire suspended between the two buildings. There's a couple of RVs parked around.
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It was here that the peaceful activity of Ljubljana was disturbed by dramatic and very tragic incident
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a couple of years ago. But more of that later in our story.
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Fast forward to the present day, Ljubljana is now a modern European capital, a hub of international
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business and unfortunately international crime. In recent years the city has seen a rise in organized
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crime activity linked to powerful Balkan cartels especially the notorious Gajari and Kavatch
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clans from Montenegro. The syring streets of Ljubljana became the backdrop of scenes that fell straight
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out of a mafia movie. In December 2024 the city was shaken by a mafia style execution, a Bosnian
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national identified as Sacko Zofko, a witness in ongoing court proceedings against one of the cartels
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was shot in his car on the western edge of the city. Police special forces responded quickly
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arresting three men in Ljubljana in just six days. One was found to have an international
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rest woman's out for his capture. The incidents highlights a concerning trend. A massive trial is
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currently underway in Ljubljana with more than a dozen members of a local Kavatch crancel
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facing charges for allegedly trafficking enormous quantities of cocaine, cannabis and heroin
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across Europe. The stakes are incredibly high. The trial itself has been the target of criminal plots.
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Two men were recently arrested for allegedly plotting to murder a police informant would become
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a protective witness. These cases show a different side to the picturesque city. One where high-level
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police investigation is constantly tested by powerful, ruthless, international organizations.
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The alleged member of the criminal organization to allegedly murdered Sacko Zofko in Ljubljana
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has denied any wrongdoing. Dinomusvertic have verified to put together a very
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precisely elaborate and insidious plan for the murder of Sacko Zofko and carried it out within
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the framework of the criminal organization of which he was the leader. The manner of execution
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was very theatrical and that is loud and resonant. So said the prosecutors at his trial in the
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indictment against Mustafa Ravitch and co-defendant Yako Bergen, Roland Kretu, Osmo Kostrovich,
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Bili Sushnik and Bobon Stoshabernick. Mustafa Ravitch was believed by the prosecution to have left
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his personal mark precisely with the theatrical manner of the kidding. Even before that,
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Zofko was allegedly planning to kill him with a bomb, at least as two of his former colleagues
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from Bosnian and Herzegovina revealed during the investigation. The first one explained how the
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scooter with the explosives was supposed to be parked near Zofko's vehicle when it was in Bili Khodusa.
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The second option was to place the explosives in a bag of chips near Zofko's home. Mustafa Ravitch
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allegedly revealed a third plan, namely to kill Zofko with a rocket launcher. His former colleagues
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had already sought police help out of fear for their own safety. One said of Mustafa Ravitch that he
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was an uncompromisingly vengeful man, feared by 90% of the people who worked in his organization,
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most of them working to pay off debts that they allegedly owed him. Mustafa Ravitch had allegedly
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been looking for Zofko for at least a year before his liquidation. He had hung posters around New
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Biharna saying, "I am Sackle Zofko. I am the biggest traitor in Europe. I betrayed my best friends
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and family for money and drugs." One of the gangsters testifying who had worked for Mustafa Ravitch since
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June 2024 said in the investigation that after he was released from prison, Zofko started working
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with Mustafa Ravitch in drug dealing. He even had free entry to his home, four vehicles, and a
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monthly limit of 15,000 euros. Zofko allegedly stole drugs and money worth a total of 300,000
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euros from Mustafa Ravitch and claimed that he did not steal the drugs while Mustafa Ravitch
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applied that the scourge asked had entrusted the drugs to him and that he would be responsible for that.
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Since then, there was said to have been in a dispute where Pons Zofko sought police protection
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and among other things, we build several of Mustafa Ravitch's drug hiding places. That is when
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he came to Slovenia. In the days before the murder, according to the testimonies of witnesses in
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the investigation, Zofko told several people that he had settled the dispute with Mustafa Ravitch,
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so he stopped hiding. Just three days before the murder, he also communicated with one of the
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Slovenian criminal investigators and then confided in him that Zofko was hiding in one of the
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Lubejana apartments and that he was keeping a large quantity of weapons there, namely automatic
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rifles and pistols. He described Mr. Ravitch as a member of the Scaljar clan who, in 2020, collaborated
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with Clemen Kaderbitch in the attempted murder of Egor Manchick in Lubejana. That attempt did not
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succeed, but it links full circle back to where I now stand in Ourshnovar Street. Three years later,
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Egor Manchick, now 34, was murdered in a targeted, mafia style shooting, where I stand here in Ourshnovar
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Street. It was not the victim of a separate attempted murder, rather the fatal shooting was the
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successful assassination, often described as an execution-style killing. Manchick was ambushed and
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shot in broad daylight in front of his child with whom he'd been sitting in a vehicle. According
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to Slovenia, a media Manchick's murder was widely believed to be a continuation of the bloody
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international conflict between Montenegro and organized crime syndicates. Prior to his death,
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Manchick had a documented history of legal and criminal troubles. In 2013, he was involved in a
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firearm-related altercation in Serbia, and it was subsequently linked to the kidnapping
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of murder of Thaniel Botšik in Slovenia in 2019. Sofko, who, according to witnesses regularly
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used drugs, owed money to many people and liked to go to casinos. He warned the police that if
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Mustafa Ravitch was not arrested soon, he would definitely carry out one or two murders in Slovenia.
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He allegedly had a team of younger boys ready and recruited to do just this. Obviously,
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Sacko Sofko did not know at the time that it was he whos murder was being planned. Also,
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the murder was carried out in a truly insidious manner. Sofko lived in the belief that the dispute
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with Mustafa Ravitch had been resolved and he could therefore be completely safe here in Slovenia.
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But on the night of Friday, November 29th, 2025, three drivers who happened to be driving past
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the Sheraton-Lubjana noticed a red Audi that had crashed into a fence.
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It wasn't a traffic accident. They immediately noticed that someone had shot at the vehicle
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and also saw the murdered Sofko with a gunshot wound to the forehead.
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Mustafa Ravitch had prepared a detailed plan for Slovenia's liquidation. As Sofko left the entrance
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to the hotel casino, 31 bullets were fired at him, 26 from an AK-47 and at least five from a
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Glock short-boweled firearm. Prosecuting at Mustafa Ravitch trial had no doubt that they were part of
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his criminal organisation. It had involved his co-defendant's task in them with following Zofec
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and gave one of them his personal vehicle. The police would probably have had a harder time
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catching the six accused if they'd not discover the tracking device in a hidden part of Sofko's car
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which was accessible from the outside. Video surveillance camera footage from various buildings
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around Lubjana revealed three important locations of the group, two on Topnishka Street,
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an apartment and a garage and a third apartment at Berthaar Way. It was here that the killers
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hid after the murder. When the three locations were raided, the police not only found arms
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and weapons but also large quantities of drugs, two kilograms of malphins,
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kilograms of another substance and also very importantly biological traces of all of the accused.
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That brings us to the end of this, the second part of my dive into the dark reality
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shaken central unit living by my visit to Lubjana. For years Slovenia was wildly considered a
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tranquil postcard perfect century but as we've seen today that quiet exterior has been shattered
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by two wildly different yet equally terrifying faces of crime. On the one side you have the
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intimate psychological horror of Sebastian Abramov. His story sounds less like real life
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and more like a psychological thriller, a master manipulator who orchestrated the infamous
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cut-off hand insurance scam with his girlfriend. But Abramov's web of deceit was stained with far
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worse than fraud. Following a relentless multi-year pursuit of justice, the courts finally brought down
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the ultimate hammer, the Slovenian high court officially upheld a 26 year prison sentence
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for the cold-blooded calculated murder of his former girlfriend, Sarah Viva.
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By combining his multiple fraud convictions, he faces a total of 29 to 30 years behind bars,
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effectively ensuring that this parasitic predator will remain off the streets for decades. Yet,
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as Abramov steps into a cell, Slovenia faces a much larger systemic threat bleeding across
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its borders. The company has rapidly transformed from a peaceful crossroads into a strategic
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battle ground for highly violent international cartels. And it is not homegrown. The brutal multi-year
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war between Montenegro's notorious clans has officially arrived on Slovenian soil.
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It's no longer a distant problem. Local cells are actively operating right here.
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The shocking gang-land executions, the brazen assassination of Manchekin Lubjana prove that these
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syndicates, view slovenia's infrastructure, as prime real estate for European drug trafficking.
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Security experts warn that the public can no longer turn a blind eye to these mafia organizations.
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The massive trials, the recent cross-border arrests of cartel leaders underscore a chilling reality.
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The quiet streets of Lubjana are, though deeply entangled in a global,
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billion-dollar cocaine pipeline. Two distinct shadows over one nation, one born of
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absolute individual sociopathy, the other driven by corporate militarized cartel violence.
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Both have forever altered Slovenia's criminal landscape. However, a personal plea
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do not be put off from the stories of crime and violence in this podcast and this true crime genre.
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Slovenia is a beautiful country. The people warm Lubjana is a fantastic city for a weekend or
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