Dušan Spasojević

Dušan Spasojević (Serbian Cyrillic: Душан Спасојевић; 10 July 1968 – 27 March 2003), known by the nicknames Duća and Šiptar^[1][2] (a derogatory term for Albanians)^[3] was the head of one of the largest Serbian criminal groups on record, the Zemun Clan.

Dušan Spasojević
Душан Спасојевић
Born	(1968-07-10)10 July 1968 Retkocer, Medveđa, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Died	27 March 2003(2003-03-27) (aged 34) Belgrade, Serbia, Serbia and Montenegro
Nationality	Serbian
Occupation	Criminal
Spouse	Tatjana Spasojević
Children	2 (Jovana legitimate)
Relatives	Milovan Spasojević Stanka Spasojević

The peak of Zemun Clan's influence occurred from 2000 until 2003 when a country-wide manhunt, named Operation Sabre, was initiated after the assassination of Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Đinđić, leading to more than 11,000 people associated with organized criminal groups being detained.^[4][5]

Serbian police surrounded Spasojević and his accomplice, Mile Luković. After a shootout between the two sides, Spasojević and Luković were killed by police, according to the official version, in front of their hiding place by a sniper^[6] in the village of Meljak near Belgrade on 27 March 2003.^[7][8]