Radoljub Kanjevac
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Radoljub "Rade" Kanjevac (born 1971,[citation needed] in Niš, SFR Yugoslavia; died 1 July 2006, in Nis, Serbia) was a Serbian art collector, gangster and a mob boss, who survived three assassination attempts but was killed in a fourth attack.
He was raised in the neighbourhood of Komren in the northern outskirts of Niš.[citation needed] Kanjevac was arrested in 1997 and in 1999 for street fighting. He was acquitted on both occasions, having had no weapons found in his possession.[1] The police accused him of being one of the leaders of the "Kanjevac Brothers" criminal gang, involved in robbery, extortion, loan sharking, and racketeering.[2][3] The gang was known for acts of violence, ranging from bullying to extreme brutality.[3][4] Kanjevac denied these accusations,[4][5] claiming via the news media that he was actually an art collector.[citation needed]
He was a three-time defendant against charges of property crimes.[5] In 2003, in the wake of the assassination of premier Zoran Đinđić, as part of the Sablja police action (Operation Sabre, the large scale detention of everyone suspected of possible connection to organized crime), he was arrested on suspicion of burglary.[6] He was later released by the court because of lack of evidence.[5]
A few days before his death, he had come under legal scrutiny again, on suspicion of blackmail to collect a debt.[2]