Stjepan Đureković

Stjepan Đureković

Stjepan Đureković (born in Petrovaradin in 1926 - died in 1983) was a Croatian businessman who was assassinated by the Yugoslav secret police, UDBA, after emigrating from Communist Yugoslavia to West Germany.

During World War II Đureković avoided service in the Independent State of Croatia's armed forces to join the Yugoslav Partisans. [http://damp.nsk.hr/arhiva/vol1/880/8949/www.24sata.hr/dossier/view/63/index.html Dossier: Slučaj Perković ili tko su hrvatski obavještajci - 24sata ] ] After the war he rose to a position within Croatia's national oil company INA. After he fell out with the country's regime he emigrated to West Germany in 1982 where he became involved with the Croatian National Committee. He was assassinated by UDBA agents in 1983. The assassination was code-named "Operation Dunav". [ [http://www.hrt.hr/arhiv/2005/07/09/HRT0039.html In Germany, suspect in Đureković's killing was captured] ]

His remains were reburied at Zagreb's Mirogoj cemetery in 1999. [ [http://www.vjesnik.hr/Pdf/1999%5C12%5C17%5C03A3.PDF Đureković sentence by Dolanc, Planinc, Spiljak and Ljubicic?] ]

Germany put out an arrest warrant on Josip Perković for his involvement in the assassination in 2005. [ [http://www.danas.co.yu/20051028/dezurna1.html Suspected of being involved in killings of Stjepan Đureković and Ante Đapić] , Danas] Krunoslav Prates has also been put on trial on charges relating to the crime. [ [http://www.nacional.hr/articles/view/25270/ Prates's trial stopped] , Nacional] Some Serbian sources have linked his assassination to the Serbian mafia, including later Serb warlord Željko Ražnatović "Arkan". [ [http://www.tportal.hr/vijesti/svijet/fset.html tportal.hr ] ] The German court tring Prates has threatened to take action against Croatian officials who have obstructed Croatian testimony at the trial, including Croatian president Stipe Mesić. [ [http://www.index.hr/vijesti/clanak/minhenski-sudac-prijavit-ce-mesica-zbog-uplitanja-u-pratesov-sudski-proces/377067.aspx Vijesti.net - Minhenski sudac prijavit će Mesića zbog uplitanja u Pratesov sudski proces? ] ]

In 2008 Krunoslav Prates as sentenced to life in prison for his role in the murder. [ [http://www.vecernji.hr/newsroom/news/croatia/3127207/index.do Prates life imprisonment for role in Đureković killing] ]

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