Zeljko raznatovic biography
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| Zeljko Raznatovic: Known around the world as Arkan |
By Balkans correspondent Paul Wood
Juvenile delinquent, bank robber, agent of the secret police, businessman, paramilitary leader, politician, gangland boss.
Zeljko raznatovic biography
The career of Zeljko Raznatovic - alias Arkan - has encompassed all the above, his rise and fall a mirror of the last 20 years in Yugoslav society itself.
Raznatovic was born in Slovenia in 1950, the son of a senior Yugoslav air force officer.
In his early teens he turned to petty crime, snatching purses in Belgrade's Kalemegdan park, and his despairing father apparently turned to contacts in Yugoslav state security, asking them to sort his son out.
International crime
But his son's life of crime continued, with convictions for bank robbery in Belgium, Holland and Germany, and arrest warrants in Sweden and Italy.
| Killing was a patriotic duty and profitable career |