The Yugoslav wars: Arkan's Legacy in Serbia | Full Documentary

They are war heroes in their own country. War criminals to the rest of the world. The men who joined up to defend the Serb nation and fought proudly in the notorious paramilitary group, Arkan’s Tigers, never accepted that they did anything wrong. What has become of these men?
Many went on to join the Serbian mafia, trafficking drugs, women and arms into Europe. In the years of sanctions after the war, the mafia offered a way of avoiding economic disaster. Other Tiger members were recruited into the state security force, where one went on to assassinate Serbian Prime Minister, Zoran Dindic. And others remained at home, reminiscing of past glories and preparing for the next time they need to defend their motherland…
We gained exclusive access to one of the most controversial militia in modern European history.
This film was first released in 2018
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➡ They are war heroes in their own country. War criminals to the rest of the world. The men who joined up to defend the Serb nation and fought proudly in the notorious paramilitary group, Arkan’s Tigers, never accepted that they did anything wrong. What has become of these men? Many went on to join the Serbian mafia, trafficking drugs, women and arms into Europe. In the years of sanctions after the war, the mafia offered a way of avoiding economic disaster. Other Tiger members were recruited into the state security force, where one went on to assassinate Serbian Prime Minister, Zoran Dindic. And others remained at home, reminiscing of past glories and preparing for the next time they need to defend their motherland…

[@jovicatrpcevski209]

They kicked ass everywhere they went, only to have Serbian politicians undermine everything they fought for.

[@XOSinclairSmytheXO]

Kind of like the Nazis in Germany from 1933-1945.

[@jovicatrpcevski209]

I'm thinking more like US 'Nam vets - that makes more sense. When it comes to nationalism, the Croats got the Serbs beat, as one of my uncles told me.

[@coolbee73]

Some of the footage has not been translated correctly!!

[@radar4536]

“The black whole of Europe” This is nonsense…

[@cinoeye]

Cheap way to get views…

[@ST3PH3NBLUND3TT0]

јеси ли ти случајно Србин? није ли први светски рат почео у србији која је у теорији била место где је почео други

[@jr5296]

How?

[@imuzdalo]

When u see a guy driving around with a sky mask in the middle of the night with a camera beside him I knew it will be very shity documentary!

[@bruhbruh3847]

REALLY WRONG TRANSLATION

[@deidradahl2802]

It is very intriguing to know, if these cartels and smugglers are as rich as they are made out to be, what is in it for them, with these exposures to journalists?

[@theimpaler5034]

They are very rich they work for the govermant mainly protecting politicians and the Serbian secret service

[@wolfflow23]

Clout!

[@theimpaler5034]

They provide protection and security for the political party’s also they get the green light doing favors for Serbian spy agency’s also at the end of the doco the ones who go to arkans grave run the whole show but nothing is ever connected to them

[@Error_-qz2zr]

the low ranking criminals and cartel soldiers arent rich they get paid peanuts the bosses are the ones rich

[@strahinjadamnjanovic3553]

​@@wolfflow23propaganda against the Serbs mostly.

[@nilsonmandela8757]

Yes ,and thank you for the video.They are exactly like the video.

[@miraladak2314]

What do you mean by "they are all like the video"?

[@josephsmith6777]

These are just gangs not mafia

[@SRB_SYNDICATE]

Sure buddy

[@jacklaurentius6130]

Okay, why are these supposed criminals telling their business to a news reporter? Especially their relationship with the government?

[@jr5296]

It happens all the time. Plenty of tv shows and youtube documentaries like this.

[@Steamerbeen]

Real journalism! MSM paid to look the other way.

[@Mrdelija]

The story is so true that they even messed up the stadiums - its partizan stadium and not Red Star. Dont believe everything...

[@macor5979]

Znaci po tebi ovo nista nije istina? Stadion je bitan? Na kraju krajeva, skokni ti do Pariza, pa da vidimo dts ces da razaznas. Elem, ne ulazim u to da li su likovi pravi ili su samo u vezi za potrebe videa, ali je zabrinjavajuce to sto so napisao. Druzee porodica ex ministra policije sa bog zna kakvom diplomom i nadenutim doktoratom trguje oruzjem... Da nisam iz Srbije mozda bih ti i poverovao... Ovako ostsje zal za time dts imamo i kako se prema njemu ponasamo i cenimo...

[@monicakieck7501]

So sad; too many lazy people in this world that don't want to put in hard work to work the land😢😢😢😢😢

[@Error_-qz2zr]

what?

[@tinamartina1801]

What land?

[@tonitanushi6952]

To plow you mean ?

[@bruhbruh3847]

Serbs did more work than americans would like to imagine we have rich history and not colonial

[@kramermedia-nq1vj]

This shit is not even translated correctly. Also the arms dealer at the beginning of the video clearly had an English accent

[@nightrider12soul]

Nobody touched a Srb minority in Croatia and they have there political party SDP in Croatia.

[@Brave2standalone]

Only half of all Croation Serbs have been expelled!

[@nightrider12soul]

@@Brave2standalone Maybe from Krajina,but from Istria where I was born and Dalmatia and Zagreb noobady was expelled. The ones that worked against Croatian government where expelled. Many left voluntarily spec the military officers,but the ones that wanted to stay and not fight against Croatia had no issue.

[@4fingers183]

Exactly, you dont mess with the Slavs

[@Brave2standalone]

Nothing happens in a vacuum - everything has its causation! Serbia became an independent country during the civil war(s) in the '90s. That civil war was instigated by the west, which have destroyed Yugoslavian economy and turning the entire country into the chaotic pile of rubble. That war and subsequent sanctions on Serbia gave rise to various mafia groups, black-marketing, weapons and drugs smuggling. It was the struggle for basic survival and everyone tried the best way they can to make a living and avoid starvation!

[@Leonie-x3n]

Is Arkan really dead?

[@nashbridges-cu6dy]

Nooo he hanging out with Tupac, Hitler and Cheguevara at some nice quiet island.

[@dejanburic4075]

😂

[@Dragan-pb2vj]

Majka SRBIJA ZIVELA HAJDUCIJA MORAO BI OVAJ LIK MNOGO DUBLJE DA ZADZE DA BI SVATIO HAJDUCIJUU❤❤❤❤❤

[@xZxOxVx]

Horribly incorrect subtitles

[@xx5386]

Thank you for this documentary

[@GoodFella-xw8yx]

Typical Western BS documentary!

[@pierceblackburrow2140]

What is a typical western documentary? The Western documentary has correct investigative journalism at it's core, a Serbian documentary at it's core has the state of Serbia reviewing the material before it airs! Fascist state!

[@shkodrannaqe2536]

Don’t touch guns without gloves 🚨🚨🚨🚨

[@Joseluz1969]

Impressive documentary. The very interesting topic of Serbian mafias explained in parallel to the history of the dissolution of Yugoslavia. Sometimes you forget that you are watching a mafia documentary because it dives so deeply into the events surrounding the 1990s civil war and its political aftermath.

[@bezzenick]

Its was not a civil war serbia and croata trups attacked Bosnia!!!

[@coolbee73]

@@bezzenick Someone had to be the victim to give reason and justify americas and british actions..

[@bezzenick]

@@coolbee73 they dont need noone to justify their actions, we see in Gaza

[@strahinjadamnjanovic3553]

​@@bezzenickno they didn't it was a civil war, there was no mobilisation in Serbia nothing, Bosnians wanted a muslim state, Serbs and Croats didn't agree.

[@nullv01d]

@@strahinjadamnjanovic3553 why do you need to mobilize when you have hooligans ready to kill on command :)

[@MrWesWeston]

why are you stealing notre mondes vid?

[@sanethehappypill]

Every docu on this channel is stolen

[@Error_-qz2zr]

@@sanethehappypill you dont understand that all these channels buy the rights to post the docs do you? not one of them are the orginal creators they just publishers who bought the rights its so hard to get that

[@illlaw5523]

this channel got the most fire documentaries.

[@C_AVATAR]

Nico Bellic?

[@DinaraDivision]

😂😂

[@nedimvehabovic5419]

But if you listen to vučić you’d think Serbia is paradise. “Crime? What crime? That doesn’t exist here” lol

[@josephsmith6777]

That first hoodie was dope

[@12NFLtitles]

My Slavic brothers.

[@UnrealTournamentSERB]

beware of organized gangstalking!!!

[@eduardstadtler3708]

Organized crime is today done in most governments.

[@SamoSloga]

Srbija ce ziveti večno dok su joj deca verna.

[@Bero2000]

Pusigaaaaa vecno

[@Bulletguy07]

Quite depressing really as Serbia is a great country to travel in and the people are very friendly and welcoming.

[@strahinjadamnjanovic3553]

Not really, they don't touch civilians, you probable can't even see them ever.

[@tinamartina1801]

😮not eeally

[@srpskivitez3]

@@tinamartina1801what “not really” ???

[@tinamartina1801]

@@srpskivitez3 it is not.

[@srpskivitez3]

@@tinamartina1801so you say Serbia is bad to travel to? Did you ever travel to Serbia even?

[@mairepcod4063]

Thanks,

[@Mongieboy]

3:46 Mr Boom Boom, find a better name sir. U sound like Barney Rubble's kid.

[@adamjuckniewitz727]

Done at the ai reading of incestuous ties to the state. So theyre related to the state AND sleeping with the states mutual sister, aunt, gramma?

[@borislavcecez422]

50% of talking in this documentary is not translated correctly and is translated wrong Somebody trying to make Serbian people look bad . That’s not nice

[@pierceblackburrow2140]

Watched the whole thing, interpretation was correct, some few missing words here and there but that didn't have any effect on the overall context!

[@cinoeye]

Also grobari translated as bone hunters😂

[@juan5914]

IF 80% is not accurate is still a shame..but is not about Serbian people, is about of part of politics and society

[@SamoSloga]

Western propaganda. Travel to Serbia and experience beat times of your lives

[@pierceblackburrow2140]

@@SamoSloga But the thing is that this IS NOT western propaganda but reality!

[@righthand7965]

When Serbia Had God & balls

[@Mrmallet777]

This was only 6 years ago

[@Thetruth66399]

But you need the government to work with the worst people so that theres a balance. Things are wayyyyy more peaceful over there for average people that are not in government or crime..

[@SebastianFarsan]

Croatia is europe now! 😂

[@yuriyonyskiv3628]

All similar to Russian . With this kind of attitude no further development , this is the road into third world countries status!!! No wander there is no progress!!!!

[@balija346]

Serbia lost its mafia bcs access to Eu lol only mafia that trive is bosnian mafia,bosnians have strongest mafia and we are 100years behinde Eu

[@user-qv1qd8bj9z]

Debra Grady I am alive

[@laurabustinza9526]

Do you need help

[@wolfflow23]

! Did you see a nightmare and woke up and start typing 😂

[@panthers_3]

Serbian people is nice and peacefully I am Greek and I do not support the stereotype from West about Serbia.

[@wildandbarefoot]

Worst episode of facejacker ever😅

[@MarkoConteTV]

I grew up there at those times and everyone respected Arkan

[@elMyaaa]

Nothing new in Serbia,it is even worse at West and USA just more covered in shroud of mystery.

[@markospapasifakis4210]

Serbia or Albania is the black hole?? Serbia did not foment this conflict and Albanian weapons flooded the market at least 10 years before the Balkan events.

[@123stevooooooooo]

Welcome to France the bigest hole in EU

[@StalloneSRB]

Typical western propaganda

[@raymondjelich185]

Arkan died just as he lived - evidence that there is justice in this world, however crude it may be. From the time that Serbia won its independence from the Ottoman Empire in the 1870’s the Serbs have always thought that they have the right to dominate and subjugate the other southern Slavic ethnic groups - whether they be Croats, Bosniaks, Slovenes, Macedonians, or Montenegrins. And if they have to use gangsters like Arkan in order to do that they are okay with that. There are even some Serbs today who would love to reconquer Bosnia, Croatia, Slovenia, Macedonia, and Montenegro. May their plans fail miserably.

[@najjaciBRE]

Serbs won independence for all those so called nations you outlined too. Serbs are also autochthonous people of all those territories too. I don’t agree with crime but I agree even less with some bullshit revisionist cnn type history.

[@Error_-qz2zr]

the funny thing is they all basically the same people especially the Croats same language same dna yet they think they are different devide and conquer

[@inevitablecraftslab]

No one really cares, as long as Serbia stays out of the EU lol

[@jovicajokanovic6290]

​@@inevitablecraftslab you would not belive it, but we (Serbian people) dont even want to go in the EU...

[@Om999-]

It is only ignorance to think bad about any nation. I mean you can think bad about Serbs, I don't mind. I know that there is no bad nation and all are similar to each other. Haters are the same everywhere

[@greenworld0208]

Thank you „Java discover“. Very informational.

[@enionvuka3876]

drug dealer for a TV show 😂

[@SierraDirtfishing]

Such weak reporting, you been Serbinized bro, fake documentary.

[@lukedavies9281]

absolute load of rubbish, a arms dealer letting himself be filmed. anti serbian documentary because they are a christian country.

[@mikomilicevic6162]

Nema bolji ljubi od Srba ❤

[@BudFox575]

Tolles Lied mein Freund

[@charlestonchanming9251]

Serbia people are nice people. Mywife is Serbian . Love you Vera 😘😘😘😘😘

[@dragojevdic994]

We're nice until shitty politicians or enemy countries piss us off 😂

[@SteveRadich1928]

@@dragojevdic994 shhhhh tractorboy ! 🚜🚜🚜

[@dragojevdic994]

@SteveRadich1928 yeh ok.. you know because there wasn't plenty of weapons going around in the 90's during all the wars 🙄

[@SteveRadich1928]

@@dragojevdic994 I know first hand what was there , who was there and the atrocities committed. The first weapon i had was a 12 gauge CZ, it was my only weapon for more than 3 months.

[@dragojevdic994]

@SteveRadich1928 oh yeh the atrocities huh? What were they and where were you? Do you know how many innocent Serbs were driven out of there homes and Muslims and Croats would destroy Serb towns and then lie with pictures and say that it's their towns being destroyed.

[@darjanr.7091]

Clean your backyard..Serbia is peacefull country,safe.Not killings,not mass shootings,you can leave your kid outside nobody going to touch her or him,you can drink coffe on gas station,nobody masacre you..Clean your backyard,you are full of problems.

[@muhameddafic8646]

Nobody said the county wasn’t safe.

[@WolfSerbian]

You forget most important things involved USA🇺🇸To understand small things in the world🌎you need to start looking big from top to down Yugoslavia was one country but it was communist and in the nineties NATO west “democracy”win Cold War and destroyed communist country like Soviet Union(Russia) and Jugoslavija from inside and split them in small pieces and after step by step put them in NATO under full control,in Jugoslavija they support leaders who was against Yugoslavija and called them self democratic(national fanatics)Tito was holding in prison Tudjman,Izetbegovic and other nationalist who was trying to destroy Yugoslavia many of them run away and sabotage Yugoslavia from outside like attacking Yugoslavia embassy staff example:check attack on Rolovic in Sweden,same guy who killed Rolovic after come on Tudjman side and fight against JNA army who tried to keep Yugoslavia strong and in one piece.Constitution of Jugoslavija was made to stay strong and together example:if Bosnia want to be independent and go from Yugoslavia must all 3 nation (muslim1,9 milion, orthodox 1,36 milion and Catholic 0,76 milion)who living in Bosnia to say yes on that but orthodox want to stay in Yugoslavia and rules is than no independent but Muslim continue with support from USA embassyIt is easy to see on example when Izetbegovic agree to stop the war and after meeting with USA ambassador Zimmermann day after he take decision back and continue war,in Bosnia it was war also between Croatio and Muslims and also war between two group of Muslims…You have also old video before war how west news📰talking about Kosovo will be problem for Yugoslavia during Tito time all that is proof that Milosevic is not monster how they present him in west he just was stupid guy who play bad chess♟against stronger player USA.Albanian terorist who attack on police and Serbs and try to take Kosovo from Serbia they get full support from USA in weapon,trening army in Albania and send to Kosovo,Air support bombing Serbian positions,media propaganda,after Albanian take Kosovo and Milosevic get removed from power,Albanian try to do same things in Macedonia🇲🇰they start war but USA no intres in that and stop🇦🇱

[@laurabustinza9526]

I grew up with serbs here in the USA but they are mostly hard working and veey honorable ppl. But that was way back in the day. Too see this is hard breaking.

[@beltigussin81]

Do you believe that these people are what most Serbs are like? What a strange thing to say. There are good and bad people in every people group.

[@Error_-qz2zr]

@@beltigussin81 yeah now every serb have become a part of the mafia just like every italian or albanian lmao

[@theodorsebastian4272]

​@@beltigussin81I have a Serb tell me that Arkan family are like the Kardashian of Serbia If the youth of Serbia look up to them like a celebrities how can you say that most Serb are not like this?

[@coolbee73]

This is french propaganda...first steps to create a negative image and rally support against srbs.

[@Om999-]

​@@theodorsebastian4272Arkan is Albanian from Kosovo.

[@MsSoulProvider]

translation and Intel pure catastrophy!

[@RedzoDemirovic]

Svaka cast❤Ovom novinaru.Sto je ovo Uzbek.Spasicu jeboti Arkan mater a ti njemu

[@josephvincent4629]

I live in Oklahoma of I want a new rifle or pistol I just go down the street to my local gin shop and buy it. Thank God I live in the USA 🇺🇸 and Oklahoma

[@4SomethingMore444]

Serbian Zastava arms AK's, check it out. You have it in stores

[@maddjole]

BS

[@ancymoon638]

Haha fake

[@pavlestanimirovic]

No need for names ever !

[@thelizardking1886]

A bunch of psychopaths…

[@vendetta4640]

War criminals...

[@borislavcecez422]

Somebody really trying to make Serbian people look bad with this movie nothing it’s true about this movie

[@muhameddafic8646]

What’s not true?

[@FerryBouman1]

Video is nonsense, very bad actors.

[@ZeleneBeretke1977]

Serbia will never join EU

[@milosjokic3110]

With gay Olympics in Paris i think your country is a black whole ,Gay black whole.

[@pisimonian7403]

Serbian people is peaceful. As a Armenian I do not support the stereotype from West.

[@BenSna-vo4wd]

You american😂😂😂

[@FrankStarks-ck1qt]

Yeah I’m American too and never cared for Serbia or Slavs but why would you call an entire nation the black hole of Europe to start your program?? Ridiculous

[@BenSna-vo4wd]

@FrankStarks-ck1qt u ain't American man. Your emigrants you live in USA. Max your born there to emigrants parents 99% from eastern Europe.

[@l.b.9567]

Like the man who killed Archduke Ferdinand and his wife

[@jimparsons9454]

Yup, very peaceful people. I would call them saints even. They are without sin😂.

[@greekscenarist]

I felt more safe in Serbia Belgrade then in Los Angeles. Just saying.

[@BerettaAPX]

Right…American cities are 3rd world countries. Western media is delusional

[@ljm9666]

Black hole of europe ???? Thats not true black hole can only be Albania

[@ledritahiraj8829]

Arkan killed a lot Albanians in the 1990 and was the Albanians who killed arkan in the middle of Beograd.

[@balija346]

⚜️⚜️⚜️

[@shogunbj]

True face of Serbia.

[@coolbee73]

Yes....if you are a half educated, small city graduate from a council estate in Birmingham..

[@shogunbj]

@coolbee73 so criminals are not superstars, and fotball hooligans don't use meat grinders?

[@srpskivitez3]

True face of your mum

[@shogunbj]

@@srpskivitez3 kmeči viteže

[@srpskivitez3]

@@shogunbjaj neću dalje… Al to sto pričaš srpski a gore seres na engleskom to je zabrinjavajuće

[@ferryspottingystadtrellebo980]

❤🇷🇸😍❤️

[@jovicatrpcevski209]

Maybe next should be a video on HOS - the Croatian counterpart of the Serbian Volunteer Guard, a.k.a., Arkan's Tigers.

[@shogunbj]

You can't compare agressors with true patriots. HOS was patriotic defence force, while Arkans tigers were mostly criminals.

[@jovicatrpcevski209]

@@shogunbj Thanks for sharing.

[@Keilee-kk9py]

​@@shogunbj😂😂''Your side is only bad but ours are good"according to you ...History is written by winners

[@mikevarga6742]

@@shogunbjlmao. Naxi

[@shogunbj]

@@Keilee-kk9py so who won anyway?

[@zelkocosic3311]

Serbia has a history of over 800 years and this program goes back 30 years to uncover the true Serbian history.

[@eacamo2986]

Why not!? Wars and thuggery are most prevalent in Serbia's in revent history.

[@republikasrpska1951]

800 years??thats what the west ist teaching you!our history is before bc

[@coolbee73]

7533 and counting.. and that does not include the starting point..

[@gj5166]

What history 800 years ! It is trying tonsteal histroy from Albania and the Croatia,Croats are als olirians just get slavic

[@BalkanBoy86RS]

​@@eacamo2986please tell me what country you're from. Serbian constitution was the first to abolish slavery. Serbia always fought on the side of the allies. Where are you from, sir?

[@BokiYT_CODM]

ONLY PROPAGANDA!!! ZIVELA SRBIJA ☦️🇷🇸

[@SteveRadich1928]

Truth hurts!

[@vlastimirdjuzastoiljkovic]

Of course, various Wahhabis do not like Arkan, wonder why 😂😆

[@SD-rs4zg]

Serbia a state with 7~8 million animals under a flag 🇷🇸.

[@righthand7965]

You mispelled Albania

[@RedzoDemirovic]

Napravijo

[@rotehand2003]

Serbia=Russian children from ww2😂

[@asimkehonjic7989]

Legija haha u pravu si

[@asimkehonjic7989]

Mafije su napravili rat

[@righthand7965]

Clinton Albanian Mafia lol

[@nikolaboskovic5793]

Rubbish

[@wolf1597]

Serbia fighting ☪️ancer since 1389

[@charliezobel511]

So true, Serbia started the war on terror before, long before 9/11.

[@dejantodorovic6542]

The is a old doku 20 years Ako Serbia is now Swiss of Balkan (go and see).

[@Skar379]

Србија🟥🟦⬜️

[@SamoSloga]

I love❤❤ Serbia.

[@dragojevdic994]

🇷🇸💀☠️💪

[@GDM41]

Slava Arkanovim Tigrovima 🙌💪

[@vladandokic]

Arkan was not a war criminal. And the fact you wrote "the rest of the world consider him a war criminal" has absolutely no valor since: Is not the rest of the world who consider him like that but the onces who were in fact in war with serbia, that means the whole NATO.

[@Benkodrinker]

Kako nije bio? Radio za BIU kao i svaki ozbiljan krimos u 90te,bio je mozda jedini lik koji se ponosio i hvalio da radi za iste.😂 BIA dozvolila i oduzela.

[@righthand7965]

Hero Arkan

[@yourguilty4465]

7th poorest County in Europe 😅😅😅

[@nashbridges-cu6dy]

Poor how? 99% of serbs are married and have a kids.. who told you they are poor?

[@muhameddafic8646]

@@nashbridges-cu6dyjust leave Belgrade and see for yourself.

[@nashbridges-cu6dy]

@@muhameddafic8646 I am leaving in Chicago.. much more divorced and sad people then in Belgrade 😥 very poor folks americans. Thanks God I am married and have 2 kids.

[@redbear9111]

SRBIA STRONG..😂😂😂

[@BijeliMusliman]

500 years

[@SasaBlazevic]

VELKOM TU BOSNIJAAAAA