The wind blew two years ago, contrary to the wishes of the referee appointed by “FIFA” to direct a football match that the Saudi and Argentine national teams will play this afternoon at the “Lusail Stadium” in Doha. Adriatico, May 2000 was visiting working in the city of Bijeljina, Bosnia, when the police arrested him on suspicion of belonging to a prostitution and drug gang.
They arrested him after raiding a gang den, where they found 9 women and 26 men, along with weapons and containers containing cocaine, according to what Al-Arabiya.net, the translator, summarized from what was quoted at the time in a report published by the Croatian newspaper “24 Sata” or “24 Hours”, in which “Slavko Vincic, assistant in 2012 to referee that year’s European Nations Cup, was aware of her name, Tiana Maksimovic, the founder and leader of the gang, and was trying to reach Croatia in a boat carrying 3 women, when the police surrounded and arrested her.
Although “24 Sata” confirmed at the end of its report that Vincic is innocent and not directly involved with the gang, and has no knowledge of his boss, according to what I learned from private sources, his presence with those who have found weapons and the cocaine in their possession caused the authorities to detain him for several days, during which video clips appeared, including the one shown above, in which he appears in a black T-shirt. He was also subjected to an intense investigation, which ended with the declaration of his complete innocence and his non-involvement in the network, which has been completely dismantled.
“I’m sorry I accepted”
After his release, Vincic defended himself, denied his connection to the drug mafia and prostitution, and explained in several media interviews that he had his own company, and was on a business trip to Bosnia, “when a businessman invited me to lunch, and I regretted that I agreed to fulfill his invitation, the police made a” push “During this, they arrested those present at the scene, including me. After I submitted my statement and the police made sure I didn’t know the gang members, I was released,” he said.
The head of the Slovenian referees’ association also appeared and defended him in terms of what was said and indicated, in which he confirmed: “Citing official and unofficial sources, there is no relationship between Slavko and the network, and that all that is that he was in the wrong place, at the wrong time and with the wrong people. “However, he became free and went home,” he said.
