Dušan Spasojević (Serbian Cyrillic: Душан Спасојевић; 10 July 1968 – 27 March 2003), known by the nicknames Duća and Šiptar[1][2] (a derogatory term for Albanians)[3] was the head of one of the largest Serbian criminal groups on record, the Zemun Clan.

The peak of Zemun Clan's influence occurred from 2000 until 2003 when a country-wide manhunt, named Operation Sabre, was initiated after the assassination of Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Đinđić, leading to more than 11,000 people associated with organized criminal groups being detained.

[4][5] Serbian police surrounded Spasojević and his accomplice, Mile Luković.

After a shootout between the two sides, Spasojević and Luković were killed by police, according to the official version, in front of their hiding place by a sniper[6] in the village of Meljak near Belgrade on 27 March 2003.

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