At the time, his mother, Mirjana Marković, was a professor of sociology at the University of Belgrade and his father Slobodan Milošević was beginning to develop status in national politics.

[16] After dodging the military draft by being deemed "unfit" for service,[18][19] Milošević turned to his father's access to state revenue to fund a lavish lifestyle and establish a criminal network in Požarevac.

[13] Milošević is accused of involvement in smuggling numerous goods through Serbia, including cigarettes,[21][19] petroleum, stolen cars, and drugs such as cocaine, which he is purported to use.

[22][23] Milošević also took ownership of a radio station, bakery, computer store, luxury perfume shop named Scandal, and was appointed deputy chairman of a horse show in Ljubičevo.

[19][23][22][24] Other sources of revenue included currency speculation and trade between dinars and Deutsche marks,[22] and management of the construction of a $380,000 Serbian nationalist theme park called Bambipark.

[22] After fleeing Serbia, a factional conflict broke out among the Serbian mafia to seize the local power and assets previously held by Marko.

[32][22] Russia has granted Marko and his family refugee status, although he is wanted by the Serbian government for several offenses,[4] and has been issued a travel ban by the European Union.