Despite widely documented diversion of weapons to the battlefields of Syria and Yemen, Balkan exporters continue to reap profits from the lucrative trade.
The fourth issue of BalkanThemes focuses on the challenges organizations and individuals face in dealing with human trafficking cases in the former Yugoslavia and beyond.
In Syria, enforced disappearance is being employed as a deliberate strategy to terrorize families and communities and to spread a fear capable of crippling resistance and silencing dissent.
Milić believes “the whole of the Balkans shares one common trait – negativity.” The habit of complaining about everything: the talk of illness and injustice that comes along with a lack of money. However, it is that dreary ambiance that inspired Milić’s idea to show what others before him had not – the potential of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Around the globe, there are millions of reported cases of people who are missing or have disappeared. This first issue of BalkanThemes explores how governments and organizations are addressing this problem in the countries of the former Yugoslavia.