Blood Money and Black Flags: How the Chetniks Waged War with Mafia Gold and Moscow’s Blessing | By Cupo Cupovski
Blood Money and Black Flags: How the Chetniks Waged War with Mafia Gold and Moscow’s Blessing
By Cupo Cupovski
It all began with the Serbian Chetnik invasion of Vukovar in 1991 — not a civil war, not a tribal clash, but a calculated, brutal assault on a newly independent nation. While the world watched in silence, a network of war criminals, mafiosi, and state actors launched a genocidal campaign against Croatia and later Bosnia.
What followed was not chaos — it was conquest. Backed by Belgrade, funded by criminal empires, and blessed by Moscow’s Orthodox imperialism, the Chetnik forces burned their way across the region with one goal: Greater Serbia.
Meanwhile, Croatia stood alone, a nation in its infancy, resisting a war machine far larger and better equipped.
Chetniks: War Criminals with Government Paychecks
The so-called “volunteer” Chetnik units that terrorized Vukovar, Škabrnja, and countless Bosnian villages were not just random Serb peasants with old rifles. These were well-armed paramilitary death squads, many of them led by warlords and war criminals like:
- Željko “Arkan” Ražnatović – A Serbian mob boss turned mass murderer.
- Vojislav Šešelj – A radical nationalist who preached genocide in suits.
- Dragan “Captain Dragan” Vasiljković – A sadist trained in Australia, operating in occupied Krajina.
They weren’t fighting for “Serb rights.” They were fighting for Greater Serbia, and they were paid to cleanse Croatia and Bosnia of anything non-Serb — including women, children, and the elderly.
Who Paid for It All?
The Belgrade Regime
Slobodan Milošević and his criminal clique turned the Yugoslav People’s Army (JNA) into a Serb-only tool of conquest. Entire weapons stockpiles were handed over to Chetnik units. Funding came directly from the National Bank of Yugoslavia, masked through “humanitarian” budgets and secret military slush funds.
The Serbian Mafia
From Belgrade to Knin, mafia clans smuggled weapons, drugs, fuel, and even human organs. They looted Croatian homes and sold the goods across Europe. With the profits, they bought more weapons, funded more terror, and became richer than ever. War was good business — and Serbia was their playground.
Moscow’s Quiet Hand
At first, Britain and the West backed the idea of a Slavic vassal state in the Balkans — a manageable client regime. But as the Chetniks grew too erratic, too corrupt, too primitive, London lost interest. That’s when Moscow jumped in to fill the vacuum.
Russian Orthodox networks, nationalists, and even ex-GRU agents sent volunteers, propaganda, and covert aid to “their Orthodox brothers.” Chetnik flags flew in Belgrade. Russian money trickled in through fake Orthodox charities. And in the UN, Moscow protected the Serbs diplomatically — even as they slaughtered civilians in Bosnia and Croatia.
That’s why NATO had to intervene: to stop the growing Russian-Serbian Chetnik invasion that was spiraling out of control.
Croatia: The Shield of the West, the Sword of the Faith
And while Serbia burned, raped, and looted, Croatia defended.
Yes, Croatia was young. Poor. Isolated. Betrayed by the international community that embargoed it while JNA tanks shelled Croatian towns.
But it didn’t break.
Croatian soldiers — many of them just teenagers — picked up old rifles, prayed to God, and stood their ground. Volunteers came from the diaspora, from Ireland to Chile. Veterans of the Foreign Legion. Patriots and freedom fighters. Together, they formed the Croatian Army and defended Vukovar, liberated Dubrovnik, and launched the brilliant Operation Oluja — the operation that freed Croatian land and stopped a second genocide.
The Truth They Don’t Want Told
Today, they call the Chetniks “defenders.” They cry crocodile tears for those who fled Operation Oluja — while forgetting the mass graves they left behind in places like Vukovar and Srebrenica.
But the truth is simple:
- The Chetnik war machine was built with mafia money, Moscow’s nod, and genocidal ideology.
- The Croatian people were freedom fighters, resisting imperialism and defending Christian Europe.
History won’t be rewritten. We remember. We know who the criminals were — and who carried the Cross.
Za Dom Spremni.
Long live free Croatia.
Cupo Cupovski
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