| Country | SR |
| Name and Surname | Stefan Cvetkovic |
| Gender | Male |
| Date | 13/06/2018 |
| City / Location | Bela Crkva |
| Type of incident | Actual attacks on journalists |
| Source | IJAS/Cenzolovka/Javno/Insajder |
| Public prosecutor | 15.06.2018. - Cvetković was found, unhurt and is in a local police station in the northern town of Bela Crkva. 19.06.2018. – Stefan Cvetkovic, told at a news conference that three men, two of them wearing masks, took him out of his car and held him “somewhere in the town.” On the same day, local police from the Vojvodina town of Pancevo filed criminal charges against Cvetkovic for reporting a false abduction and illegal detention. For reporting missing - an official note was passed that there is no need to launch criminal proceedings. |
| Legal closure | Charges dismissed |
| Was journalist`s association informed | Yes |
| What was journalists' association reaction | 14.06.2018. - IJAS and IJAV demanded the most intensive police search for the missing journalist Cvetkovic. 15.06.2018. - IJAS and IJAV asked the state to urgently announce where Cvetkovic is and whether he has legal protection. 17.06.2018. - IJAS and IJAVV requested that the competent authorities inform public about the result of the investigation. |
On the night of June 13 -14 Stefan Cvetkovic was reported missing in the Vojvodina town of Bela Crkva. Local police confirmed that Cvetkovic’s car was found parked with the doors open and lights on. Media reported that the car engine was still running and that witnesses confirmed that Cvetkovic’s wristwatch was found with the bracelet broken next to it. His mobile phones are switched off.
