Ivica Dačić

In the „Banana“ affair he admitted meeting Radulović, allegedly one of the heads of a drug cartel, claiming he had not been told that Radulović was part of a criminal group. He has not been charged. He said the abuse in the government garage never happened, said of the police violence in Valjevo that „the police do not attack anyone“, and after the death of a man in a Bor police station he confirmed that the officers who had questioned him were not suspended.

Affairs

• Car attacks on students and citizens at blockades: He said the driver in Ruzveltova Street had been convicted seven times and called for respect for the law on assembly
• “Ćacilend”: a pro-government supporters' camp in Pionirski Park: He stated several times that the camp in Pionirski Park was a registered gathering
• The Danka Ilić case and the police's handling of it: He said the police officers who questioned the man who died at the Bor police station had not been suspended and that there was no cover-up
• Police beat students outside the Faculty of Sport (DIF) in Novi Sad
• Dijana Hrka targeted by Informer and Vučićević: Called on the media to respect the Hrka family's privacy, alongside the finding about the photo on the phone
• Police beat students outside the Faculty of Philosophy in Novi Sad: He said the police had come at the dean's request and would stay outside the faculty for as long as the dean asked them to
• The „Jadar“ project and the persecution of locals and activists: He announced the arrest of four people in Subotica who, he said, had been preparing an attack on the constitutional order
• Kokeza's Sky messages about an attack on Nemanja Vidić: He confirmed receiving the prosecutor's letter about the Sky correspondence that had not been handed over, and said the minister must not interfere in the investigation
• Police and bikers without number plates at the Kosjerić elections: On election day, he said the police would help ensure there were no incidents and that disrupting the electoral process was prohibited
• Brutal arrest of Savo Manojlović on the Old Sava Bridge: Said the police reacted because Manojlović tried to break through the cordon on the bridge
• Marko Kričak threatened to rape a student in the Government garage: Said there had been no tying up or mistreatment in the government garage and that everything had been done in line with the law
• Attack on the Old Sava Bridge protest near Belgrade Waterfront
• SNS supporters attack citizens in Vrbas and Bačka Palanka: He called it an "attack on the state" and said those who attacked the police would be arrested; according to RFE/RL, he did not mention any measures against SNS activists
• Attacks on journalists: He rejected claims that police failed to respond to attacks on journalists near Ćacilend
• The “Palma” case: procuring of underage girls in Jagodina: He denied taking part in “secret parties” in Jagodina and said the case was politically motivated
• Police storm the Rectorate in Novi Sad: He said the police entered the Rectorate at the rector's request, in consultation with the prosecution, and checked the IDs of 142 people
• Police beat citizens at blockades in Belgrade: He said on several occasions that the police respond only when someone attacks them
• Police violence in Valjevo: Called the reading of police officers' names “a continuation of the brutal campaign against the police” and said the police had been too defensive
• Beating of Ilija Kostić in a police station
• Jet ski attack on young kayakers and the police in Pančevo: He called the claims that the suspect was being protected made-up stories and said he had requested a report
• Death of Dalibor Dragijević at the police station in Bor: Confirmed that the police officers who questioned Dragijević had not been suspended and said there was no reason for a cover-up
• The “Banana” affair: Dačić's meetings with Miša Banana: As police minister, he met drug cartel boss Radulović while the intelligence service was following him
• Srbijagas under Dušan Bajatović: He said in October 2020 that Bajatović would remain at the head of Srbijagas and that the SPS would get "one more important company"
• Phones and watches gifted to Novi Sad intervention police: He told Danas he had no information whatsoever about the gifts and told the paper to email its questions to the ministry
• Pressure on prosecutors and judges, and cases taken away: On 28 October 2026 the Organised Crime Prosecutor's Office asked him, as minister, to reconsider the decisions withholding investigators from its task forces
• The „Senjak“ case: a restaurant murder and Veselin Milić: He said he had merely removed Milić as head of the Belgrade police and that the offence Milić is charged with does not carry suspension from work
• Police violence after the Vidovdan protest: He said 77 people had been taken into custody after the protest, 38 of whom were held.
• “Sound cannon” at Belgrade protest: He confirmed that the Interior Ministry has LRAD devices bought in 2021 and that a vehicle carrying the device was near the National Assembly, but claimed they were not used