In the show "Novo Jutro" on October 28, broadcast on RTV Pink in Serbia, the claim was made that "3000 Albanian spies will give 100 euros to young people in Belgrade cafes to vote against Vučić."
This claim was made by Miroslav Bjegović, a professor of security sciences and specialist in terrorism and organized crime, who said that ""dirty money is being prepared from the territory of Kosovo, with which young voters will be paid 100 euros each", and that "an influx of 3000 spies is expected who will bribe young people and convince them to overthrow the government and Aleksandar Vučić"?!
But, according to the verification and fact-checking of these media publications, it turns out that the claims made by the Serbian professor are not based on facts.
Link to the "Novo Jutro" show on October 28 (min, 25):
https://youtu.be/xd3vp0gnYJU?si=4WV91j9CxlDIBQwJ&t=1533
As part of the show "Novo Jutro", a discussion was held about the espionage operation against Vučić for the December 17 elections, with guests Dragan J. Vučićević, editor-in-chief of the daily "Informer", Saša Milovanović, director of Srpski Telegraf, and Miroslav Bjegović, professor of security sciences and specialist in terrorism and organized crime.
During the show, Bjegović claimed that new voters in Serbia will be paid 100 euros each from dirty money that will enter from Kosovo, specifically in the hiring of 3000 spies.
What did Miroslav Bjegović say in Pink?
"It is expected and there is already evidence that a lot of dirty money will enter and serve to destroy the existing system in certain countries that do not correspond to some interests of the Western power. On the one hand, that dirty money will be a large part from Kosovo and M. that will be placed by the Albanian drug mafia to achieve their goals. Here, this is the dirty money with which they will try to lobby and even subsidize voters. First of all, these are those who did not participate in the elections. It is known that the younger generations do not come out to vote, maybe that political part does not interest them. An influx of 3000 is expected, I will call them spies, who will enter that area and their task will be to lobby the young people in places of public gatherings – cafes, restaurants… To lobby them, to tell them these things, and even to pay them. They will tell them how the existing government is not good, how to overthrow the main man, how it does not work for Serbian interests, how it is not for Europe.. "
Despite Bjegović making the above claim, he does not provide any credible facts or sources on which to base it.
Analyze:
No credible facts or sources are provided for the claim that 3000 Albanian spies will give 100 euros to young people in Belgrade cafes to vote against Vučić.
Based on its work methodology, hibrid.info considers this claim to be a "conspiracy theory".
Rating:
"Conspiracy theories" are media reports that disseminate a false or unverifiable description of a phenomenon, event, or person, presenting it as part of or the result of a secret plan ("conspiracy"). A characteristic of these reports is that they present a series of claims, presented as facts, between which cause-effect relationships are established, without providing any credible evidence.