SERBIA'S GRAIN TRADE: Milosevic's hidden Cash Crop (ICG Balkans Report N° 93)
SERBIA'S GRAIN TRADE: Milosevic's hidden Cash Crop (ICG Balkans Report N° 93)

Author(s): Author Not Specified
Subject(s): International relations/trade, Security and defense, Penal Policy
Published by: ICG International Crisis Group
Keywords: international sanctions;
Summary/Abstract: In recent months the international community has taken a hard look at its use of sanctions3 against pariah states with a mind toward toughening restrictions on the regimes in question while softening their impact on the respective civilian populations, be they Iraqi, Libyan, or Serbian. In early April the European Union refined and more sharply focused its own sanctions program against the Belgrade regime, in an effort to clarify to the Serbian people that Milosevic, not the population itself, is the intended target of the international community’s punishing strategy, which will remain in place until he is out of power. The inclusion of the Serbian grain trade in this more refined application of sanctions can significantly enhance the program’s effectiveness in constricting the financial resources available to Milosevic. ICG's recommendations are directed at further strengthening this potentially powerful tool.

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