Milosevic's millions remain unclaimed
Belgrade - Serbia's former ruler Slobodan Milosevic was worth about R78-million, but no heir has yet laid claim to his assets, it was reported today. Milosevic owned property in an elite area of Belgrade and his combined property is worth slightly over d9-million.However, none of Milosevic's inheritors have appeared to claim the riches, a court in Belgrade said, according to the daily Press.None of Milosevic's close family members reside in Serbia. His wife, Mirjana Markovic, is wanted by the Serbian judiciary in connection with an abuse of power case and is believed to be in Russia.Milosevic's son, Marko, also reputed to have accumulated great wealth during the rule of his father, is also believed to be in Russia.His daughter, Marija, lives in Montenegro.Milosevic, on trial for war crimes at the UN International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague, died in March of heart failure while in the detention unit of the court.- Sapa-DPA Published on the web by Star on August 14, 2006.
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