The trial began in Croatia this week of four men accused of carrying out an audacious and brutal murder that shocked this Balkan nation. Ivo Pukanic, owner of the weekly Nacional newspaper, was killed, along with a colleague, by a powerful bomb in October 2008.
The audacity of the murder, right in the middle of the capital Zagreb, has proven something of a wake-up call in Croatia, where the fight against criminal mafias has not always been fought with particular ardour. We looked at these issues on our journey to Croatia last month, when we reported on the presidential elections
![[QODLink]](http://english.aljazeera.net/mritems/Images/2012/2/11/2012211114212966734_16.jpg "Yusuf Raza Gilani")
