Vlatko Filiposki

Vlatko Filiposki — whose surname appeared in some contemporary media reports as “Filipović” — was convicted in the 2017 narcotics case involving Goran Jović, Miodrag Nikolić and Zoran Simić.

Final sentence

The Serbian Supreme Court identifies him as Vlatko Filiposki and records a final sentence of four years and six months in prison for unauthorized distribution of narcotics in co-perpetration.

The court record describes a cocaine handover in which Simić transferred approximately 99 grams of cocaine to Filiposki for further unauthorized sale. This is the strongest source for both his legal name and sentence, and it overrides inconsistent spellings in press coverage.

Relationship to Group America

Media coverage at the time characterized the four-person group as connected to Group America. Because the court decision addresses the drug offense rather than historical clan membership, the archive labels that organizational connection as reported. The conviction itself is displayed as confirmed and sourced to the Supreme Court judgment.

Network context

Vlatko Filiposki is best understood through the surrounding record rather than as an isolated name. The canonical graph connects this profile with Group America. The relationship records add specific context: Documented relationship in cited records. These connections are kept separate from broader association or guilt-by-proximity: a link records the documented relationship type and does not imply that every connected person participated in the same conduct.

Record and sourcing

This profile is anchored to material from Supreme Court of Serbia, Blic. Where the record distinguishes membership, leadership, conviction, allegation or historical association, the article preserves that distinction. Dates, roles and outcomes should be read together with the linked organization and event pages, which provide the chronology that a short biographical profile cannot carry on its own.

Related archive paths

Continue through Group America. These pages provide the nearest canonical paths for following the same organization, case, event or network without relying on loose keyword similarity.

Scope

The page deliberately stays within the source record. It does not turn proximity into participation, repeat unsupported folklore as fact, or fill gaps in the chronology with inference. When stronger court, police, archival or contemporary reporting becomes available, those details can be added without changing the canonical identity of this profile or breaking its existing network links.

Documented network

Group America (organization) is recorded in the canonical graph as reported associate, reported status, 90% confidence. This label is preserved without inferring a broader association.

Status and record

The structured life-status field is living. This administrative value should change only when a reliable current source supports an update. The current-status field is sentence history.

Source record

The Master package currently attaches these sources to the profile: – Kzz 736/2021 — Supreme Court of Serbia, Tier 1. – Ko je ko u klanu Amerika? — Blic, Tier 3.

Claim-level source references remain in the structured data so later audits can trace evidence rather than relying on a generic bibliography.

Evidence and editorial boundaries

For living subjects especially, legal status and allegations require dated evidence. Future expansion should come from stronger records, court material, archives or newly processed canonical entities rather than generalized crime lore.

How this profile fits the archive

The source package currently includes Kzz 736/2021; Ko je ko u klanu Amerika?. Those records define the safe editorial boundary for this version of the page. Unknown dates and unresolved associations remain explicit because a missing fact is a research task, not permission to speculate.

Research state

This depth pass expands the page from structured evidence already present in the Master. The next meaningful improvement should be a stronger primary source, a dated event, a verified legal-status change, a prison record, or a newly processed Book, Screen or Organization entity that creates a legitimate reverse link.

Media remains a separate completion gate. A portrait should be attached only after source page, provenance and reuse status are checked. Until then, text can be complete while media remains pending.

Archive discipline

A stable canonical Person page remains useful even when some biography is unresolved. It prevents duplicate identities and gives future cases, organizations, events, books and screen works one consistent target. Depth should come from verified edges and source-backed chronology, not filler.

Evidence notes already stored

– Documented relationship in cited records.

These notes remain leads for future research and are not expanded beyond their current evidentiary wording.

Future audit trigger

Return this profile to research when a new source materially changes chronology, status or network position. Add the structured fact first and update prose second so the article and knowledge graph stay synchronized. Portrait completion remains separately gated.

Current evidence inventory

The canonical summary currently states: Convicted in the 2017 Serbian narcotics case; contemporary reporting linked the group to Group America.

Evidence sources

– Kzz 736/2021 — Supreme Court of Serbia (court judgment). – Ko je ko u klanu Amerika? — Blic (news archive).

Canonical relationships

– Group America (organization) — reported associate; reported. Documented relationship in cited records.

Editorial boundary

This evidence-first approach is especially important where the surviving public record is narrow. A precise but limited biography is better than a longer profile built from association or repetition.