Mille Marković

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| name = Mille Marković

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| birth_name = Milentije Marković

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1961|6|11|df=y}}

| birth_place = Kragujevac, Serbia, Yugoslavia

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2014|1|23|1961|6|11|df=y}}

| death_place = Stockholm, Sweden

| nationality = Swedish

| occupation = Boxer, sex club owner

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Milentije Marković (Serbian Cyrillic: Милентије "Миле" Марковић; 11 June 1961 – 23 January 2014),{{cite news|url=http://www.expressen.se/nyheter/mille-markovic-hittad-dod--skots-i-huvudet|newspaper=Expressen|title=Mille Marković hittad död – sköts i huvudet|trans-title=Mille Marković found dead - shot in the head|first1=Johanna|last1=Cardell|first2=Henrietta|last2=Johansson|first3=Ludvig|last3=Drevfjäll|first4=Fredrik|last4=Lennander|date=23 January 2014|access-date=25 September 2015|language=sv|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924142537/http://www.expressen.se/nyheter/mille-markovic-hittad-dod--skots-i-huvudet/|archive-date=24 September 2015|url-status=live}} known as Mille Marković, was a Yugoslavian-born Swedish professional boxer, an owner of a sex club, and a convicted criminal and gangster.{{cite news|first=Martin|last=Ekelund|url=http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/article12522406.ab|title=Gangster stäms – av F-kassan|trans-title=Gangster sued - by the Social Insurance Agency|work=Aftonbladet.se|date=28 January 2011|accessdate=23 January 2014|language=sv|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202200146/http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/article12522406.ab|archive-date=2 February 2014|url-status=live}} He died from gunshot wounds to the head on 23 January 2014 in Ulvsunda, a suburb of Stockholm.

Biography

Marković, an ethnic Serb, was born in Yugoslavia. His mother was murdered when he was three years old.{{clarify|date=January 2016}} He emigrated with his father to Sweden, where he obtained citizenship in 1982.{{cite news|url=http://www.metro.se/stockholm/uppgifter-markovic-kan-ha-filmat-sin-egen-dod/EVHnax!hq74C2OdQQlc2|first=Josefin|last=Svenberg|title=Uppgifter: Marković kan ha filmat sin egen död|trans-title=Information: Marković may have filmed his own death|newspaper=Metro|date=24 January 2014|accessdate=25 January 2014|language=sv|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201025350/http://www.metro.se/stockholm/uppgifter-markovic-kan-ha-filmat-sin-egen-dod/EVHnax!hq74C2OdQQlc2/|archive-date=1 February 2014|url-status=live}} Marković was an amateur and professional boxer.[https://web.archive.org/web/20120128230125/http://www.scandinavian-boxing-rankings.dk/scandinavian-records/mile-markovic.htm Scandinavian Boxing Rankings - Mille Marković profile], scandinavian-boxing-rankings.dk; accessed 20 January 2016.{{dead link|date=November 2017}} In 1977, at age 16, he won the Swedish boxing championship title in the bantamweight division. He later turned professional, fighting in the welterweight division. He retired from professional boxing in 1989.{{cite web|url=http://nyheter24.se/nyheter/inrikes/519862-gangster-som-satte-dit-kungen-stams-av-f-kassan|title=Gangster som satte dit kungen stäms av f-kassan|trans-title=Gangster who framed the king sued by the Social Insurance Agency|publisher=Nyheter24.se|first=Aaron|last=Israelson|date=28 January 2011|accessdate=23 January 2014|language=sv|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202233608/http://nyheter24.se/nyheter/inrikes/519862-gangster-som-satte-dit-kungen-stams-av-f-kassan|archive-date=2 February 2014|url-status=live}}

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After his sporting career ended, in the mid-1990s Marković ran a Stockholm sex club called "Club Privé", before ownership was transferred to former policeman [https://web.archive.org/web/20100116113318/http://www.realtid.se/ArticlePages/201001/13/20100113160353_Realtid619/20100113160353_Realtid619.dbp.asp Ljubomir Pilipović], and eventually to ex-ice hockey player Michael Badelt. Marković was convicted of criminal charges on several occasions. In June 1995, he was convicted and sentenced to a one-year jail term for using or attempting to use extortion and inflicting serious damage.{{cite web|url=http://blog.zaramis.se/2013/05/10/mille-markovic-och-michael-badelt|publisher=Zaranis.se|first=Anders|last=Svensson|title=Mille Marković och Michael Badelt|trans-title=Mille Marković and Michael Badelt|date=10 May 2013|access-date=25 September 2015|language=sv|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160810180753/http://blog.zaramis.se/2013/05/10/mille-markovic-och-michael-badelt/|archive-date=10 August 2016|url-status=live}}

Marković had fitted a room in his club with hidden cameras and planned to lure celebrities there, film the victims having sex and consuming drugs, and use the footage for blackmail.{{cite news|url=http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/article16949209.ab|first1=Martin|last1=Ekelund|first2=Anders|last2=Johansson|title=Mille Marković gripen för anstiftan till mordförsök - Misstänks ligga bakom skottlossning mot porrklubb|trans-title=Mille Marković arrested for incitement to murder attempt - suspected of gunshots on sex club|newspaper=Aftonbladet|date=12 June 2013|accessdate=25 January 2014|language=sv|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202211650/http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/article16949209.ab|archive-date=2 February 2014|url-status=live}}

In 2008, Marković was convicted of serious tax and accounting fraud, weapons and drugs offences, and receiving stolen goods. In late 2009, he was sentenced on two counts of assault and drug offences. In 2011, he was convicted of fraudulently receiving social benefits on the pretext that he was sick and unemployed. In 2013, he was charged with inciting and planning a shooting on May 10 of that year{{cite news|first=Robert|last=Holender|url=https://www.dn.se/sthlm/mille-markovic-atalad-for-mordplan/|title=Mille Marković åtalad för mordplan|trans-title=Mille Marković charged with murder plot|newspaper=Dagens Nyheter|date=15 November 2013|access-date=23 January 2014|language=sv|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140121065917/http://www.dn.se/sthlm/mille-markovic-atalad-for-mordplan/|archive-date=21 January 2014|url-status=live}} after a long legal dispute with Michael Badelt.{{cite news|url=http://www.expressen.se/nyheter/michael-badelt-det-var-bara-en-tidsfraga|first1=Ludvig|last1=Drevfjäll|first2=Erik|last2=Carlsson|title=Michael Badelt: "Det var bara en tidsfråga"|trans-title=Michael Badelt: "It was only a matter of time"|newspaper=Expressen|date=24 January 2013|accessdate=24 January 2014|language=sv|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140124081924/http://www.expressen.se/nyheter/michael-badelt-det-var-bara-en-tidsfraga/|archive-date=24 January 2014|url-status=live}}

Marković was named as one of the alleged sources{{cite news|url=http://www.svd.se/kultur/litteratur/rykten-kallas-research-i-boken-om-markovic_6785521.svd|title=Rykten kallas research i boken om Marković|trans-title=Rumors called research in the book about Marković|newspaper=Svenska Dagbladet|date=21 January 2012|accessdate=24 January 2014|language=Swedish|url-access=subscription|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201214049/http://www.svd.se/kultur/litteratur/rykten-kallas-research-i-boken-om-markovic_6785521.svd|archive-date=1 February 2014|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/gangster-mille-markovic-who-had-pictures-of-swedish-king-carl-xvi-gustaf-in-strip-club-shot-dead-in-his-car-9084053.html|first=Charlotte|last=McDonald-Gibson|title=Gangster Mille Marković, 'who had pictures of Swedish king Carl XVI Gustaf in strip club', shot dead in his car|newspaper=The Independent|location=London, UK|date=24 January 2014|accessdate=24 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140125043842/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/gangster-mille-markovic-who-had-pictures-of-swedish-king-carl-xvi-gustaf-in-strip-club-shot-dead-in-his-car-9084053.html|archive-date=25 January 2014|url-status=live}} for Thomas Sjöberg, Deanne Rauscher and Tove Meyer's controversial biography of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, Carl XVI Gustaf – Den motvillige monarken, which was published in November 2010.{{cite news|first=Erik|last=Melin|url=http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/article18229503.ab|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140123203721/http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/article18229503.ab|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 January 2014|title=Detta är Mille Marković|trans-title=This is Mille Marković|newspaper=Aftonbladet.se|date=19 September 2013|accessdate=23 January 2014|language=sv|url-access=subscription}}

In May 2011, Marković claimed to be in possession of compromising photographs of the king visiting sex clubs in the 1980s.{{cite news|url=http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/article12638749.ab|title=SKANDAL: FESTERNA|trans-title=SCANDAL: THE PARTIES|newspaper=Aftonbladet.se|first1=Erik|last1=Wiman|first2=Andreas|last2=Victorzon|date=3 November 2010|accessdate=23 January 2014|language=sv|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202200154/http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/article12638749.ab|archive-date=2 February 2014|url-status=live}} The photograph he reproduced was later proven to be a hoax that had been manipulated electronically from earlier images.{{cite web|url=http://www.fotosidan.se/cldoc/sa-gick-manipulationen-med-kungabilden-till.htm|publisher=Fotosidan.se|title=Så manipulerades bilden på kungen|trans-title=How the image of the King was manipulated|first=Magnus|last=Fröderberg|access-date=25 September 2015|language=sv|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924014958/http://www.fotosidan.se/cldoc/sa-gick-manipulationen-med-kungabilden-till.htm|archive-date=24 September 2015|url-status=live}} In 2012, Beata Hansson and Deanne Rauscher published a biography titled Mille Markovic: the biography.

Death

On 23 January 2014, Marković was shot in the head four times and fatally wounded by two unknown assailants in Ulvsunda, a western suburb of Stockholm near his home. Swedish police found Marković alive in the driver's seat of his car, but his life could not be saved. Four months later, in May 2014, three people were arrested in connection with the murder of Marković.{{cite news|url=http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/article18897766.ab|title=De misstänks för mordet på Mille Marković|trans-title=They are suspected of the murder of Mille Marković|newspaper=Aftonbladet.se|first1=Oskar|last1=Forsberg|first2=Anders|last2=Johansson|date=16 May 2014|accessdate=21 May 2014|language=sv|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140520191122/http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/article18897766.ab|archive-date=20 May 2014|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=2054&artikel=5862227|title=Third arrest in Marković murder hunt|publisher=Sveriges Radio|work=SR International – Radio Sweden|date=14 May 2014|accessdate=21 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140727082647/http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=2054&artikel=5862227|archive-date=27 July 2014|url-status=live}} All three suspects were later released.

Professional boxing record

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{{abbr\|No.\|Number}} !Result !Record !Opponent !Type !Round, time !Date !Location !Notes
4 \|{{no2}}Loss \|1–2–1 \|style="text-align:left;"\|{{flagicon\|UK}} Michael Ayers \|{{abbr\|TKO\|Technical knockout}} \|2 (6), {{small\|1:55}} \|1989-11-15 \|style="text-align:left;"\|{{flagicon\|UK}} {{small\|Lewisham Theatre, Lewisham, London, England}} \|style="text-align:left;"\|
3 \|{{no2}}Loss \|1–1–1 \|style="text-align:left;"\|{{flagicon\|FIN}} Tom Heiskanen \|{{abbr\|MD\|Majority decision}} \|8 \|1988-09-11 \|style="text-align:left;"\|{{flagicon\|FIN}} {{small\|UKK Halli, Laukaa, Finland}} \|style="text-align:left;"\|
2 \|style="background:#abcdef;"\|Draw \|1–0–1 \|style="text-align:left;"\|{{flagicon\|FIN}} Keijo Pyykko \|{{abbr\|MD\|Majority draw}} \|6 \|1988-05-15 \|style="text-align:left;"\|{{flagicon\|FIN}} {{small\|Tampere Ice Stadium, Tampere, Finland}} \|style="text-align:left;"\|
1 \|{{yes2}}Win \|1–0 \|style="text-align:left;"\|{{flagicon\|UK}} Gary Muir \|{{abbr\|KO\|Knockout}} \|1 (6), {{small\|2:24}} \|1988-02-07 \|style="text-align:left;"\|{{flagicon\|FIN}} {{small\|UKK Halli, Laukaa, Finland}} \|style="text-align:left;"\|{{small\|Professional debut.}}

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!Result

!Record

!Opponent

!Type

!Round, time

!Date

!Location

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|{{no2}}Loss

|1–2–1

|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|UK}} Michael Ayers

|{{abbr|TKO|Technical knockout}}

|2 (6), {{small|1:55}}

|1989-11-15

|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|UK}} {{small|Lewisham Theatre, Lewisham, London, England}}

|style="text-align:left;"|

|{{no2}}Loss

|1–1–1

|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|FIN}} Tom Heiskanen

|{{abbr|MD|Majority decision}}

|1988-09-11

|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|FIN}} {{small|UKK Halli, Laukaa, Finland}}

|style="text-align:left;"|

|style="background:#abcdef;"|Draw

|1–0–1

|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|FIN}} Keijo Pyykko

|{{abbr|MD|Majority draw}}

|1988-05-15

|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|FIN}} {{small|Tampere Ice Stadium, Tampere, Finland}}

|style="text-align:left;"|

|{{yes2}}Win

|1–0

|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|UK}} Gary Muir

|{{abbr|KO|Knockout}}

|1 (6), {{small|2:24}}

|1988-02-07

|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|FIN}} {{small|UKK Halli, Laukaa, Finland}}

|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Professional debut.}}

Mille Marković

Biography

Death

Professional boxing record

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