Natalija Jovanovic is a journalist with RFE/RL's Balkan Service based in Belgrade.
Around one-third of the encrypted Telegram channels being used by Macedonian sellers to organize online sales of fake "Trump" debit cards have been deleted, two days after an RFE/RL investigation traced the digital footprints between pro-Trump Americans and a Balkan hub of fraud and disinformation.
In a city in North Macedonia notorious for its online scams, there is a new get-rich-quick scheme: Donald Trump-themed debit cards.
Residents of more than 40 cities and municipalities across Serbia are increasingly under the eye of Chinese-style surveillance technology. An RFE/RL investigation looks at what's behind the quiet expansion and the shadowy Serbian company bringing the cutting-edge tech into the country.
