But the real booty lies in Serbia proper. A minimum of 10-13 billion dollars will be required simply to restore Serbia's infrastructure to its former, inglorious self. To resuscitate the whole languishing area, a staggering 30 billion dollars is touted as the minimum bill. Rest assured that a good chunk of this generous cornucopia will end up lining the pockets of the rich and mighty. Perhaps as much as one billion dollars will end up festering in Swiss, Cypriot, South African and Israeli bank accounts.
Western governments know it, as well.
This is the REAL stability pact. Financially inebriated politicians are better motivated to maintain peace and stability, or so the thinking goes. The history of the Balkans will play a major role in determining the topography and geography of this flood of cronyism, nepotism, criminality and vice. The Balkan Peninsula is composed of states run by crime organisations and crime organisations run by states. Bulgaria and Macedonia, for instance.