One of the lesser known tales of the quiet revolution in Yugoslavia which finally unseated Slobodan Milosevic was the role of a small group of Opposition supporters in the country's central bank. With admirable prescience, the activists presumed any departure by Milosevic and his allies would see a move to siphon funds out of the State to finance the standard luxury lifestyle beloved of deposed dictators worldwide.
Tipped off about attempts to tap into the Treasury and transfer funds to companies controlled by Milosevic and his cronies, these activists triggered a computer system collapse, which put a halt to the plans. And how much was the collapsing government looking to salt away . . .$22.2 million apparently is the price for relinquishing power in the Balkans these days.
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