Under Milosevic, Simatovic headed a unit of Serbia's state security division and became the first commander of an elite police force, the Special Operations Unit. Also known as the Red Berets, the unit was created in 1991 and has been linked to the former paramilitaries.
«Ja ću nastaviti da insistiram na tome da mi šefovi specijalnih službi dostave sve informacije koje poseduju o povezanosti političara, istražnih sudija i predstavnika ministarstva unutrašnjih poslova sa organizovanim kriminalom,» rekao je predsednik.