Tomić was closely tied to Milošević. A 2000 report by Germany's Federal Intelligence Service alleged that Milošević essentially ran a criminal operation, particularly after the 1992 sanctions on Yugoslavia caused "massive smuggling operations...controlled by Milošević and his cronies, who made vast profits from it"; Tomić was named as one of those cronies.[8] Under Milošević's regime, Tomić led Jugopetrol when "fuel-smuggling was a multi-million dollar business",[9] and "reportedly profited handsomely from the illicit oil that flowed into Serbia during sanctions".[10] Serbian mobster and paramilitary leader Arkan gave Tomić a medal because he had provided gasoline for Arkan's Serb Volunteer Guard, a paramilitary unit guilty of war crimes and ethnic cleansing.[11]
^"Turning-point? Serbia". The Economist. 13 December 1997. pp. 45+. Retrieved 21 June 2022. He has already put Dragan Tomic, a loyal apparatchik, back as president of Serbia's parliament, which makes him acting president