{"id":"SRB-039","notes":"Fills gap in SRB-CAMP-007 between May 2024 (SRB-025) and Dec 2024 (SRB-014). Triggered by ecological protests. Šabić counter-argument: same donors fund government and SNS.","country":"Serbia","sources":[{"url":"https://www.danas.rs/vesti/drustvo/nvo-vlasti-mediji/","citation":"https://www.danas.rs/vesti/drustvo/nvo-vlasti-mediji/"}],"summary":"Vučić deploys 'strani plaćenici' (foreign mercenaries) label against NGOs during ecological protests; Večernje novosti and Politika amplify — continuation of foreign agent framing from May 2024 (SRB-025) through summer.","tactics":[{"code":"TC-02","role":"primary","label":"Political Authorization by State Actors","needs_review":false},{"code":"TC-06","role":"secondary","label":"Coordinated Media Amplification","needs_review":false}],"version":1,"channels":["Legacy Press","State/National TV"],"entities":[{"id":911,"name":"Aleksandar Vučić; Večernje novosti; Politika","role":"actor","entity_type":"Senior Official; Regime-Aligned Media"},{"id":886,"name":"NGO sector broadly","role":"target","entity_type":"Sector"}],"date_text":"20/08/2024","created_at":"2026-09-24T17:50:55.358311+00:00","escalation":3,"harm_track":"Track 2 — Social Trust Erosion","narratives":[{"code":"NF-01","role":"primary","label":"Foreign Agent / Foreign Influence","needs_review":false}],"report_ids":[],"signal_ids":["SIG-SRB-039"],"updated_at":"2026-09-24T17:50:55.358311+00:00","occurred_on":"2024-08-20","campaign_ids":["SRB-CAMP-007"],"enabler_type":"","response_ids":[],"trigger_type":"TR-02: Civic Mobilization","campaign_phase":"Phase 1: Authorization","civic_response":"","date_precision":"day","enabler_status":"","campaigns_served":[],"consequence_category":"Social Trust Erosion","institutional_consequence":"Narrative damage"}