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Arkan's "business" was initially based on controlling protection rackets, money extortion, and the smuggling of oil and luxury items. Later he pursued more legitimate business, and had about four hundred people working for him. He owned casinos, discos, gas stations, pastry shops, stores, bakeries, restaurants, gyms, as well as a private security agency.

Arkan had fathered nine children by five different women and was a great womanizer. His eldest son Mihajlo was born in 1975 from a relationship with a Swedish woman, Agneta. Mihajlo went to war with his father. Then followed two daughters, one from relations with a Belgian woman and other with a Belgrade actress – all three with his acknowledged paternity. Arkan's first wife was Natalija Martinović, literatureprofessor majorof and modelSpanish, with whom he had four successful children. Arkan later divorced her and married the much younger Svetlana Veličković "[[Ceca]]", a popular and plasticattractive folk singer ("[[turbofolk]]"), on February 19, 1995. They functioned as a prestigious and glamorous couple often appearing in public. Their children are son Veljko and daughter Anastasija.

Arkan definitely was from a family of warriors. His father Veljko was in charge of the liberation of [[Priština]] as army colonel during the [[Second World War]]. Arkan's paternal uncle Vojislav was executed as a notable [[Partisans (Yugoslavia)|partisan]] by Italian soldiers. Arkan's grandfather Jokelja reputedly fought against the Turks in the [[Balkan wars]]. There is an alleged {{citation needed}} story of one distant ancestor of Arkan who killed a Turkish pasha by cutting his head off in revenge for the massive slaughter of Serbian dukes by the Turks in the [[First Serbian Uprising]].