The inscription "Happy New Year", some dampness and some deformed moldings greeted the experts in the 192-square-meter apartment in the Gorica C neighborhood, which was returned to Safet Kalić, after he was acquitted of money laundering from drug smuggling.
That apartment was valued at 2011 euros in 480.000, when it was confiscated, according to unofficial information from "Vijesti".
Kalić sued the state and the Property Administration, seeking compensation for damages that allegedly occurred in a three-room apartment on the top floor of a building in Ulcinjska street.
KalićConstruction and economics experts Marko Radunović and Vukadin Stojanović were yesterday with Podgorica Basic Court judge Milica Radović in Kalić's apartment, in order to assess the possible damage caused during the five years that the state managed the apartment.
Expert Radunović noted, among other things, a little moisture in certain parts of the apartment, a few cracks on the wall, a part of the wall in the kitchen that was blackened by the fire...
However, according to the observation of the "Vijesti" journalist, who was also present when the apartment was confiscated, the apartment looks no worse than in 2011, when it was confiscated, maybe even better.
And then the authorities entered the almost empty apartment, which looks as if no one has lived in it for years. A couple of whiskeys, a newspaper and humidity in the apartment welcomed those responsible for taking over the property, in which only a large bathroom and a smaller children's room looked "exclusive" out of a dozen rooms.
In the minutes when the apartment was taken over in 2011, it was stated that in the living room one wall was wet, that in the kitchen there was damage on the wall closer to the window and door, with visible water dripping from the outlet valve, three tiles had fallen off the wall, in one room there was the visible presence of moisture, up to the balcony door, in the small corridor, on the wall of moisture damage on a smaller scale and in the bedroom on the wall next to the door of the room on the side of the bathroom, moisture damage...
The judge scheduled the next hearing for April 12.
No one from the Property and State Administration appeared in Kalić's apartment yesterday, but Kalić's attorney, lawyer Ivana Durković, was present.
Administration representative Erdan Dacić previously said that Kalić's apartment was flooded while it was being managed by that institution, after which the damage was repaired and renovated, and the destroyed items were deposited at the city landfill.
In the lawsuit, however, it is written that the state did not manage the seized property with the care of a good householder.
The value of the dispute is set at 20.001 euros, but the actual compensation in the proceedings will be determined only when the necessary expertise is done.
In the summer of 2011, the state temporarily seized Kalić's property, the value of which was estimated at 28.000.000 euros.
After the legally binding decision that the Kalići did not launder the money and that the confiscated property should be returned to them, they filed several lawsuits demanding compensation for the destruction of real estate in Rožaje, Podgorica, Ulcinj, Sveti Stefan...
Kalić was accused of having laundered slightly more than 2006 euros from 2011 to 7.000.000, which they knew was obtained by selling drugs.
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