Šarić fined: He called the prosecutor a thief, claims that Ivanić stole his property

Darko Šarić, accused of cocaine smuggling and money laundering, was fined today in the Special Court in Belgrade with 150.000 dinars (about 1.270 euros) for insulting the acting prosecutor and his cases Saša Ivanić, reports Tanjug.

Šarić called the prosecutor a thief, because, as he claims, he took away his property and gave it to the associate witness Nebojša Joksović, who testified against him in the proceedings for cocaine smuggling from Latin America, in which he was sentenced to 15 years in prison at first instance.

"It's not in my nature to express myself like this, but I have to say that the prosecutor is a thief. If what I say that he is a thief is not true, why don't you initiate proceedings against me for that. You are a thief. He gave my property to Nebojša Joksović, the plot of five ares in Zlatibor, which Joksović is now selling for 10 million euros," Šarić addressed the judicial council and the deputy prosecutor.

After that, the judge fined him 150.000 dinars.

Although closing arguments in the money laundering case against Šarić and the other defendants were planned for today, the defense again requested the exemption of the prosecutors, this time prosecutor for organized crime Mladen Nenadić, as well as republican prosecutor Zagorka Dolovac.

The lawyers stated that Dolovčeva and Nenadić did not take into account the evidence that the defense provided during the previous request for the exemption of Ivanić and Nenadić, claiming that Ivanić is not impartial.

The defense attorneys then stated that the prosecutor was protecting Joksović from criminal responsibility for the preparation of the murder, and that, in order to cover it up, the deputy prosecutor initiated a new case against Darko Šarić.

In addition to Šarić, sixteen defendants are on trial in Serbia for laundering 22 million euros.

Šarić was sentenced to 2018 years in prison in December 15 in another case for organizing a cocaine smuggling group and is now awaiting the decision of the Court of Appeal on appeals in that case.

By the way, the closing arguments in the money laundering trial have been postponed since September 2019.

After the closing statements of the prosecution, the accused and their lawyers, the court will schedule the pronouncement of the first-instance verdict.

The prosecution claims that Saric and the others "laundered" about 22 million euros, earned by selling cocaine, and the accused denied this.

According to the indictment for money laundering, money from the sale of cocaine that was procured in South American countries was transferred to Serbia through offshore companies and paid into the accounts of local companies and individual banks.

These funds were used for the privatization of social enterprises, but also for the purchase of real estate and land.

The money was invested, among other things, in the hotel "Putnik" in Novi Sad, "Mitrosrem" from Sremska Mitrovica, "Palić" from Subotica, numerous properties in Zlatibor.

The defendants, however, defend themselves that they invested in companies and land, but also that it was legally earned money.

In addition to Šarić, the accused in this case are Nebojša Jestrović, Andrija Krlović, Predrag Milosavljević, Radovan Štrbac, Zoran Ćopić, Marinka Vučetić, Dubravka Štrbac, Stevica Kostić, Boban Stojiljković, Bojan Stanojković, Erdin Aguš, Goran Vučković, Nebojša Spasić, Nemanja Krstajić, Goran Bogdanović and Marko Dabović.

On March 18, 2014, Šarić, after several years on the run, surrendered to the Serbian authorities, after which he was arrested and has been in custody ever since.