Petar Lazović was returned to the National Security Agency (ANB) in June of last year, while police officers Ljubo Milović and Nebojša Bugarin have not come to work for years - Milović was suspended in 2018, and Bugarin took sick leave a year before that, which he is still using.
This was answered by the Police Administration to "Vijesti", but they did not explain what the three of them were doing with the members of the Kavac clan, with whom they also took photos.
A photo of Lazović, Milović, Bulgarian, then Veljko Belivuk aka Velja Nevolja, Marko Miljković aka Masar and the fugitive head of the organized crime group Radoje Zvicer was published a few days ago by the portal Libertas press.
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It is part of the documentation that Europol submitted to the Special State Prosecutor's Office (SDT) in July 2021 as evidence that Lazović and Milović worked for the Kavački criminal clan.
It occurred on January 21, 2021, when the liquidation of Belivuk and Miljković was allegedly prevented in Montenegro.
The Police Administration did not want to answer questions about whether the three of them were on a secret mission with members of the Kavac criminal clan and, on that mission, took photos with them, exchanged weapons and gifts.
The question of whether they were undercover, who sent them and on the basis of which law remained unanswered, considering that due to the repealed provisions, the police could not use undercover investigators in their work for years.
"...We are not able to answer, because as you know, the Special State Prosecutor's Office has opened a case regarding the allegations published in the media, and in order for the investigation to proceed smoothly, at this stage of the Police Administration's procedure, it cannot provide you with more details." they said from that security institution.
They explained that Milović is an unassigned officer of the Police Administration:
"And for a longer period of time, since 2018, he was also suspended due to conducting disciplinary proceedings".
Junior returned to the secret service by agreement
Petr Lazović was transferred from the secret to the public police by the former directors of those two services - Dejan Peruničić and Veselin Veljović, not long after his father Zoran Lazović was appointed assistant director of UP.
In the then Sector for the Fight against Organized Crime and Corruption (SBPOK), he was assigned to the Support Unit.
"Vijesti" interlocutors from the Police Directorate claim that he had an informal leadership position in that unit and that he had disagreements with several colleagues.
"Petar Lazović is not an employee of the Police Directorate, but based on the agreement of the former directors of the National Security Agency and the Police Directorate, he was temporarily assigned to the Police Directorate until June 2021, after which he was no longer assigned to the Police Directorate. "Nebojša Bugarin is assigned to the Kotor Security Department as a senior policeman of the first class and has been on sick leave for a long time," the Police Administration replied to "Vijesta".
The younger Lazović was accused of abuse by arrested members of the Skaljar criminal clan, and his boss and father claimed that the accusations were aimed at him.
Answering the questions of "Vijesti", Zoran Lazović said in December 2020 at a conference of the SDT and the Police Administration that the allegations that Petar Lazović tortures arrested people, beats them and puts a bag on their head, are directed against him.
"I'm sure that's part of the pressure against me. I support an investigation and if it is proven that anyone, even my son, broke the law and overstepped their responsibilities, let them bear the consequences," he said at the time.
Lazović could not be reached yesterday at the number known to the editorial office of "Vijesti".
Police omerta
A few days ago, the portal Libertas press disclosed the communication that, under the alias Junior, the younger Lazović conducted with Born (Switzerland) via the encrypted Sky application.
However, even after that, the Police Administration did not answer the questions of "Vijesti" about the communication of Petar Lazović with the alleged leader of the Kavačac criminal clan.
On May 5, 2021, "Vijesti" asked the Police Directorate, among other things, whether they had information that he had communication with Radoj Zvicer and whether he was interrogated for that. The question sent at the time remained unanswered - was it determined what kind of communication it was - official or private.
They were then asked if it was true that Lazović was at Radoj Zvicer's family celebration, and if so, was he there on assignment or privately? They did not answer him, nor did they answer the question of whether Petar Lazović also communicates with members of the Skaljar criminal clan or possibly other clans operating in the territory of Montenegro.
The question of whether he communicates with other clans, whether that communication is official or private, as well as the question of whether other officers of the UP communicate privately with members of criminal clans, who these officers are, which criminal clans they communicate with and why, remained unanswered. as well as whether they were interrogated for it.
Europol has been sending evidence since July
Europol submitted the first part of the evidence to the Special State Prosecutor's Office in July 2021, and on October 18, a new mail arrived from the European Union's law enforcement agency.
All of these documents contain transcripts of conversations with the Sky application that members of Montenegrin organized crime groups had with each other, as well as photos they exchanged and voicemail correspondence.
"Vijesti" announced in August 2021 that Montenegrin investigators received more than a million messages from a partner service from the European Union that were exchanged by local criminals through the encrypted Sky application.
At that time, it was also announced that the inspectors were combing the messages exchanged by members of organized criminal groups and persons associated with them, including those with police badges.
"The focus is on corrupt police officers who cooperated with them, and that part is a priority. The fact is that the encrypted Sky application was used not only by criminals, but also by some former high officials of the public and secret police. One of them used the nickname Cardinal, and the other Komita. And their messages are combed, as well as their connections with the top of the organized crime group 'Kavači'. That investigation is being conducted by order of the Bureau for Operational Coordination, which asked to determine their possible participation in the protection of that organized criminal group and their dirty business," said an interlocutor from the security sector to "Vijesta" at the time.
Since then, "Vijesti" has asked at almost all SDT and UP conferences whether it has been established who Cardinal, Komita and Junior are, but also who had lunch with the top of the Kavački clan at Grahova. Concrete answers were never received.
Petar Lazović's expensive four-wheelers
The Network for the Affirmation of the Non-Governmental Sector (MANS) published documentation showing that Petar Lazović, son of Zoran Lazović, as a nineteen-year-old, bought a Mitsubishi car worth 2009 euros in 40.000.
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MANS also announced that Petar Lazović also bought a "mini cooper" car four years later, for a price of 35.000 euros.
During that period, he also owned a "BMW X1" vehicle, for which he did not submit any other information to the MUP.
MANS announced that at the end of 2018, Lazović also bought a second-hand car of the brand "golf VII" for 17.500 euros.
That non-governmental organization asked the National Security Agency to provide them with information on when Lazović was employed at that institution and what his income was.
However, they refused to provide them, citing the confidentiality and secrecy of the data.
Lazović has no real estate registered in his name.
The police had to get the correspondence from the encrypted application
Although the Police Directorate officially announced that it is not in possession of the material that was published in the media on May 3, 2022, which refers to Petar Lazović and Ljub Milović, the law stipulates that they had to have that material.
In the text of the Law on Confirmation of the Agreement on Operational and Strategic Cooperation between Montenegro and the European Police Office, it is prescribed who are the competent authorities for cooperation and the national contact point.
"For the national contact point, which will be the central contact point between Europol and other competent authorities of Montenegro, the Department for International Police Cooperation, the Police Directorate, the Ministry of Internal Affairs is hereby designated," the text of the Law reads.
In that document, it is written that the exchange of information between Europol and Montenegro defined by the Agreement takes place between Europol and the national contact point, but that this does not prevent the direct exchange of information between Europol and competent authorities.
Competent authorities are state authorities in Montenegro responsible under national legislation for preventing and combating criminal offenses - Police Administration, Ministry of Internal Affairs, State Prosecutor's Office and former administrations - customs, for prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing and tax.
Abazović knows who's who on the Sky app
Last night, Prime Minister Dritan Abazović was a guest on the show "Clean" by Petr Komnenić, and said that he knows who used the nicknames Kardinal, Komita, Tigar, Ranko, Aco on the Sky application.
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"There are people, so to speak, from the list I mentioned before I was elected to the position of Deputy Prime Minister," said Abazović.
He added that no one is guilty until proven otherwise, but that he wants to know "the whole truth for each of us individually".
Abazović said that "this country is trapped in crime".
Answering the journalist's question, Abazović said that he is extremely grateful to the former chief special prosecutor Milivoj Katnić for saying that Petar Lazović was on a secret mission when he took photos and corresponded with members of the Kavača criminal clan and exchanged information and weapons with them.
"I think what he's talking about is a story for little children. Petar Lazović could not be an undercover policeman, because our law did not recognize that in that period. It is a story for small children and that is why I am grateful to him, just as I am grateful to the Democrats for saving him (Katnić - ed.) in a period important for Montenegro to deliver some visible results in the fight against organized crime," he said. is Abazović.
He also reminded that the members of the Skaljar criminal clan had their own police officers who communicated with them through the Sky application, citing the example of the arrested Dalibor Medojević.
Lazović in service since 2012?
According to unofficial information from "Vijesti", Petar Lazović was employed at the National Security Agency ten years ago.
His father, Zoran Lazović, said at the end of 2020 that both his sons work in the security sector and that they have 20 and 11 years of pensionable experience.
Taking into account that members of the security sector have a benefited working experience, i.e. four months of pensionable service is added to the year of effective work, it follows that at that moment he had already been in the service for eight years.
Europol provides data, but also a deadline of six months for a decision
Montenegrin investigators must inform Europol within six months at the latest whether and to what extent the data provided to them is necessary for the purpose for which it was provided.
If they are not necessary, the data must be deleted, it is prescribed by the Law on confirmation of the agreement on operational and strategic cooperation between Montenegro and the European Police Office.
Special Prosecutor Saša Čađenović made the decision that there is no evidence that Petar Lazović committed a criminal offense exactly six months after Europol delivered the transcripts to them, and only four days before the election of the new Prosecutor's Council.
Former Chief Special Prosecutor Milivoje Katnić told "Vijesti" two days ago that the Special State Prosecutor's Office, and not Čađenović, dismissed the criminal complaint.
"I controlled it and found that there was no reason to initiate criminal proceedings against Petar Lazović, because he acted in accordance with the law and the powers he had and informed his superiors in a timely manner of all actions, which contributed to the detection of perpetrators of serious crimes," said Katnić. .
He added that they never arrest their own agents: "At least they haven't until now."
Like Petar Lazović, his father Zoran, until recently the assistant director of the Police Administration, allegedly officially attended the wedding of the then accused drug lord from Rožaj, Safet Kalić, ten years ago.
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