The Council of the High Court in Podgorica accepted the bail of about 539.000 euros, which was offered for the termination of custody of the defendant Dragan Kovačević.
Kovačević is a former director of the Real Estate Administration
A little more than EUR 539.000 worth of collateral was offered in real estate.
As the decision is not yet final, the accused is still in custody.
The court process is ongoing before the High Court in Podgorica.
Earlier this year, the court rejected the defense's proposals to terminate Kovačević's detention.
The indictment of the Special Prosecutor's Office charges Kovačević and members of his group with abuse of official position, extortion, illegal occupation of land, inducement to certify untrue content, falsification of documents, evasion of taxes and contributions.
In addition to Dragan Kovačević, his son Danko, Ana Lakićević-Grdinić, Veselin Tomašević, Krsto Pavićević, Danilo Jovanović, Sanja Popović, Aleksandar Boljević and the Podgorica company "Geo&Arch" are also indicted for the illegal appropriation of state land in the Morski Dobr zone.
It is suspected that Kovačević, through Sanja Popović, hired her uncle Aleksandar Boljević to force the other co-owner of the house in Bogišići to sell him his share, for an amount that is below the real value.
The indictment presented that the defendant Dragan Kovačević committed the criminal offense of creating a criminal organization from Article 401 a paragraph 1 in connection with paragraph 6 of the Criminal Code of Montenegro, and the defendants Ana Lakićević-Grdinić, Veselin Tomašević, Krsto Pavićević, Danilo Jovanović, Danko Kovačević, Sanja Popović and Aleksandar Boljević criminal offense of creating a criminal organization from article 401 a paragraph 2 in connection with paragraphs 1 and 6 of the CCCG. The accused legal entity "Geo & Arh" doo Podgorica criminal offense of creating a criminal organization from Article 401 a paragraph 2 in connection with paragraphs 1 and 6 of the Criminal Code of Montenegro in connection with Article 5 of the Law on Liability of Legal Persons for Criminal Offenses.
It is added that the defendant Ana Lakićević Grdinić under points a, b, cie of the indictment committed a prolonged criminal offense of abuse of official position, Dragan Kovačević under points a, b, cie committed a prolonged criminal offense of abuse of official position through incitement, then the criminal offense of illegal occupation of land and the criminal offense of extortion by incitement. The defendant Danilo Jovanović committed the criminal offense of abuse of official position, as did Veselin Tomašević, while the indictment presented that the defendant Krsto Pavićević committed the criminal offense of abuse of office in business operations in conjunction with the criminal offense of document falsification. Danko Kovačević committed the criminal offense of tax and contribution evasion, the defendant Dalibor Knežević committed the criminal offense of abuse of office, while the defendant Aleksandar Boljević and the defendant Sanja Popović committed the criminal offense of coercion.
The legal entity "Geo & Arch Projekt" doo Podgorica committed the criminal offense of abuse of position in business operations in conjunction with the criminal offense of forging a document.
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