Refused bail of over half a million euros for Kovačević: Guaranteed by assets that are under the scrutiny of the SDT?

In the renewed proceedings, the High Court in Podgorica refused bail for the former director of the Real Estate Administration, the defendant Dragan Kovačević, in the amount of 539.590 euros in real estate in order to defend himself from freedom, independent public relations consultant Marija Raković confirmed to "Vijesta".

This new decision followed after the Appellate Court of Montenegro annulled the previous decision of the High Court in Podgorica, which accepted the bail for the termination of custody of the former director of the Real Estate Administration, Dragan Kovačević, in the amount of EUR 539.590 in real estate.

Unofficially, we learn that the Court of Appeal canceled the decision because Kovačević guaranteed with property that is under the scrutiny of the Special State Prosecutor's Office (SDT) and is the subject of a financial investigation that was initiated against the former director of the Real Estate Administration.

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.

Defendant 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 Offences.

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 means of 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 position in business operations in conjunction with the criminal offense of document forgery.

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.