Internationally wanted citizen of Turkey Biennials (Sea Defence) Camgoz will be tried before the Basic Court in Podgorica on charges that he used a forged passport to register his residence in Montenegro and establish a company. The Basic State Prosecutor's Office (ODT) in Podgorica filed an indictment against the fugitive whom Montenegro refused to extradite to Turkey, the head of that prosecution, the prosecutor, told the News. Dusko Milanović.
"The acting prosecutor in the Basic State Prosecutor's Office in Podgorica filed an indictment against B. Č. to the basic court in Podgorica, for the prolonged criminal offense of inducing the certification of untrue content, and it refers to the reported events in Budva and Podgorica", prosecutor Milanović explained.
In late January and early February, the police administration filed two criminal charges against Camgoz.
Initially, he was arrested on January 30 by order of the Podgorica ODT Podgorica.
After he was handcuffed at the Reception Center for Foreigners and escorted to the police station under strong security measures, the Ministry of the Interior announced that in 2022, using a fake passport, he and another Turkish citizen founded the company "Lion ".
The judges of the Basic Court in Podgorica then rejected the prosecution's proposal to detain Camgoz, who is wanted by Turkey for the most serious crimes.
Seven days later, the Police Directorate filed another criminal complaint against that fugitive. Then they announced that he committed the same criminal offense on June 9, 2022.
"...When he submitted a request for a temporary residence and work permit to the officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Branch for Administrative Affairs, Citizenship and Foreigners, Budva - he presented a forged travel document in the name Mehmet Ali Bajhan, 'how he misled the MUP officials who issued him a temporary residence permit'"...
Then they explained that according to the laws of Montenegro, Camgoz cannot get permission for a temporary stay in Montenegro since it does not meet any conditions according to the Law on Foreigners of Montenegro:
"... He does not have any valid personal identification document (identity card or travel document) and the other condition is that he has not been convicted or that no criminal proceedings are being conducted against him in his home country, which is presented by the evidence - issuance of an international warrant by the Enforcement Authority Law of the Republic of Turkey".
The UP said that the officers of the Department for the fight against crime are continuing their activities in that case, in order to identify and process related persons:
"Which directly or indirectly provided logistical support to the named person in the implementation of criminal activities in order to achieve a favorable position - obtaining appropriate documentation and acquiring the appropriate status in accordance with the positive legal regulations of Montenegro".
In the police statement, they pointed out that the Turkish fugitive first committed the criminal offense of forging a document, for which he was legally convicted, and then committed a number of criminal offenses with the same document.
Camgoz was deprived of his liberty for the first time in Montenegro on July 6, 2022 in Podgorica.
The Police Directorate then announced that he had a forged passport with the name Mehmet Ali Bajhan on it, and that he was arrested on the basis of an international warrant issued for him by Turkey.
After serving his prison sentence, he was sentenced to extradition custody, from which he was recently released, when he was transferred to the Reception Center for Foreigners, where he was under extraordinary security measures.
Judges are one thing, Milović is another
Minister of Justice Andrej Milović on January 22, he refused to extradite to Turkey their citizen accused of several serious crimes, justifying his decision by the foreigner's impaired health and ethnicity.
He did this even though the decision of the High Court became final on June 1, 2023, which determined that the conditions for Camgoz's extradition had been met.
"Vijesti" was told by several unofficial sources that the National Security Agency (ANB) determined that Camgoz poses a threat to the national security of Montenegro.
Responding to the "News", Milović, however, said that he did not have to consult that service before making a decision on extradition, because their opinion does not play a decisive role in extradition.
They later clarified that the secret police did not provide them with an opinion that the Turkish citizen threatens national security.
Milović made the decision three and a half months after the Constitutional Court confirmed that Camgoz should be extradited to Turkey, that such a decision by regular courts does not violate the European Convention and that the constitutional appeal of his defenders is completely unfounded.
They made that decision on October 3, 2023, when they rejected the constitutional appeal of his defenders, lawyers Marko Radović i Miloš Vuksanović.
In the decision, the judges of the Constitutional Court state that they examined and assessed that the interpretations of the regular courts, which previously made a decision on the extradition of Camgoz, are in accordance with the Constitution from the aspect of protecting human rights and fundamental freedoms.
The council that made that decision was presided over by a judge Desanka Lopičić, and it was also made up of judges Milorad Gogic i Budimir Šćepanović.
Although the investigating judge of the High Court in Podgorica, the panels of the High Court, the Appellate Court and the Constitutional Court considered that the international obligation to extradite was more important than the protection of individual rights, the Minister of Justice Andrej Milović decided that Camgoz should remain in Montenegro.
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