Arrested Nikola Raičević, suspected of being part of Medeniča's organized criminal group

"NR is suspected of being part of an organized criminal group, the members of which are being prosecuted before the High Court in Podgorica, in which the former president of the Supreme Court, VM, is also a suspect," according to the police statement.

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Montenegrin citizen Nikola Raičević, who was wanted at the national and international level, and who is suspected of being part of an organized criminal group to which the former president of the Supreme Court Vesna Medenica allegedly belongs, was arrested today, the Police Directorate announced.

"Officers of the Anti-Crime Sector, NCB Interpol Podgorica (FAST team), in a coordinated targeted search in cooperation with the officers of the Tivat Security Department, located and detained NR, a Montenegrin citizen, who was wanted at the national and international level.

NR is suspected of being part of an organized criminal group whose members are being prosecuted before the High Court in Podgorica, in which the former president of the Supreme Court, VM, is also a suspect," the police statement said.

The police said that Raičević is being sought in order to secure his presence in the criminal proceedings being conducted before the High Court in Podgorica, due to the suspicion that he committed the criminal offense of smuggling and the criminal offense of bribery. He was taken to the Special State Prosecutor's Office, it added.

"The anti-crime sector continues to carry out planning activities with the aim of locating internationally wanted persons with a primary focus on members of organized criminal groups, and an emphasis on the targeted search for persons for whom international warrants have been issued," the police announced.

The Special State Prosecutor's Office (SDT) filed an indictment against Miloš and his mother Vesna Medenica, Darko Lalović, Vasilij Petrović, Bojan and Marko Popović, Milica Vlahović Milosavljević, Marko Vučinić, Milorad Medenica, Luka Bakoč, Petar Milutinović, Ivana Kovačević, Radomir Raičević, Marjan Bevenja, Steve Karanikić, Goran Jovanović and "Kopad Company" from Nikšić...

They are charged with criminal offenses - creation of a criminal organization, extended criminal offense of smuggling, extended criminal offense of giving bribes, receiving bribes, illegal influence and inducing illegal influence, abuse of official position, unauthorized production, possession and distribution of narcotic drugs, enabling the consumption of narcotic drugs drugs, illegal possession of weapons and explosive substances, grievous bodily harm and obstruction of evidence.

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