The accused Turkish citizen Binali Camgoz was extradited to Turkey.
Former Minister of Justice Andrej Milović refused at the beginning of the year to extradite to Turkey Camgoz, who is accused of several serious crimes (murders, kidnappings, extortion...) despite the fact that the Montenegrin courts judged that there were conditions for this, while recently, on the eve of his removal from office , responded to Ankara's repeated request with a message that the original decision was final and that the adoption of a new decision would be illegal.
Milović justified the decision not to extradite him by the impaired state of health and ethnicity of the Turkish citizen, although the decision of the High Court from Podgorica, which became final on June 1, 2023, determined that the conditions for extradition were met.
At the end of June, Turkey again requested the extradition of Camgoz, but, according to the unofficial information of "Vijesti", a few days before Milović's dismissal, the Ministry of Justice responded negatively to the renewed request. They announced this on the day of Milović's dismissal from the Assembly (July 23), announcing to a part of the Podgorica media that the decision from January was made "in accordance with current legislation and relevant international legal standards, after a comprehensive analysis of all relevant facts and circumstances of the specific case". , and that "an administrative dispute cannot be initiated against her, nor can a constitutional appeal be filed in accordance with the legislation of Montenegro".
Turkey stated in the repeated request that if the authorities in Podgorica request a guarantee regarding the issues on which the refusal to extradite Cagmoz is based, such a request will be taken into account and that guarantee will be given. Ankara said that the evaluations of the Montenegrin authorities that the extradition of their citizen is not appropriate because he would be exposed to mistreatment and discrimination are a statement without explanation, stating that Turkey is a signatory to the convention against torture, that it has introduced strict punishments for torture, that examinations and treatment are carried out faithfully. of all detainees and convicts...
The MUP refused to grant political asylum to Camgoz, and that decision was confirmed by the Administrative and Constitutional Courts.
Camgoz was arrested for the first time in Podgorica on July 6, 2022, and the Police Directorate announced at that time that he had a forged passport with him. Five other Turkish citizens were detained with him, and the Turkish media then announced that they were also wanted by their authorities.
Camgoz is allegedly the leader of an organized criminal group, and according to Turkish media, his criminal record includes various crimes - murder, wounding, kidnapping, detention, extortion and torture committed in Izmir and its surroundings, illegal collection of checks and bonds...
In October 2021, the Turkish police launched an operation to arrest members of his criminal group, but Camgoz was already safe in Georgia. On the list for arrest, the members of the Izmir Province Police Administration, that is, their Department for the fight against organized crime, had 57 members of Camgoz's gang that day. They arrested 35, and Camgoz and 21 other members of that clan escaped arrest.
In September 2022, the cell in which Camgoz was staying with five other members of the organized criminal group, the Kavački Clan, was searched in the Investigation Prison in Spuz. This was done a few days after the Turkish police established that members of the Camgoza criminal clan participated in the murder of the leader of the Skaljar clan, Jovan Vukotić.
Camgoz was arrested for the second time on January 30 on suspicion of committing the criminal offense of inducing the endorsement of untrue content. The police claim that during 2022, using a fake passport, he founded the company "Lion" with another Turkish citizen.
Another criminal complaint was filed against Camgoz on February 6, because he submitted a forged passport to MUP officials when he requested temporary residence in 2022. His trial recently began for this reason in the Basic Court in Podgorica. He claims he had to use a fake passport to protect himself and his family from persecution in Turkey.
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