For almost three years, the Montenegrin police have not answered "News" whether they are even trying to track down the fugitive leader of the Skaljar clan, Igor Vukotić, and the mercenaries of that criminal group.
Vukotić has been inaccessible to Montenegrin investigators for six years due to the suspicion that he is part of a criminal group that prepared the liquidation of former special prosecutors, several former officials of the secret and public police and several members of the criminal Kavačka clan. In the meantime, he was accused of murdering Šćepan Roganović in Herceg Novi in February 2020.
"Vijesti" asked the Police Directorate back in January 2022 if they were looking for Vukotić and if they had determined whether the man from Kotor left Montenegro, if so, when and at which border crossing, if he legally left the country.
The Police Administration remained silent on these questions, but not on the emergency calls sent in the meantime.
They did not respond to the last one, sent on October 7, when "Vijesti" asked the Police Directorate when they last informed the Special State Prosecutor's Office about the measures and actions they took to locate and detain Vukotić, as well as Marko Jovanović, accused of 31 On March 2018, around 11 a.m., he killed Miloš Šaković and Radivoj Jovanović, an accidental victim of the cocaine war.
Unofficially, "Vijesti" was told that they were looking for Vukotić, as well as all escaped criminals.
"Vijesti" received the last answers about Vukotić and the mercenaries of the Skaljar clan four years ago from the Special State Prosecutor's Office, which was then headed by Milivoje Katnić.
The then spokeswoman of the SDT, prosecutor Sanja Jovićević, replied in May 2020 that the SDT had taken all legally prescribed measures and actions within their jurisdiction in the cases about which "Vijesti" asked.
That's how she answered a number of questions, among which was the one addressed to the then chief special prosecutor - when was the last time and what measures and actions were taken to arrest Igor Vukotić, suspected of planning several liquidations, including Katnić's, and when was the last time asked the court to authorize the search of Vukotić's and his family's houses.
Igor Vukotić from Kotor is the brother of Jovan Vukotić, the former absolute leader of the Skaljar clan, who was killed on September 8, 2022 in Istanbul. In the war of the once unique Kotor clan, which has been going on for a decade, on April 20, 2019, in the Kotor settlement Dobrota, in front of the "Vukotić" family apartments, their father Vesko Vukotić was also killed.
Accusations
Igor and Jovan Vukotić and their associate Jovan Jovanović were tried for the accusations that in July 2012 they wounded Dejan Deković, a security guard at the Tivat discotheque "Madam Coco". Five years later, Jovan Vukotić was acquitted of those charges, and because of the same incident, Igor Vukotić was sentenced to eight and their Jovanović to 14 months in prison.
Special prosecutors accuse Igor Vukotić of forming a criminal group with Ranko Radulović from Nikšić and Albanian citizen Erogen Brajović, which planned several liquidations.
Allegedly, they were preparing the liquidation of Milivoj Katnić, Duško Golubović, Zoran Lazović, Duško Koprivica and his son Strahinja, but also alleged members of the Kavački clan opposed to them: Nikola and Vladimir Banićević, Darko Janjić, Radovan Mujović. According to the special prosecutors, Vjekoslav Lambulić from Podgorica and the Vilotijević brothers from Nikšić were also on their list.
In that case, the prosecution has a protected witness, codenamed Jadranko Jonski, who told the investigators in detail who were the targets of criminal groups from Nikšić, Kotor and Shkodër, who they followed, whose murders they planned...
The protected witness said earlier at the trial that he was told that Ranko Radulović is in contact and on good terms with Vukotić from Kotor, who are allegedly the leaders of the Skaljar clan...
He claims that the accused Nikola Mandić was the main link between the Škaljar clan and Radulović and that this man from Nikšić arranged a meeting with Igor Vukotić at his house in Kotor from the hospital in Brezovik.
Radulović was in custody at the time, but due to alleged health problems, he was given hospital treatment.
"... We entered the garage, where security waited for us. There was Vukotić, (Nikola) Mršić, one of the security guards and a big black dog... Ranko assigned me to carry out... liquidations... Vukotić asked me if I was ready mentally and physically, if I could do it. .. I said - yes, no problem".
He pointed out that Ranko and Igor had already determined their targets: "They thought they had enemies and I should have killed two men for them, and they should have killed the two Vilotijevićs for us. They started the story around (Duško) Golubović, (Zoran) Lazović, Duško Koprivica, Strahinja Koprivica, Nikola and Vladimir Banićević, Darko Janjić and Radovan Mujović"... He claims that Golubović and Lazović were priority targets:
"They said they are following it. According to Ranko's story, these are their enemies and Igor agreed with that, they had the same opinion - if they don't work for Skaljarski, then they work for the Kavački clan because they are very dangerous"... said a protected witness in the courtroom in 2019.
He said that Radulović first mentioned Milivoj Katnić to him when explosives were planted under Duško Roganović's car, saying that the prosecutor was a good friend of his...
Erogen Brajović from Skadran and Igor Vukotić from Kotor were never arrested in that investigation, and the other defendants are defending themselves at liberty because the first-instance verdict was not handed down within the time frame stipulated by the law.
In addition to Brajović, Radulović and Vukotić, Zlatko Matanović, Stefan Perović, Nikola Mandić, Stefan Radulović, Radoš Petrušić, Luka Radulović, Darko Vicković, Ratko Martinović, Nenad Lubura, Radivoje Preradović, Miladin Dedović, Ivan Todorović, Milovan Peruničić, Željko Matijašević, Nikola Mršić, as well as the son of Ranko Radulović, Ž. R. who is being tried as a juvenile.
All denied having committed the crimes they are charged with.
Igor Vukotić is accused by special prosecutors of being part of the criminal group responsible for the murder of Roganović.
The higher court in Podgorica confirmed the indictment against him and the other defendants for that liquidation at the end of last year.
In addition to the fugitive Vukotić, the expanded indictment includes Marko Radović (30) from Novlja, Slavko Radulović (43) and Miloš Gvozdenović (36) from Podgorica, and Ilija Milanović (38) from Cetinje.
They are accused of creating a criminal organization with the previously arrested members of the Skaljar clan whose aim was to liquidate Roganović.
Dino Ibrahimović, Krsto Vujić, Mili Bajramović, Miloš Komar and Igor Glavaš were previously accused of murdering Roganović. Bajramović was identified as the direct executor. He is on the run, as is Vujić, the accused organizer of that criminal group.
The Special State Prosecution has an associate witness in that case, Miloš Đuričković from Novljan.
And Jovanović evades justice
The accused for the double murder in Podgorica, Marko Jovanović, has not yet been arrested, and the authorities refuse to answer what and when they last attempted to locate him and bring him to justice.
According to the claims of the SDT, he was part of a criminal organization led by an alleged member of the Skaljar criminal clan, Janko Vukadinović.
According to the documents of the special prosecutors, Jovanović is the direct perpetrator of a double murder in the center of the capital - Miloš Šaković, his primary target, was killed then, and Radivoje Jovanović, who was sitting in the "Forum" bar at the time of the shooting, was also killed in the armed attack.
"When was the last time the Police Directorate informed the SDT about the measures and actions they took to locate and detain Marko Jovanović, accused of having killed Miloš Šaković and Radivoj Jovanović on March 31, 2018, around 11 a.m. in Podgorica", is the question of "Vijesti" which are ignored in the Police Directorate.
In the indictment, which was represented by the now accused special prosecutor Saša Čađenović, it is written that the criminal group was led by Janko Vukadinović, whose member was Marko Jovanović.
According to the indictment, the two of them committed the criminal offense of aggravated murder as co-perpetrators. According to SDT, Janko's brother Predrag Vukadinović was also in the group.
Miloš Šaković is also a relative of the murdered Milić Minja Šaković, one of the high-ranking members of the Skaljar criminal clan. The police unofficially claim that they belonged to warring criminal clans, that is, that the deceased Miloš was close to the Kavčani.
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