RSwitzerland is coming i Vaso Ulic through an intermediary, they agreed to meet and agree on the details of the cocaine smuggling plan, but the head of the Kavački clan was wary of meeting on "someone else's" territory.
In the files of the Special State Prosecutor's Office, it is stated that both of them, through "their people", who have not yet been identified by the investigators, are trying to arrange a meeting in early 2021.
On Christmas of that year, Ulić na Skaj wrote to the interlocutor that they should see each other after the holidays: "Comrade, like this, let these holidays pass." From Monday, see how, where and what day we can see each other and talk. Let me tell you my side of the story for business'", writes Ulić under the nickname Renž.
The person who signs himself as Hector on the then protected telephone communication, replies that they could see each other on January 10th.
"I'm waiting for you to let me know where to meet. Welcome to my home. AIi, you see, then report," states the Podgorica resident in the following message.
The investigators state that the same two people, on the same occasion, continue their communication on January 11, 2021, when Hector, after Ulić's greeting message, states that he is resting: "Today I am resting in the sauna, my friend, what are you doing":
Ulić then tells him: "I'm also resting, these days I'm in PG... I'll be in Ljuta from Wednesday afternoon, I'll be there for a few days." See when we can meet and where we can see each other'... Comrade, I would be glad if you would come to my place", to which he replied that he would come.
From these communications, it can be seen that Ulić arranges to see the mentioned unknown person who should connect him with Radoj Zvicer, the special prosecutors claim in the documents.
They say that these allegations are confirmed by Zviter's communication with the same person, also from January 11, 2021. then, it is written in the files, that man tells Zvicer that they will go to Ulic together, and the accused Zvicer replies:
"Is it allowed to go there?"
"On Ljut, and what is he not allowed to do... He will come there or we will go home to my place", replies the interlocutor of that Kotor resident.
"So that he doesn't set us up," asks Zvicer.
"Where will they set you up," he repeats, but Zvicer obviously doesn't believe it.
"We'll send them to scout the field first, I don't trust anyone without a close circle... We shouldn't relax and every meeting should be on our own," adds the head of the Kvačak clan.
His friend who writes under the pin on the encrypted application PCZIY1, replies: "Vaso won't... arrange... Well, they can come to us, but Vaso is an honest man, he's not a swindler."
Two days later, Zvicer informs his friend that Vaso called him "and said that Okac will be at his place tomorrow at 11 am and he will tell me when he will be at my house"...
Meeting and agreement
Based on the messages, the meeting took place, but Zvicer's mediator did not attend because he was ill. Because of this, the head of the Kavački clan, according to the investigators, informed him about the agreement with Ulic, i.e. the facts that they need 30 days to organize and that the ship is not ready yet. He also said that Ulić was asking them to buy 300 kilograms of cocaine for them.
In the continuation of the communication, they talk about the percentages related to the extraction, that is, the ejection of drugs:
"And the total amount to be put in will be 1,5 tons... Under a ton, 25% is extracted, over 20%... If that goes through, it would be good... It is work, but there is a lot to invest ... The power of money should be invested just to pass", are some of Zvicer's messages after the meeting with Ulic.
After that, according to the investigators, they arranged for Zvicer to accept Ulic, who used the nickname Renž, on Skaja.
"That Zvicer, together with Ulic, is the organizer of this criminal organization... is also confirmed by messages from January 14 of the same year: 'The old man has a good job from Eq. (Ecuador)... only those from the ship are asking for 300k to be invested for them... Extraction at 1T+ would be 20% with all the crew", and further on the communication explains with the message 'To buy 300kg'", they add from SDT -a.
They also state that in the continuation of the communication from that group chat, it can be seen that the defendant from Kotor organizes criminal activities, but also that he is interested in how much someone will invest in that criminal business, explaining that the goods from Ecuador are going to Australia, and that the money should be given to the Netherlands.
They also explain that Zvicer was a participant in a chat on Sky, but that he did not participate in the communication, but only followed the actions of the also accused Radovan Pantović: tasks, that is, one of the roles of Pantović Radovan within the formed criminal organization".
It is clarified that at the end of January 2020, Switzerland sent a screenshot of a message exchanged with Ulic to the person who used the PIN JPLXOH on the protected program, where they also agree on the formation of prices in the business of cocaine smuggling...
"And then from further communication between the defendant Zvicer Radoj and this person, it can be concluded that they reached an agreement on 35 percent, which results from the voice message - 'Now they have agreed to 35 percent, that we do not invest for them, that we send the goods and those sailors and extraction to be 35 percent, is that so, bro?". In the continuation of the communication from the same day, the defendant Zvicer Radoje further states: "We need to add 2T from the equation, but it must be safe because they gave 1,5 million for the boat... "A fisherman from Aus who is on the water for 30 days and goes out at 150 NM', so when an unknown person asks if they should look for another variant, the defendant Zvicer Radoje replies 'Nowhere is safer than here', which all communications indicate a well-founded suspicion that the defendant Zvicer Radoje and the defendant Ulić Vas are the organizers of this criminal organization", it is stated in SDT documents.
Accusations
In a major international action, 19 people were prosecuted on suspicion of trying to smuggle around 2,5 tons of cocaine from South America to Australia and Europe.
Vaso Ulić and Radoje Zvicer are cited as the leaders of that criminal organization accused of smuggling around 2,5 tons of cocaine, among whose members are prisoners with many years of prison experience, such as Damir Mandić, but also members of the notorious "America" clan, active since the seventies of the last century...
In security circles, the "General" action was marked as one of the most important blows to the mafia, given the names on the nineteen-member list of suspects for transnational cocaine smuggling.
Some of the defendants in that case of the Special State Prosecutor's Office (SDT) have been among the main players in criminal circles around the world for more than two decades - Ulić, Veselin Paro Pavličić, Vukan (Vinetu) Čoković Matić, Vuk Vulević, Ivan Delić, brothers Viktor and Leon Drešaj , Vjekoslav Lambulić, Switzerland...
This is confirmed by the official statements of the Police Administration at the time - that "leaders and high-ranking members of high-risk organized criminal groups, with many years of continuity in the implementation of criminal activities in the field of organized crime" were also deprived of their freedom.
In the international action "General", investigators from the SDT and the Special Police Department (SPO) worked closely for months with the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (EUROPOL), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Australian Federal Police (AFP).
Members of the Special Police Department arrested Vas and Nikola Ulic, Čoković, Mile Božović, Viktor Drešaj, Radomir Dobriša, Petar Miranović, Marinko Prelević and Veselin Para Pavličić.
A criminal complaint was filed against Zvicer, Dragan Pavličević, Vuk Vulević, Radul Božović, Ivan Delic and Leon Drešaj, who are on the run, but also against the previously arrested Milo Božović, Damir Mandić, Vjekoslav Lambulić and Radovan Pantović.
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