After the indictment against Ilija Vasović, the former head of the criminal police in Bar, whom the Special State Prosecutor's Office suspects of creating a criminal organization and abuse of official position, we witness another police officer in Podgorica, Ivan Stamatović, who is suspected of collaborating with the head of the kava clan, Radoj In Switzerland, announced the president of the Club of Democrats, Boris Bogdanović.
"These cases are only the tip of the iceberg that reveals the deep connection between the security sector and organized crime during the former regime. High-ranking officers of the Police Directorate, instead of being the pursuers of crime, are accused of providing protection to the largest criminal clans in the region. Ilija Vasović, According to the SDT, was a key member of an organized crime group that smuggled cigarettes and laundered money criminal networks," said Bogdanović.
He added that "even more devastating is the case of Ivan Stamatović, who, according to the accusations, was a direct connection between the criminal police and the Kavaka clan, one of the most dangerous criminal cartels in the region."
"All these people were appointed to key positions in the security sector by the former regime. This clearly shows that the then government was not only negligent, but directly involved in criminal activities. The security sector was turned into a logistical support for criminal groups. Instead of hunts criminals, part of the security apparatus had lunch with them, planned and provided them with support. It is astonishing that even today there are political and other actors who oppose the reforms in They oppose any reform of the Police Administration, the National Security Agency (ANB) and the Army of Montenegro, which actually raises the question of whether these individuals are just trying to preserve a system that has been at the service of crime for years or, perhaps, themselves associated with persons who are today accused of organized crime".
Bogdanović points out that "anyone who today tries to prevent reforms of the security sector, anyone who obstructs the cleaning of the Police Administration, ANB or the Army of Montenegro, must ask themselves - whose interests are they really representing".
"The interests of citizens who seek justice and security, or the interests of criminal structures who want a return to the old ways? This battle is not only legal, but also moral - and it must be won," concluded Bogdanović.
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