SDT puts title deed on Golubović's property

The Special State Prosecutor's Office, in parallel with the criminal investigation, also opened a financial investigation against the suspected former agent;

A temporary SDT notice has already been registered on the property of Duško Golubović and his family members in Podgorica and Žabljak. The SDT suspects that he was funneling cash earned through crime into legal channels and investing it in real estate throughout Montenegro and abroad;

Lawyer Marković claims that the files of the Police Directorate and the Prosecutor's Office "only arbitrarily state that this is a criminal activity of cigarette smuggling, without the essential characteristics of that act."

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Golubović after his arrest, Photo: Luka Zekovic
Golubović after his arrest, Photo: Luka Zekovic
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At the request of the Special State Prosecutor's Office (SDT), the valuable property of suspected former operative Duško Golubović, registered in his name and the names of his family members, has been blocked.

In parallel with the criminal investigation, the SDT also opened a financial investigation against Golubović, who was arrested on Friday on suspicion of committing the crime of money laundering.

"Vijesti" analyzed the registered encumbrances in the Cadastre Administration, and based on data for Duško Golubović, his wife Danijela, their sons Luka and Igor, and daughter Sara, to determine which properties in Podgorica, as well as in the north of the country, have a temporary SDT deed registered on them.

The prosecution's notice was placed on the plots of land, the family home and the Golubović luxury residential complex in the Podgorica settlement of Gornja Gorica, measuring 499, 351 and 29 square meters, vineyards measuring 77 and 55 square meters, as well as a garage in the Kruševac settlement.

Part of the real estate registered in Golubović's name, located in Žabljak, was previously blocked at the request of the SDT, which, as stated in the description of the Cadastre Administration, is actually in the de facto ownership of the accused Petar Lazović and his brother Marko Lazović.

On this basis, on April 24, 2024, the SDT requested a ban on the disposal and use of weekend houses measuring 63 and 76 square meters, respectively.

Two days ago, however, a new note was added to the entire property in that northern municipality, which was registered in the name of Duško Golubović, but with his first and last name.

In Kovačka dolina, his 127-square-meter weekend house has been blocked, which, according to the registration, was acquired by inheritance, as well as residential spaces of 55,37,64, 69, XNUMX and XNUMX square meters, which, according to data from the Real Estate Administration, Golubović also acquired by inheritance.

In the investigation against retired security guard Duško Golubović, suspected of funneling millions in cash from cigarette smuggling into legal channels, Montenegrin investigators found part of the evidence in correspondence from a once-protected phone application and data obtained from foreign services, "Vijesti" learned.

The prosecution's charge was also registered against the family's residential building, measuring 63 square meters.

A prohibition on disposal has also been registered on a meadow and a yard in Kovačka dolina, measuring 937 and 373 square meters, respectively, which were registered as having been acquired by purchase, as well as on a weekend house acquired by construction, measuring 66 square meters and a yard measuring 184 square meters.

The blockade was not placed on the forests and pastures in the town of Čarkovo Polje, with a total area of ​​3.751 square meters, which Golubović, as he writes, also inherited.

Complex ban

The Special State Prosecutor's Office registered a lien on the plot, yard, and a large number of square meters of residential and non-residential space and garages, which are registered in the name of Duško Golubović on plot 461 in the cadastral municipality of Donja Gorica.

On that plot in the Podgorica settlement of Gornja Gorica, which is actually registered in the cadastral municipality of Donja Gorica, the SDT record under number 11/25 dated May 9, 2025, was placed on a family residential building of 179 square meters, where on January 22, 2019, it was submitted to the Cadastre Administration that the basis for acquisition was inheritance.

On the same plot, a 234-square-meter duplex, three outbuildings of 181 square meters each, and three other outbuildings of 15 square meters each were registered in the name of the former agent, and it was stated that they did not have a building permit.

On June 7, 2023, the then investigative judge of the Basic Court in Podgorica, Miladin Pejović, refused to sign a warrant for the prosecution to search the homes of police officer Duško Golubović and businessman Veselin Barović. On that day, 48 locations and 42 people were searched across the country. The Basic Court then responded to “Vijesti” that the investigative judge found that the legal conditions for issuing the proposed order were not met, because the information provided did not indicate that there was a basis for suspicion that a search of the apartment and premises used by the aforementioned persons would find items important for criminal proceedings, or weapons for which the persons do not possess firearms licenses.

The encumbrance was also registered on two garages of 26 square meters each, and by order of the SDT, as can be seen from the Cadastral Administration data, a record was also placed on 157 square meters of "non-residential space" on the same plot.

It is actually a luxury residential complex with a SPA center and swimming pool, which Golubović built in 2019 on a 500 m2 yard.

In Gornja Gorica, on cadastral plot 244, the Special State Prosecutor's Office registered a temporary measure prohibiting alienation on the property of Golubović's late mother.

On that plot, the encumbrance is registered on a family house of 179 square meters, a garage, a yard of 500 square meters and a meadow of 1273 m2.

On May 9, a notice from the Special State Prosecutor's Office was registered in the name of Golubović's son Luka - a ban on the disposal of real estate S.BR. 11/25, a 13-square-meter garage in the Siti Kvart district of Podgorica.

His brother Igor's 127 square meter office space in a building in Kruševac and a garage were blocked.

A prohibition on disposal has also been placed on business premises measuring 33 and 62 square meters, in the same neighborhood, registered to Golubović's daughter Sara, as well as on an apartment she received as a gift, which measures 69 square meters.

Danijela Golubović's garage in the Normal building in Podgorica was blocked.

Investigation

In the investigation against retired security guard Duško Golubović, suspected of funneling millions in cash from cigarette smuggling into legal channels, Montenegrin investigators found part of the evidence in correspondence from a once-protected phone application and data obtained from foreign services, "Vijesti" has learned.

The long-time secret agent, however, claims that he has never used an encrypted platform, his defense attorney, attorney Velibor Marković, told "Vijesti" yesterday.

Marković also said that the former operative of the National Security Agency (ANB) and the Police Directorate (UP) denies any connection to criminal activities.

Golubović, who was questioned two nights ago before special prosecutor Tanja Čolan Deretić, was ordered to be detained for up to 72 hours after the questioning.

Markovć claims that the files of the Police Directorate and the Prosecutor's Office "only arbitrarily state that this is a criminal activity of cigarette smuggling, without the essential characteristics of that act."

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