Special prosecutors suspect that one of the thirty or so encrypted phones "caught" in early 2021 at a luxury hotel on Jahorina was in the possession of a recently arrested security guard. Duško Golubović, Vijesti learns from several sources.
According to the same information, it is believed that the former operative of the National Security Agency (ANB) and the Police Directorate had contacts with several members of the criminal milieu of the region at that hotel.
Golubović, however, is before a special prosecutor. Tanjo Čolan Deretić denied ever using the Sky app.
"Owning such a device is not prohibited by law in Montenegro. But it is indicative," one of the sources told "Vijesti".
Investigators confirmed Golubović's stay at the aforementioned hotel in January 2021, where some criminals from the former Yugoslavia were also present, based on correspondence from the then-protected Sky application.
This is also indicated by the communication between an associate of the Škalja clan, who lives in Serbia, and the then New Serbian Democracy MP, now accused. Milo Božović.
Božović has been in the Spuž Remand Prison for two years, accused of being part of a criminal group that smuggled cocaine from South America to Europe and Australia.
Škaljarac, who wrote hidden behind a pin YFICVI, on January 21, 2021, he complained to Božović that "everyone is buzzing that we are here"...
He then mentions Golubović, stating that he is in the same hotel where they are staying:
"Golubović at the hotel. I can't believe it. He came to check on me at the pool yesterday. He came up to me, how are you, brother? I said, fine, how are you? At the pool, our people don't believe it," he writes to Božović.
"Vijesti" has learned that prosecutors are questioning precisely this period of Golubović's stay on Jahorina.
ARREST
By order of the Special State Prosecutor's Office, this retired secret and public police operative was deprived of his liberty on May 9th.
Special prosecutors suspect him of having acquired valuable family wealth in cash and real estate throughout Montenegro and abroad by laundering millions of euros earned through cigarette smuggling.
Golubović's defense attorney, lawyer Velibor Marković, previously told "Vijesti" 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."
At the request of the Special State Prosecutor's Office, on the same day that Golubović was arrested, the suspected former operative's valuable property in several Montenegrin cities, registered in his name and that of his family members, was frozen.
This was done because special prosecutors, in parallel with the criminal investigation, were also conducting a financial investigation against the suspect for committing the crime of money laundering.
INQUEST
During a months-long investigation by the SDT and the Special Police Department, according to "Vijesti" sources, numerous pieces of evidence were collected about suspicious cash transactions, which were used to purchase luxury real estate in Montenegro, including elite settlements on the coast, but also abroad.
Traces of bank accounts through which suspicious financial operations were believed to have been carried out were also found. According to unofficial information, foreign partners also assisted the Montenegrin authorities in the investigation.
Montenegrin investigators found part of the evidence in correspondence from the once-protected Sky app.
According to information previously provided to "Vijesti" from multiple sources, the investigation against the retired secret and public police operative is expected to be expanded...
In an investigation launched against the arrested security guard for money laundering, officers of the Special Police Department (SPO) seized documentation from the Podgorica-based travel agency "Grand" three days ago, owned by him. Happy Kankaras, close to the prime minister Milojko Spajić and his Europe Now Movement (PES).
"Vijesti" was told by several sources from the political and security sectors that investigators were interested in Golubović's travel arrangements, as well as the agency's documentation on renting the house of a former employee of the National Security Agency and the Police Directorate.
Kankaraš responded to "Vijesti" that, as in all previous cases, in communication with the SPO, they had duly submitted documentation regarding tourist services for some of their clients. However, he did not answer questions regarding the house rental contract.
Golubović will spend 30 days in the Spuž Remand Prison because, at the request of the SDT, the investigating judge of the Higher Court in Podgorica ordered his detention. He agreed to send Golubović to detention due to the risk of flight and the risk of influencing witnesses...
The SDT accuses the former secret agent of funneling cash earned through crime into legal channels and investing it in real estate throughout Montenegro and abroad.
According to information previously provided to "Vijesti" from multiple sources, the investigation against the retired secret and public police operative is expected to be expanded...
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