Jovan Joksimović, whose company "Termodom" did the aluminum locksmithing on the building in Radanovići, which, according to the indictment, the defendant Nikša Perović paid with money from Radoje Zvicer's criminal organization, said that he had never heard that Petar Lazović had anything to do with the construction of this building.
He stated this today as a witness at a hearing before a special chamber of the Higher Court in Podgorica, where the trial of Lazović and others Radoje Zvicer, Ljubo Milović, and Slobodan Kašćelan continued. The chamber is presided over by judge Veljko Radovanović.
"The value of these works was around 95.000 euros. Most of the amount was paid through an account. Around 20-23 thousand were paid in cash," said Joksimović.
He added that he had arranged the deal with the accused Perović and that he had never found anything suspicious. He said that he had worked with Perović as well as with the other 100 clients.
Joksimović stated that his relationship with the legal entity DM Company related to the installation of aluminum locks on a residential building in Tivat and that he negotiated exclusively with Nikša Perović in that deal.
The witness said that he first met Perović when the deal was being negotiated and that he does not remember anyone else attending the meeting except the supervisory authority, who he believes was named Zoran. He also said that Perović never mentioned to him any person who, apart from him, would be associated with the construction of the facility in Tivat. He added that everything happened sometime in late 2020.
Responding to a question from lawyer Nikola Martinović, defense attorney for defendant Petar Lazović, the witness said: "I have never heard that Petar Lazović had anything to do with the construction of this facility."
Martinović followed up.
"We know that, but the prosecutor says that Petar was carrying money there in sacks. No one understands how Petar Lazović was connected to Nikša Perović," the defense attorney pointed out.
The defense announced that it would propose to the court to include in the evidence the decision of the National Security Agency confirming that Lazović's job was everything the prosecution is charging him with.
The trial continues on July 17.
In addition to Radoje Zvicer, Ljubo Milović and Petar Lazović, Radoje Živković, Nikola Spasojević, Slobodan Kašćelan, Milan Vujotić, Duško Roganović, Radovan Mujović, Radovan Pantović and Nikša Perović are also accused. Lazović, Milović, Slobodan Kašćelan, Radovan Mujović, Pantović and Perović are accused of being, together with Ljubo Milović, Radoje Živković, Nikola Spasojević and Duško Roganović, members of the criminal organization of Kotor resident Radoje Zvicer.
The indictment states that this criminal organization was formed in the second half of 2020 and, in addition to Montenegro, operated in South America, Africa, Europe and Australia. The arrest followed media reports that EUROPOL had warned the competent authorities about Lazović's possible criminal activities. At that time, the "SKY" communication was also published, which allegedly involved Petar Lazović with the Kavčani.
Because during the second half of 2020, on the territory of Montenegro, South America, Africa, Europe and Australia, the defendant Zvicer Radoje organized a criminal organization, whose members became defendants: Milović Ljubo, Lazović Petar, Živković Radoje, Spasojević Nikola, Kašćelan Slobodan, Vujotić Milan, Roganović Duško, Mujović Radovan, Pantović Radovan, Perović Nikša and others, which aimed to commit criminal offenses for which a prison sentence of four years or a more severe penalty may be imposed by law, for the purpose of acquiring illegal profit and power, where each member of the criminal organization had a predetermined task and role, and the activities of the criminal organization were planned for an unlimited period of time and in international exchanges, with the application of precisely defined rules of internal control and discipline of members and in the activities of the criminal organization, violence and intimidation are applied and there is a readiness to apply them, in a way that he, alone or through other persons, recruited the defendants Milović Ljuba, Lazović Petra, Živković Radoja, as members of the criminal organization Spasojević Nikola, Kašćelan Slobodan, Vujotić Milan, Roganović Duško, Mujović Radovan, Pantović Radovan, Perović Nikša and others, for committing an unspecified number of criminal offenses: unauthorized production, possession and circulation of narcotic drugs under Article 300, paragraph 1 and paragraph 4 in conjunction with paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code of Montenegro, unauthorized possession of weapons and explosives under Article 403, paragraph 3 in conjunction with paragraphs 1 and 2 of the Criminal Code of Montenegro, smuggling under Article 265, paragraph 3 of the Criminal Code of Montenegro, abuse of official position under Article 416, paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code of Montenegro and money laundering under Article 268, paragraph 3 in conjunction with paragraph 2 of the Criminal Code of Montenegro.
The accused Zvicer Radoje, as the organizer, assigned tasks and roles to the members in order to implement the criminal plan, determined for himself to plan the commission of certain criminal offenses and order when and how they would be committed, to provide money for the commission of criminal offenses, to determine which members of the opposing criminal organization would be killed, to procure firearms for that purpose, either himself or through other members of the criminal organization, to organize the smuggling of narcotic drugs, cocaine and hashish from South America and Africa to Montenegro, other European countries and Australia, to determine the amount of money that each member of the criminal organization would invest in the smuggling of cocaine and hashish, the amounts of smuggled cocaine and hashish that would belong to the members of the criminal organization individually, the amounts of money that each member would receive after reselling cocaine and hashish, and to exercise control over the members of his criminal organization.
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