Criminal charges filed against two former heads of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the former executive director of the Regional Water Supply Company

In the continuation of the national operation codenamed "Browing", police officers have filed a criminal complaint with the Basic State Prosecutor's Office (ODT) in Bijelo Polje against Violeta Bogavac and Dragan Šćepanović, two former heads of the Civil Status and Personal Documents Branch of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MUP) in Bijelo Polje, on suspicion of abusing their official position.

As announced by the Police Directorate, criminal charges have also been filed against the former executive director of the Regional Water Supply Company of the Montenegrin Coast, Borislav Ivanković, who is also suspected of abuse of official position, and of an extended duration.

Bogavac and Šćepanović are suspected of having issued firearms purchase permits to RD in the period from 2021 to 2022, acting contrary to the provisions of Article 13 of the Weapons Act, thus enabling him to purchase four firearms, although there was no legal basis for this, the police said.

Ivanković is suspected of having, during 2023, enabled the payment of the variable part of the salary in advance for 13 employees, i.e. for months that had not even occurred at the time of payment of the variable, and thus damaged the aforementioned company based on illegally paid variables in the amount of 6.776,30 euros.

"The Police Directorate continues its determined fight against all forms of crime, with a special focus on the fight against organized crime and corruption as a defined national priority, with the aim of suppressing criminal acts that violate the rule of law, the integrity of the system's institutions, undermine citizens' trust in their work and cause economic damage to the state," the statement concludes.