Former secret agent Duško Golubović and fugitive Sander Stanaj, owner of the "Rokšped" car center, are suspected of causing damage to Montenegro of at least 18.260.352 euros, the Special State Prosecutor's Office (SDT) announced today.
The statement states that, upon the order of the SDT, the Special Police Department (SPO), with the assistance of other organizational units of the Police Directorate, yesterday arrested Prokopi Perić, Dejan Milić, Radoje Dakić, Adnan Suković, Mileta Simanić, Ivan Turčinović, Predrag Madžgalj, and filed criminal charges against them, as well as against Golubović, who is in custody, and Sander Stanaj, Nu Stanaj, Andrija Petanović, AP, VV, Đ.Lj., and VB, who are on the run or are not reachable by state authorities, due to the existence of grounds for suspicion that they committed the criminal offense of creating a criminal organization and the continued criminal offense of smuggling.
The SDT said that after questioning the arrested suspects, they were ordered to be detained for a maximum of 72 hours from the time of arrest, and criminal proceedings were initiated against all of the now-defendants by issuing an order to expand the investigation, while previously, an investigation was ordered against the defendant Golubović for the continued criminal offense of money laundering.
"Namely, from the personal, written and electronic evidence collected during the investigation, there is a reasonable suspicion that the defendants DG and SS organized a criminal organization, whose members were the other defendants and other unknown persons, with the aim of transporting untaxed cigarettes from the free customs zone of the Port of Bar across the customs line, while avoiding customs supervision measures, and selling, concealing and distributing them in Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia and Italy, so that, during 2020 and 2021, by not paying customs duties, excise duties and taxes on at least 23.580 packages of smuggled cigarettes, they obtained illegal profits for the criminal organization and caused damage to the injured party Montenegro in the amount of at least 18.260.352 euros," the statement reads.
The SDT said that the order to conduct the investigation also proposed that the investigating judge of the Higher Court in Podgorica order detention for the defendants who have been detained, and that an arrest warrant be issued for those who are on the run and cannot be reached by state authorities.
"A financial investigation has been initiated against the defendants and persons associated with them, and by order of the Special State Prosecutor's Office, they have been prohibited from disposing of real estate, and credit, financial and other institutions have been ordered to deny them payments of amounts of money from their accounts," the SDT said.
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