Darko Novaković (54), whom the Special State Prosecutor's Office (SDT) suspects of being a member of a criminal organization that, according to their claims, was formed by the owner of the company "Televeks" Vladimira Mijajlović, and which smuggled cigarettes and laundered money, was extradited to Montenegro today.
This was unofficially told to "Vijesti" by the Police Directorate (UP).
The Police Department subsequently issued an official statement stating that officers of the Interpol NCB Podgorica, with the assistance of the Special Police Unit, carried out the extradition of Montenegrin citizen DN (54), from Serbia to Montenegro today.
"The named person is wanted for criminal proceedings before the High Court in Podgorica on suspicion of having committed the criminal offense of creating a criminal organization and the extended criminal offense of smuggling in co-perpetration. The named person was detained by officers of the Interpol NCB Podgorica and the Special Police Unit and handed over to the Special State Prosecutor's Office for further jurisdiction," the statement reads.
Novaković was arrested in Serbia in mid-August, on an international arrest warrant issued for him by NCB Interpol Podgorica:
"Due to his presence in the criminal proceedings being conducted against him, on suspicion of having committed the criminal offense of creating a criminal organization, as well as the criminal offense of smuggling in extended duration, as co-perpetrator. The Special State Prosecutor's Office filed a criminal complaint against him on suspicion of being a member of a criminal group that, during 2020 and 2021, carried out cigarette smuggling activities from the Port of Bar to EU countries in Montenegro and other countries. He was ordered into extradition detention by the competent judicial authority in the Republic of Serbia," it was announced after the arrest from the Police Department.
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The SDT also named Haris and Refik Kardović from Rožaje, Hajrula Jahović and Aldin Mlatišuma from Barane, and Nikola Nin Dedaj as members of Mijajlović's group.
On the same day that it opened the criminal case, the prosecutor's office also launched a financial investigation against Mijajlović and the defendants.
The Special State Prosecutor's Office believes that this organized crime group has been operating in Montenegro for years, causing multi-million-dollar damage to the budget through tax evasion and other illegal financial flows by smuggling cigarettes from the Port of Bar.
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