The trial of the defendants Radoje Zvicer, Ljubo Milović, Petar Lazović, Slobodan Kašćelan and other defendants was postponed today at the Higher Court in Podgorica.
The court ex officio assigned an ex officio defense attorney to the accused Radovan Pantović.
The lawyer told the court that Pantović would not cooperate and refused his engagement.
He stated that he did not have time to prepare his defense.
The court accepted the request to postpone the main hearing so that the defense attorney could familiarize himself with the files.
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 and 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, which aims to commit criminal offenses punishable by four years in prison or a more severe penalty, 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 violence and intimidation were used in the activities of the criminal organization. As presented in the indictment, Zvicer, either alone or through other persons, recruited the defendants Milović Ljubo, Lazović Petar, Živković Radoja, Spasojević Nikola, Kašćelan Slobodan, Vujotić Milan, Roganović Duško, Mujović Radovan, Pantović Radovan, Perović Nikša and others as members of a criminal organization, for the purpose of committing an unspecified number of criminal offenses: unauthorized production, possession and circulation of narcotic drugs under Article 300, paragraph 1 and paragraph 4 in connection with paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code of Montenegro, unauthorized possession of weapons and explosives under Article 403, paragraph 3 in connection 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 item 3 in relation to paragraph 2 of the Criminal Code of Montenegro.
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