Ojdanić and Stamatović claim they never had the Sky app

Defendants Mileta Ojdanić and Ivan Stamatović denied the allegations in the indictment that they are members of a criminal organization at the Higher Court in Podgorica today. They stated this at the trial of former Budva Municipality President Milo Božović, police officer Ljubo Milović, Petar Lazović and other defendants who are accused of creating a criminal organization and drug trafficking.

Ojdanić stated in his defense that he was not a member or organizer of any criminal organization, and that he did not give orders to Milo Božović.

"Given that I do not feel guilty, I will not answer questions. Not even ten percent of what is being highlighted in the media regarding this procedure is in the indictment. I worked as a police officer for eight years, after which I left the police. Since then, I have been engaged in private business. I certainly did not leave the police to engage in crime. Times were difficult then, we were no longer receiving a salary than we were, it was the 90s," Ojdanić said before the court.

He added that the media presented things in such a way that it appears that he is the organizer of a criminal group close to the Kavač clan.

"Then the matter becomes clear, it becomes clear to me that there is an evil intention behind all this," said Ojdanić, assessing that the indictment is based on the quantity, not the quality, of evidence.

"I never had the Sky app. The SDT brings me into a context with the accused, most of whom I didn't know. I met Petar Lazović in detention. The allegations in this indictment insult me ​​as a person. I did not give orders to Milo Božović, and he is my friend. The indictment is mostly twisted, so you did what you didn't do, you knew who you didn't, everything that was legally acquired is illegal," said Ojdanić.

He recalled that at one of his press conferences, Dritan Abazović, when he was prime minister at the time, said that the biggest drug dealer, the head of the European and Balkan underworld, had been arrested, which Ojdanić denied.

Stamatović also said that he did not have the Sky application.

"As a former police officer, I conducted and carried out evidence gathering activities. I would like to see the beginning and end of this activity that led to the Sky correspondence. I would start with the court order. I ask the court to order the prosecution to provide us with the court order from France. The manner in which the Sky material arrived should deepen everyone's suspicions, including the court's," said Stamatović.

He assessed that the entire indictment is based on the prosecutor's subjective allegations and that there are pins in Sky Communication that were used by several people, including the pin attributed to him by SDT.

Stamatović also said that it is illogical that the SDT is charging him with transmitting information for the Kavača clan, while at the same time suspecting him of torturing members of that organized crime group. He also pointed out that he has never visited the countries that the SDT claims he visited to transport drugs.

The indictment of the Special State Prosecutor's Office includes Ljubo Milović, Milo Božović, Dejan Knežević, Radoje Zvicer, Ivan Stamatović, Nebojša Bugarin, Petar Lazović, Milan Popović, Miloš Mišurović, Marko Novaković, Ivan Nikolić, Goran Stojanović, Božidar Jabučanin, Aleksandar Keković, Vladimir Bajčeta, Tihomir Adžić, Filip Zindović (whose last name was previously Kljajević), Darko Knežević, Ivan Mijatović and Dražen Milović.

According to earlier information from the prosecution, some of the defendants in this case are charged with multiple criminal offenses - Lj. M., MO, IS, NB, PL, MP, BJ, MM, AK, VB, GS, DM, FZ, IN, TA, MN, DK, MB, for the criminal offense of creating a criminal organization, against Lj. M., MO, IS, NB, PL, MP, BJ, MM, AK, VB, MN, RZ, DM, FZ, MB and IM, for the criminal offense of unauthorized production, possession and distribution of narcotic drugs - about 4 t 300 kg of cocaine, against Lj. M., IS, MO, BJ and MN, for the criminal offense of money laundering - about seven million euros, against MM, AK and Lj. M., for the criminal offenses of causing general danger and illegal possession of weapons and explosives, against DK, for the criminal offenses of disclosing classified information and against DK, for the criminal offense of abuse of official position, was committed in the period from 2019 to February 2021, in Montenegro, but also in certain countries in Europe and South America, Special State Prosecutor Vukas Radonjić announced earlier.