Indictment confirmed against owners of "Agrarija" and "Bat Bojana", Mujević and others for cigarette smuggling

The High Court Council in Podgorica confirmed the indictment filed by the Special State Prosecutor's Office against the owner of the company "Agrarija" Velimir Milačić, the owner of "Bat Bojana" Žarko Bulatović, Rožajac Mujo Mujević, Slobodan Đurica and Enis Kajević for creating a criminal organization and cigarette smuggling.

The SDT filed the indictment on October 9th of this year.

"The subject of the indictment is the activities of a criminal organization organized by the accused MM, with an unknown person, whose members became the other accused, with the aim of transporting untaxed cigarettes across the customs line from the Free Customs Zone of the Port of Bar, while avoiding customs supervision measures, and selling and distributing them, in Podgorica, Rožaje, Serbia and Kosovo. Therefore, in the period from November 2019 to March 2021, the accused, by failing to pay customs duties, excise duties and taxes on 42.827 packages of smuggled cigarettes, obtained illegal profits for the criminal organization and caused damage to the injured party, Montenegro, in the amount of at least 33.182.320,05 euros," the SDT states.

The Special State Prosecutor's Office has launched a financial investigation against the defendants, with the aim of permanently confiscating property that they have determined was acquired through criminal activity.