Officers of the Crime Prevention Sector - Department for Combating Corruption, Economic Crime, Conducting Financial Investigations and Suppression of Environmental Crime, in cooperation with officers of the Tax Administration, and in coordination with the Basic State Prosecutor's Office in Podgorica, have filed a criminal complaint against the company "TSS" from Podgorica, the founder MM (35) and the executive director of that company MM (65), on suspicion of committing the criminal offense of tax and contribution evasion in an extended period, the Police Directorate (UP) announced today.
"In the process leading up to the filing of the criminal report, police officers came to suspect that MM (35) as the founder and MM (65) as the executive director committed the aforementioned criminal offense by continuously withdrawing money in cash from the account of the suspected legal entity, acting on behalf of and for the account of the legal entity 'TSS' doo Podgorica, continuously during 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025, in order to avoid tax duties, without adequate business documentation and issuing invoices for which they did not submit monthly VAT returns to the Tax Administration of Montenegro, contrary to the Law on Value Added Tax. In this way, based on evaded personal income tax and undeclared VAT, they obtained unlawful material gain in the total amount of 138.448 euros, which also represents material damage caused to the budget of the state of Montenegro," it is emphasized in press release.
The statement added that officers of the Crime Prevention Sector - the Department for Combating Corruption, Economic Crime, Conducting Financial Investigations and Suppression of Environmental Crime - within the framework of a national permanent project codenamed "Evasion", continue with intensified targeted activities aimed at exposing and prosecuting responsible persons from the economic sector whose criminal actions directly disrupt the economic order of the state.
"Through strong inter-institutional cooperation and coordinated activities with the competent authorities, intensive measures and actions are being taken to protect the economic interests of citizens and preserve the budget of Montenegro. Operation 'Evasion' represents a decisive systemic response of the state to tax and financial fraud, with the clear goal of strengthening legality and financial discipline in all segments of the economy," the statement reads.
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