Andrija Laković arrested for threatening journalist Jelena Jovanović

Podgorica resident Andrija Laković was arrested for threatening the safety of "Vijesti" journalist Jelena Jovanović.

This was done on the order of the Basic State Prosecutor's Office in Podgorica, which claims that he committed the crime on September 13, 2025.

The statement did not specify whether the motives for threatening journalist Jovanović last year were known.

On that date, Jovanović reported to the police a threat she had received via phone message from a number in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The message asked her to think about "who is safer," and stated that her security was paid for by the state, while the sender "paid for his own."

"You fat guy, the state pays for your security, and I pay for mine. So think about who is safer, me or you, I'm afraid you'll be disappointed, and I see you will. So in any of your next shows, or in your spying, mention the company ***** once again and next time you'll be the one to lose, not my company. So whatever it costs," the message Jovanović received reads.

Jovanović has been the target of threats for years due to her investigative work on organized crime, corruption and controversial businesses in Montenegro. Due to the assessment by security services that her life is in danger, she has had constant police protection for about five years.

The Police Directorate (PD) officially announced that Podgorica police officers, in coordination with the Basic State Prosecutor's Office in Podgorica, have solved the criminal offense of endangering security, committed against the journalist of the ND "Vijesti" Jelena Jovanović, and arrested an operationally interesting person (OIL) AL (32) from Podgorica.

"Police officers of the Danilovgrad and Podgorica Security Departments acted upon a report filed by a journalist on September 13, 2025, against an unknown person due to threats sent by SMS from a foreign phone number. Numerous measures and actions were taken: searches were carried out at several locations, operational-tactical measures were carried out and information was collected, after which police officers, while undertaking police-prosecutorial activities, found material evidence and identified as a suspect an operationally interesting person, AL from Podgorica, who is directly linked to the commission of this criminal offense. He was arrested today, by order of the prosecutor, and will be brought to the competent prosecutor's office within the legal deadline," the UP statement reads.