Kajević pleaded guilty, Mujević denied the charges

The accused Mujo Mujevic He denied organizing a criminal group and participating in smuggling, while Enis Kajevic admitted to the allegations of the indictment in court and said that he smuggled cigarettes with that Rožaje man.

They announced this before a special panel presided over by a judge. Nada Rabrenović, and at the beginning of the trial of those accused of cigarette smuggling and creating a criminal organization.

Mujević, the owner of the company "Agrarija", presented his defense yesterday in the Podgorica Higher Court. Velimir Milacic, owner of “Bat Bojana” Žarko Bulatović and Kajevic. Slobodan Djurica, as announced, will do so at the next hearing.

Mujević denied the charges that he formed a criminal organization and smuggled cigarettes. Milačić said that he did not have an encrypted phone, was not a member of any criminal organization and did not participate in smuggling. His lawyer Lazar Akovic He told Vijesti that family and friends offered a guarantee of around one million euros in real estate for the release of his detention. Bulatović also denied being a member of a criminal organization.

Unlike the other defendants, Kajević admitted to the charges - he stated that he used the "Sky" application, that Bulatović provided him with a phone with that application, and that from 2014 to 2016 he worked with Mujević, from whom, he claims, he purchased cigarettes delivered by trucks.

He said that the cigarettes were then sold to buyers from Serbia and Kosovo, mainly through an elaborate network and beyond border crossings.

According to the SDT indictment, in 2019, Mujević, together with currently unknown persons, organized a criminal group whose goal was to smuggle untaxed cigarettes from the Port of Bar Free Zone to Montenegro, Serbia, and Kosovo.

The other defendants, according to the prosecution, had previously assigned roles in the transportation, storage and sale of goods.

The prosecution claims that 42.827 packs of cigarettes were smuggled in this way, which benefited the criminal organization and caused damage to the Montenegrin budget of at least 33,18 million euros.

SDT rejects agreement with Kajević

The Special State Prosecutor rejected the proposal of Enis Kajević's defense to conclude a plea agreement.

As "Vijesti" has learned, a sentence of one and a half years in prison, a fine and payment of a certain amount for humanitarian purposes has been proposed.