Businessman Duško Knežević, former mayor of Podgorica Slavoljub Stijepović and other defendants in the case known to the public as "Koverta", were again acquitted of charges in a retrial.
The verdict in the High Court was delivered by the panel of Judge Nenad Vujanović.
In addition to Knežević and Stijepović, Branislav Todorović, Živko Šljivančanin, Tamara Krdžić, Goran Grujović and Tomica Knežević were also acquitted of charges.
The indictment of the Special State Prosecutor's Office charged them with the criminal offenses of creating a criminal organization and money laundering. The Court of Appeals overturned that decision and remanded the case for a retrial.
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