Lawyer Nikola Martinović proposed that in the continuation of the evidentiary proceedings, former ANB chief Dejan Peruničić, Veselin Veljović, former director of the Police Administration, Savo Kentera, former ANB chief, Dragan Radonjić, head of the SPO, Milorad Žižić, head of the serious crimes department in the SPO, Dejan Knežević, and Zoran Backović, Ivan Đoković, Momo Mirković, Nikola Janičić and Neško Jaredić, colleagues of the accused Petar Lazović, be heard as witnesses.
In the continuation of the trial at the Higher Court in Podgorica, the defense proposed numerous evidentiary proposals to the defendants Radoje Zvicer, Ljubo Milović, Petar Lazović and others accused of creating a criminal organization, drug and weapons smuggling.
Special Prosecutor Zoran Vučinić responded to the defense's proposals from earlier, while he said that he would respond to yesterday's proposals at the next main hearing on May 15th.
"I object to obtaining a copy of Petar Lazović's passport. I believe that it is not relevant to the decision in this case, bearing in mind that, according to the SDT, the identification of this defendant was reliably carried out using previously presented evidence in the form of Sky communications," the prosecutor said.
Lawyer Borivoje Borović then explained why it was important to obtain Petar Lazović's passport.
"A look at Petar Lazović's passport shows that he did not cross the state border and did not travel to the countries in which the SDT claims he resided," said Borović.
Vučinić opposed obtaining secret surveillance measures for the defendant Nikola Spasojević, because he believes that it is not relevant to the decision in this case.
According to Vučinić, he was reliably identified through an examination of the Sky material.
Vučinić believes that the photographs of this defendant are an integral part of the PIN user material to which the accused Spasojević is linked.
"At the hearing on December 23, 2025, the defense proposed hiring an expert witness to clarify the analysis of the Skaja materials. I believe that the proposal is unfounded, because they were obtained pursuant to a letter of request with accompanying elements and parameters that enable the analysis of these materials, which does not require expert knowledge in the relevant field," the special prosecutor assessed.
Borović said that in the "Šarić" court case in Belgrade, photographs of the defendant Nikola Spasojević were removed from the case because they were photocopies.
After a short break, the special panel of judge Veljko Radovanović rejected as unfounded a proposal by lawyer Nikola Martinović to obtain a photocopy of Petar Lazović's passport, as well as to obtain information about crossing the border.
The court also rejected the proposal of attorney Predrag Đolević to obtain the contents of the secret surveillance measures (SSM) for the accused Spasojević.
The court also rejected the proposal of attorney Marko Radović to obtain the original Sky documentation obtained from the Netherlands. The court also rejected other defense proposals.
"No appeal is allowed against these decisions. The court finds that all evidentiary proposals are unfounded because for some evidentiary proposals it can be determined that they are legally valid evidence, that is for evidence that was obtained through a request from the Republic of Serbia. For other evidentiary proposals, in the opinion of the court, the criminal legal matter has been sufficiently clarified, and in the opinion of the court, it would lead to a delay in the criminal proceedings. The defense attorneys are invited to present new evidentiary proposals," said Judge Radovanović.
Regarding the identification of the PIN of the accused Radovan Mujović, his defense attorney, Marko Radović, proposed that the decision of the Higher Court in Belgrade, Specialized Department for Organized Crime, dated July 3, 2023, be read.
"The decision of the Court of Appeal in Belgrade of December 1, 2023, should also be read. From these decisions, it can be determined that for the same period of time, the same PIN was used by another person, and Mujović is being charged. It was determined that another person used that PIN," Radović stated.
Lawyer Martinović proposed that in the continuation of the evidentiary proceedings, the former head of the National Security Agency (ANB) Dejan Peruničić, former director of the Police Administration Veselin Veljović, former head of the ANB Savo Kentera, former head of the ANB Dragan Radonjić, head of the Special Police Department (SPO) Milorad Žižić, head of the Serious Crimes Department in the SPO Dejan Knežević, and Zoran Backović, Ivan Đoković, Momo Mirković, Nikola Janičić and Neško Jaredić, colleagues of the accused Petar Lazović, be heard as witnesses.
"The defendant Petar Lazović is the only person in all cases formed since 2022 who was allegedly a member of both the 'Kavački' and 'Škaljarski clan', with Milo Božović. He is the only man in Montenegro in all criminal organizations. Then the only conclusion is that he was on a mission that consisted of uncovering criminal groups. The proposed witnesses will tell you that," said Martinović.
Lawyer Dragoljub Đukanović assessed that the only criminal organization in history created for the purpose of gaining profit and power in the alleged criminal organization is to sell cigarettes and drugs to each other.
"I would suggest that the court obtain a report from the Customs of Montenegro for 2020, because the indictment states that Ljubo Milović and Petar Lazović sold untaxed cigarettes 'FM', 'Trocadero' and 'Merlin', without paying the prescribed duties. There are no cigarettes, there is no confirmation from Customs whether they were paid or not. Did the cigarettes ever exist, whether they were paid or not. So when that is established, see if this legal qualification stands. I would suggest that expert opinions be conducted for the voice of the audio messages on Sky, because all the accused denied that they ever had encrypted phones and that these were their voices and their phones. That one of the experts hears those voice messages and hears the voices of the accused," said Ljubo Milović's defense attorney.
Attorney Predrag Đolević said that as the defense attorney for the accused Nikola Spasojević, he was interested in his identification, that is, that he exchanged photographs with the accused Zvicer, as stated in the official note.
"Nikola Spasojević does not know Zvicer. He has never used crypto. To obtain from the Kingdom of the Netherlands the original correspondence from December 9 to 23, 2020, between PIN users," said Đolević.
The trial continues on May 15.
What does the indictment say?
In addition to Zvicer, Milović and Lazović, the accused are Radoje Živković, Nikola Spasojević, Slobodan Kašćelan, in relation to whom the proceedings were separated, Milan Vujotić, Duško Roganović, Radovan Mujović, Radovan Pantović and Nikša Perović.
Lazović, Milović, Slobodan Kašćelan, Radovan Mujović, Pantović and Perović are charged with being, together with Ljubo Milović, Radoje Živković, Nikola Spasojević and Duško Roganović, members of the criminal organization of Kotor resident Radoje Zvicer. The indictment states that this criminal organization was formed in the second half of 2020 and, in addition to Montenegro, operated in South America, Africa, Europe and Australia. The arrest followed media reports that EUROPOL had warned the competent authorities about Lazović's possible criminal activities. At that time, a "SKY" communication was also published, in which it is stated that Petar Lazović participated with the Kavče residents.
Because during the second half of 2020, on the territory of Montenegro, South America, Africa, Europe and Australia, the defendant Zvicer Radoje organized a criminal organization, whose members became defendants: Milović Ljubo, Lazović Petar, Živković Radoje, Spasojević Nikola, Kašćelan Slobodan, Vujotić Milan, Roganović Duško, Mujović Radovan, Pantović Radovan, Perović Nikša and others, which aimed to commit criminal offenses for which a prison sentence of four years or a more severe penalty may be imposed by law, for the purpose of acquiring illegal profit and power, where each member of the criminal organization had a predetermined task and role, and the activities of the criminal organization were planned for an unlimited period of time and in international exchanges, with the application of precisely defined rules of internal control and discipline of members and in the activities of the criminal organization, violence and intimidation are applied and there is a readiness to apply them, in a way that he, alone or through other persons, recruited the defendants Milović Ljuba, Lazović Petra, Živković Radoja, as members of the criminal organization Spasojević Nikola, Kašćelan Slobodan, Vujotić Milan, Roganović Duško, Mujović Radovan, Pantović Radovan, Perović Nikša and others, for committing an unspecified number of criminal offenses: unauthorized production, possession and circulation of narcotic drugs under Article 300, paragraph 1 and paragraph 4 in conjunction with paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code of Montenegro, unauthorized possession of weapons and explosives under Article 403, paragraph 3 in conjunction with paragraphs 1 and 2 of the Criminal Code of Montenegro, smuggling under Article 265, paragraph 3 of the Criminal Code of Montenegro, abuse of official position under Article 416, paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code of Montenegro and money laundering under Article 268, paragraph 3 in conjunction with paragraph 2 of the Criminal Code of Montenegro.
The accused Zvicer Radoje, as the organizer, assigned tasks and roles to the members in order to implement the criminal plan, determined for himself that he would plan the commission of certain criminal offenses and order when and how they would be committed, that he would provide money for the commission of criminal offenses, that he would determine which members of the opposing criminal organization would be killed, that for that purpose he would procure firearms, either himself or through other members of the criminal organization, that he would organize the smuggling of narcotic drugs, cocaine and hashish from South America and Africa to Montenegro, other European countries and Australia, that he would determine the amount of money that each member of the criminal organization would invest in the smuggling of cocaine and hashish, the amounts of smuggled cocaine and hashish that would belong to the members of the criminal organization individually, the amounts of money that each member would receive after reselling cocaine and hashish, and that he would exercise control over the members of his criminal organization.
Zvicer is also charged with ordering the murder of Milan Lepoja, who participated in the organization of the attempted assassination in Kijevo. The defendant Zvicer Radoje, as an accomplice, committed the criminal offense of aggravated murder under Article 144, paragraph 1, items 1 and 4 in conjunction with Article 23, paragraph 2 of the Criminal Code of Montenegro.
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