Who helped Duško Golubović make the phone call: One detainee faces disciplinary action for involvement in the case

One detainee is being disciplined for suspicion of being involved in the case of illegally bringing a phone into the cell of the Remand Prison where accused cigarette smuggler Duško Golubović is being held.

This was officially announced to "Vijesti" by the Directorate for the Execution of Criminal Sanctions (UIKS), who said that they are determining the circumstances of how this illicit substance ended up in the hands of a former long-time secret and public service agent.

News reported yesterday that prison officers found a makeshift mobile phone in the detention cell of the man accused of cigarette smuggling and money laundering.

"The Directorate for the Execution of Criminal Sanctions continuously conducts searches of persons and searches and inspections of premises where persons deprived of their liberty are accommodated, with the aim of preventing the entry and possession of prohibited items and objects in the premises of UIKS. In relation to your inquiry, we would like to point out that the aforementioned activities of security officers in the previous period resulted in the seizure of certain items, including a mobile phone that was hidden in a special way in a TV remote control," UIKS said.

It follows from the responses submitted that they did not fully clarify how and for whose purposes the mobile phone was brought in...

"When it comes to other details regarding the specific case, we emphasize that UIKS took further actions and measures within its jurisdiction, and that disciplinary proceedings were initiated and carried out against one detainee.

"Data relating to the manner in which the prohibited item was brought in, the circumstances under which it happened, and the purpose for which the prohibited item, the mobile phone, was brought in, constitute data that has not been fully determined, for which reasons we cannot comment on it," the responses state.

Citing a source from the Directorate, Vijesti reported that prison guards searched Golubović's cell several times, suspecting that he was using his mobile phone illegally.

"Although his cell had been thoroughly searched several times, the makeshift phone managed to go undetected, until the last search, when it was discovered that he was actually talking using a modified TV remote control," the newspaper's source said two days ago...

He also emphasized that the investigation by the authorities should show who the "master" was who enabled Golubović to communicate with the outside world using a remote control...

News from the Special State Prosecutor's Office (SDT) is awaiting answers - were they informed that an illicit item was found in the detention cell where the person arrested on their order was being held, did they determine who Golubović had been communicating with for months, or whether he had possibly communicated with the active case, in terms of attempting to influence witnesses, obstruct justice...

Accusations

Golubović was arrested on May 9th last year, and his detention was ordered two days later, when he was taken to the Remand Prison.

According to the SDT, this retired, long-time employee of the National Security Agency (ANB) and the Police Directorate (UP) with Tuzanin Sander Stanaj He formed a criminal organization that operated during 2020 and 2021 in the territory of several countries - Montenegro, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Italy and other countries in Europe and Asia, with the aim of smuggling cigarettes and gaining illegal profits.

SDT claims that members of the organization, since its founding and during its activities, have become Nuo Stop, Abedin Pepić, Andrija Petanovic, Vukota Vujošević, Đoko Lješković, Ivan Ljeskovic, Mileta Simanić, Adnan Suković, Ivan Turčinović, Predrag Madžgalj, Veton Berishaj, Procopius Perić, Dejan Milic i Radoje Dakić.

According to the indictment, Golubović and Stanaj devised and coordinated the entire plan - from the procurement of cigarettes from abroad, their storage in the Free Zone of the Port of Bar, to their illegal transport and sale on the regional and European markets.

In the operational part, other defendants also played key roles, including Adnan Suković and Veton Berišaj.

According to the prosecution, Suković was in charge of organizing the transport - he coordinated the collection of cigarettes from warehouses in Podgorica and Tuzi, their loading into trucks, hiding them among legal cargo and further smuggling them to Albania and European Union countries, including Croatia, and then Slovenia and Italy. He also participated in arranging sales and distribution, as well as in transferring money to the top of the organization.

Berišaj, on the other hand, played a key role in international distribution and sales - he took over the cigarettes, organized their storage in Zagreb and further distribution to the markets of Croatia, Slovenia and Italy. He was also involved in organizing further transport and collection, with the money, directly or through intermediaries, being returned to Nu Stanaj and the top of the organization.

Golubović in court today

Special prosecutors claim that the criminal group of Golubović and fugitive Sander Stanaj, owner of the "Rokšped" car center, caused damage of at least 18.260.352 euros.

The trial of Golubović and Stanaj's criminal organization is scheduled for today at the Podgorica Higher Court, before a special panel of judge Branislav Leković. It was postponed because Ivan Lješković was not ready to present his defense, as he said he had not had time to familiarize himself with the indictment.

At the beginning of the year, at the proposal of the SDT, the Higher Court in Podgorica finally froze the assets of former secret agent Duško Golubović and his family members - wife DG, sons IG and LG, and daughter SG.

The assets of the other defendants have also been frozen.