Last year, the Special State Prosecutor's Office (SDT) launched 12 financial investigations, against 110 individuals and four legal entities, according to the annual report on the work of the State Prosecutor's Office and the Prosecutor's Council.
It is emphasized that in the field of confiscation of property acquired through criminal activity and property benefits acquired through criminal activity, the initiation of financial investigations that should result in the permanent confiscation of property acquired through criminal activity has continued.
"In the reporting year, financial investigations were initiated in 12 cases against 110 individuals and four legal entities under the jurisdiction of the SDT, and there was a request to expand the financial investigation in one case against seven individuals," the report states.
It is added that the SDT, in order to preserve the property benefits acquired through criminal activity and possible subsequent confiscation of the property benefits, submitted a proposal to the High Court in Podgorica to determine temporary measures to ensure the prohibition of disposal and use of movable and immovable property in five cases.
As stated, the SDT submitted three proposals for the temporary suspension of the execution of the monetary transaction.
The report states that within the jurisdiction of the Higher State Prosecutor's Office in Podgorica, nine financial investigations were launched against 11 persons.
Thus, as it is added, with seven financial investigations from earlier years, there were a total of 16 financial investigations against 24 persons.
The report states that financial investigations against four persons were suspended last year, and the High Court in Podgorica issued a decision for the permanent confiscation of property in one case against one person, based on the state prosecutor's request for permanent confiscation of property - 805 euros.
"At the end of the reporting year, 11 financial investigations against 19 persons remained in operation," the report points out.
The report states, among other things, that last year the State Prosecutor's Office intensively undertook activities to implement the measures and tasks foreseen in the action plans for negotiation chapters seven, 23 and 24.
It is stated that state prosecutors last year, applying the institute of deferred prosecution, resolved cases against 854 persons, of which 827 were natural persons, 21 were legal persons and six were responsible in legal persons.
On this basis, as it is pointed out, 307,05 thousand euros were paid for humanitarian purposes.
The report also states that 11,7 thousand euros were paid last year in the name of damages to the injured party.
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