The President of Montenegro, Milo Đukanović, was mentioned in the document of the investigating judge of the court in Palermo, Alfredo Montalto, in the case involving the former Albanian oil tycoon Rezart Tači, reports Portal RTCG. Thaci and several Italian citizens are suspected of possibly laundering more than 20 million euros.
The portal published the report of the investigative judge in which, in addition to the Montenegrin president, his brother Aco, the single largest shareholder of the First Bank of Montenegro, was mentioned.
The report on the investigative actions of the court in Palermo, signed by the investigating judge Alfredo Montalto, contains a transcript of the conversation between Rezarto Tachi and the suspected Italian citizen Daniele Castagalli, where it is seen that Tachi mentions Đukanović, in the context of the intervention to get money from Montenegro through the "presidential bank" made an international payment, according to the portal.
On page 17 of the Italian investigative report, it is stated that the investigators established, using open sources, that Montenegrin President Milo Đukanović and his brother Aco Đukanović, in 2006 and later, participated in the privatization of the former Nikšić bank, which became the First Bank of Montenegro.
In addition to page 17, the transcript of Thaci's conversation is also mentioned on page 58, where it can be seen that the current president of Montenegro was also mentioned.
The document of the court in Palermo was first published by the Albanian journalist Timi Samardziu, in the show Zona Zero on Top News TV, pointing out that the documents clearly show the transfer of a large amount of money for the needs of the mafia organization "Coza Nostra", the portal adds.
Samardžiu told Portal RTCG that Montenegro is mentioned on several pages in the report, that Đukanović was also mentioned, but that it is difficult to give any detailed comments at this time.
It turned out that, according to that document, Rezart Thaci cooperated with persons who are under investigation by the police in Italy, namely Daniele Castagalli, Fabio Petrucella and Francesco Zumo. In June of this year, Petrucella and Kestagalli came to Albania via Montenegro in order to negotiate with Thaci how to carry out the operations, as stated in the Italian court document.
Judge Alfredo Montalto signed the report on preliminary investigative actions on November 4 of this year.
Fabio Petrucela is accused of cooperating with Kestagali, Tachi and other, so far unknown persons, for the purposes of the mafia organization Coza Nostra, in connection with the laundering of 22.340.285 euros. This amount was taken from the bank "Banca dello Stato" in the name of Franceska Zuma, and for the needs of a mafia organization. According to this court document, this transaction consists of the purchase of an Argentine bond for four million euros, along with the monetization of two trust funds that located in Liechtenstein for 18.399.966 euros.
According to the Italian document, this was done in order to transfer the last amount of money, through the mentioned bank, i.e. "Banca dello Stato", to Francesco Zumo's account in "Alfa Bank" (a second tier bank) in Tirana.
The portal RTCG, they remind, previously wrote that Thaçi was known for years for his business in the oil industry and at one time he was considered to be the richest man in Albania. He was the owner of the company "Tači oil", that is, a chain of gas stations in Albania.
At one time he was also the owner of the Italian football club Parma, and he even negotiated the purchase of Milan, at a time when its owner was Silvio Berlusconi.
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