Property of family members was temporarily confiscated Darko Sarić in Montenegro, due to the suspicion that it was acquired through criminal activity.
This was done by the local judicial authorities at the request of colleagues from Serbia in the case against the alleged Balkan drug lord and his team - for aggravated murder, creation of a criminal organization, drug smuggling, illegal possession of weapons, causing general danger, abuse of official position...
His brother, sister and daughter in Montenegro were temporarily blocked from numerous apartments, companies, business premises, land...
Judge Suzana Mugoša issued a decision on the temporary confiscation of property worth millions.
Saric was arrested in April last year in Belgrade, a few months after he was released to defend himself in a court case for cocaine smuggling.
He is also accused of organizing international drug smuggling, murders of associates and rivals from another clan, and intimidation of witnesses in the proceedings against him for money laundering and smuggling 5,7 tons of cocaine from the pre-trial prison, via the encrypted Sky phone application. from South America to Western Europe during 2008 and 2009.
Petitioner
Acting on the request of colleagues from Serbia, the High Court, at the request of the Montenegrin Special State Prosecutor's Office (SDT), passed a temporary measure prohibiting the disposal and use of real estate owned by his daughter Nikoline Saric, brat Duško Sarić and sisters Danijela Saric.
This was done on the basis of the Law on Confiscation of Property Gains from Criminal Activity.
In the records of the Administration for Cadastre and State Property, a ban on the disposal and use of these immovable properties was entered on January 11.
Duško Šarić's decision on January 11 blocked a dozen business premises with an area of about 700 square meters, a yard of an office building, a family residential building with an area of 61 square meters, a non-residential area with an area of 49 square meters, a studio apartment of the same area, two rooms...
The blockade was also placed on a yard with an area of 423 square meters, a barren plot of land with an area of 384 square meters, then also on a yard with an area of 136 square meters, a family building in which there are business and living spaces, a field of 422 square meters...
By the court's decision, the property registered to the company "Level ing" was blocked - a field of 481 square meters, a meadow of 4.495 square meters, barren land of 37 square meters, business buildings in the private sector of 478 square meters and an auxiliary building of 43 square meters, as well as a yard of 289 square meters.
Darko and Duško's sister, Danijela Šarić, have their property blocked near Pljevlja in Boščinovići - a yard of 529 square meters, a family building consisting of a non-residential space of 111 square meters and three apartments of 36, 88 and 98 square meters.
His daughter Nikolina was forbidden to dispose of a three-room apartment in Pljevlje with an area of 95 square meters and ten square meters of non-residential space.
It is reasoned that there is a well-founded suspicion that the said property was acquired through criminal activity, that is, that Darko Šarić invested the money acquired through crime in the acquisition of property whose formal owners are members of his immediate family: amounts".
"According to the assessment of this judge for the investigation, there is a danger that the possible confiscation of the said property benefit will later be prevented by its alienation, concealment or in some other way," reads the decision of Judge Mugoša.
He reasons that the temporary security measure will be abolished ex officio, if the indictment is not confirmed within two years from the date of adoption of the decision on the determination of the temporary security measure.
In May 2018, the state returned almost the same property to Duško Šarić and Jovica Lončar, with much more movable property on the list.
Such a decision was made after the Supreme Court confirmed the decision of the Appellate Court, by which the citizens of Pljevlja were legally acquitted of charges of laundering 19,2 million euros.
The list of property that was then decided to be returned to Sarić, Lončar and their companies included apartments and land, office buildings, the "Municipium'S" discotheque, the "4 Rooms" cafe, the "Mat petrol" gas station, work machines, cars. ..
Complaint
The legal representative of Šarić, a lawyer, appealed against the decision of Judge Mugoša Željko Đukanović, who demanded that the temporary security measure be lifted, because, as he claims, it has already been proven once that their property was acquired legally.
He filed the appeal due to a significant violation of the criminal procedure, and claims that the contested decision does not contain clear and convincing reasons for determining a temporary security measure on real estate owned by the brother of the accused, Duško Šarić, the company 'Level Ing', Šarić's sister Danijela and the defendant's daughter , Nikolina Šarić.
"And this for the following reasons - the real estate in question, which is stated in the disputed decision, is owned by the family members of the defendant Darko Šarić, which real estate was acquired in a legal way, and not as it is claimed in the contested decision. This is particularly bearing in mind the fact that the High Court in Bijelo Polje, in the proceedings it led against the defendant's brother, Duško Šarić and others. because of the criminal offense of money laundering, he already decided on such a proposal of the Higher State Prosecutor's Office in Bijelo Polje," the complaint says.
Attorney Đukanović points out that in that procedure, the defendant's brother Duško Šarić and Jovica Lončar were legally acquitted in 2018 of the criminal offenses they were charged with - and that, as authorized persons of the company "Level Ing", they committed the criminal offense of money laundering .
He pointed out that in that procedure it was determined that the money that was the subject of the indictment was not obtained through the sale of the dog, and it was ordered that all movable and immovable things be returned to their owners:
"Regarding the defendant, and in this case persons close to the defendant Šarić Darko".
"So, all the immovable properties that are listed now, owned by the mentioned company and other persons, were the subject of the investigation. Which means that they passed the control of the largest court cases, the control of the Appellate Court as a second-instance court and finally the Supreme Court, which found in their decisions that the real estate in question was acquired in a legal manner," Đukanović wrote in the appeal.
He suggested that the court files of the High Court in Bijelo Polje be obtained through official means, the hearing of witnesses whose names he will provide later, and also the hearing Alexander Zimber, as well as that, if there is a need for this, they hire an economic and financial expert.
They seize the same property twice
Đukanović told Vijesti that it is very important to point out that in the criminal proceedings against Duško Šarić and Jovica Lončar, conducted before the High Court in Bijelo Polje, and then before the Appellate Court and finally the Supreme Court, a final acquittal verdict was passed.
"On the basis of that verdict, the defense submitted a request to the High Court in Bijelo Polje for the return of temporarily confiscated property, and the property was returned. Precisely a large part of that returned property, which was the subject of temporary confiscation by the court in Bijelo Polje, is included in the current contested decision of the Higher Court in Podgorica, so it is superfluous to comment that the same things that have been undoubtedly established cannot be blocked twice, that is, again that they are of legal origin," said Đukanović.
The lawyer added that he believes that, mainly for this reason, the appeal is founded.
"The same property cannot be subject to confiscation in two different procedures," he pointed out.
Assets piled up, account balance unchanged
In the decision, the judge states that an inspection of Duško Šarić's account analysis card revealed that none of the recorded transactions correspond to the transaction - the payment of a sum of money on the basis of payment for real estate under the contract for the purchase and sale of one of Pljevljak's properties.
They also found that his foreign currency account had an unchanged balance for years, but also that in March 2022 he had income from the company "Spencer&Hill Team", as well as that from March 2020 to April 2022, based on earnings in the company "Level ing", earned 33.130,96 euros.
"From the publicly available database it follows that Šarić Duško is the executive director of the legal entity Level Ing doo, while the legal entity Matenico LLC registered in Delaware - USA and Jovica Lončar are registered as the founders of the company. Previously, the legal entity was 24.7.2006. was registered under the name Mat Shop doo. The sole founder and executive director of the company at the time of its establishment was Duško Šarić," it is written in the court files.
Another block for "Mat company"
The property registered to the company "Level Ing" Pljevlja, formerly "Mat company", whose founders are Jovica Lončar and the company "Mateniko LLC", was also blocked.
The company "Level Ing" was created by the merger of Šarić's companies "Mat company" and "Tera Ing". On October 19, 2009, he was entered in the Central Registry of the Commercial Court in Podgorica as the founder of the company "Mat Kompani", which the Property Administration previously temporarily confiscated from Duško Šarić, and then returned to him when he and Lončar were legally acquitted of the charges. his brother Darko.
Just a few days later, on October 26, Duško Šarić and Jovica Lončar were entered in the central register as founders, and probably the reason for the change was Darko's knowledge that the Serbian police had started the "Balkan Warrior" operation, which was taking place simultaneously in Uruguay and Belgrade.
On January 22, 2010, the Interpol warrant for Šarić was issued by a special department of the High Court in Belgrade. On November 16rd, only Jovica Lončar, who also held the position of executive director, was registered in CRPS as a founder. It is interesting that first on December XNUMX, only Lončar was re-registered as the founder, and Muhamed Delagija as the executive director, and a little later on the same day, in addition to Lončar as the founder of "Mat company", the American company "Mateniko LLC" was also registered.
The founder of the company "Tera ing", which was registered for the construction of residential and non-residential buildings, according to data from the Central Register, is a 100 percent limited liability company owned by "Mat company".
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