The Special State Prosecutor's Office (SDT) requested information about the former president's transactions through Interpol Milo Đukanović and his son Milder, as part of the "Pandora Papers" investigation.
At the same time, in connection with the same investigation, the prosecutor's office also sent requests to the judicial authorities of Great Britain and Switzerland, it was officially told to "News" from the institution, which it manages. Vladimir Novović.
"In the criminal case you label as the 'Pandora Papers', an investigation is underway, and the special prosecutor has collected information from M. Đ., B. Đ. i V. Ć. M., and requests were sent to the competent judicial authorities of Great Britain and Switzerland and the collection of certain data from commercial banks via Interpol was requested", is the official response of the SDT, which is signed by the prosecutor's spokesperson Vukas Radonjic.
In early October 2021, the SDT formed a case regarding the fact that former president Đukanović and his son Blažo concluded secret contracts abroad on the management of their assets and then announced that they would take "all measures and actions within their jurisdiction to determine the facts and circumstances."
By the end of the year, the director of the Network for the Affirmation of the Non-Governmental Sector (MANS) was heard Vanja Ćalović Marković, and in connection with the extensive documentation obtained by that NGO as part of the global investigation on offshore companies.
Blažo Đukanović was also heard, while the then president sent a written statement to SDT.
The then Chief Special Prosecutor Milivoje Katnic explained why Milo Đukanović was only asked for a written statement:
"It is made possible for high-ranking officials, not so that they would be privileged or separated from others, but to avoid the procedure of controlling the premises. That's why it's simpler to send the questions and send them for a statement," said Katnić.
MANS, as part of the global investigation into offshore companies called the "Pandora Papers", announced that in 2012 Milo and Blažo Đukanović entered into secret contracts on the management of their assets, hiding behind a complicated network of related companies from Great Britain, Switzerland, the British Virgin Islands Islands, Panama and Gibraltar.
The son of the head of state, according to the documentation and claims of MANS, also formed two hidden companies with subsidiary companies in London and Montenegro.
In the documentation of the leading law office in Panama "Alcogal", MANS found certified copies of the contract on the establishment of trusts that the father and son Djukanovic concluded on June 21, 2012 with the company "CM Skye 2 (PTC) Limited" registered in the British Virgin Islands. The trusts were established for a period of 80 years, and the company that manages them is authorized to buy and sell real estate and companies on behalf of Đukanović, open new companies and giro accounts, give and take loans and perform various other tasks.
80 years is the period during which, according to MANS documentation, trusts were established, and the company that manages them is authorized to buy and sell real estate and companies on behalf of Đukanović
"It can be seen from the contract that the elder Đukanović formed the "Vitoria Trust" and his son the "Capecastel Trust", MANS stated.
Extensive documentation published by MANS at the time shows that these companies, trusts, are authorized to buy and sell real estate and companies on behalf of Đukanović, open new companies and giro accounts, give and take loans and perform various other tasks, MANS said.
In the documentation of the leading law office in Panama "Alcogal", MANS found certified copies of the contract on the establishment of trusts that the Djukanovics concluded on June 21, 2012 with a company registered in the British Virgin Islands
The cabinet of the then president of the state announced after the disclosure of the documents that in 2012, when Djukanović was not performing state duties, he founded the "Viktoria trust", which, they claim, while he was the owner, did not have any business transactions and did not open any bank accounts. because it was never activated.
They stated that Đukanović, after his unplanned return to the post of prime minister in the same year, transferred the entire ownership of the "Viktoria trust" to his son Blaž.
MANS previously clarified that trusts do not exist in Montenegrin legislation, and that in offshore destinations they are mainly used to hide the real owners of property.
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