The lawyer of Pljevljak Jovica Zindović, who is in prison in Serbia, has been unsuccessfully asking the Montenegrin authorities for years to withdraw the red Interpol warrant for him because they have been informed of his whereabouts and Serbia has approved his extradition to Montenegro, once he has served his sentence there.
Lawyer Stefan Jokić claims that because of this procedural error, his client's name is constantly being negatively circulated in the media, and other police forces around the world have him in their database and are looking for him, even though his whereabouts have been known for a long time.
Jokić's letter reached the Montenegrin police, who replied in September 2018 that a court order was required. At that time, lawyer Jokić turned to the Bjelo Polje Basic Court, but he did not benefit from it because Judge Radule Piper replied that the court he presides over cannot suspend the warrant because it was not even issued by their order.
The warrant was issued at the request of the prison administration, which is why lawyer Jokić sent them a letter as well. The answer from them is still waiting.
"But it is still emphasized and constantly repeated in the media that Jovica Zindović is on an Interpol warrant even though it is known where he has been for the past 4 years. Moreover, the Ministry of Justice of Serbia issued a decision approving the extradition of Jovica Zindović to Montenegro, so the question is raised with reason Whose interest is it and on whose account is my client constantly being negatively portrayed in the Montenegrin media regarding the warrant that should not and should not exist? Is this how they want to deny the rights that belong to him and all this for the sake of other people's private interests? ?", said Jokic.
That Montenegrin competent authorities are not unaware of Zindović's whereabouts is also shown by the fact that four years ago they sent a request to Serbia for his extradition.
Zindović was sentenced to 15 years and three months for the murder of fellow citizen Luka Popović in 2013.
Two years later, he escaped from the family home in Mojkovac, during a visit approved by the authorities from ZIKS, and was arrested in July of the following year in Belgrade.
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