Police officers are searching apartments, houses and buildings used by businessman Veselin Vesko Barović tonight.
After the search of the house in Bandići, Barović was invited to give an official statement at the building of the Crime Prevention Sector of the Police Directorate.
Criminal investigation and consultations with the Basic State Prosecutor's Office regarding further action in the case are underway.
"Vijesti" has learned that searches are being conducted by court order in three municipalities where Barović has property.
According to initial information, searches are underway due to suspicion of abuse in business operations.
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For over 30 years, Veselin Barović has been considered one of the closest friends of former President Milo Đukanović.
He was mentioned in the indictment of Italian prosecutor Giuseppe Scelzi as one of the bosses of "tobacco smuggling" that went through Montenegro during the 90s.
During the mass voucher privatization, as the owner of "Eurofond", with a group of related persons and companies, he took over several Montenegrin companies, and was also active on the stock exchanges - here and in the region.
Barović was a major figure in Montenegrin basketball for almost three decades and the president of KK Budućnost during the club's greatest successes in the former state, as well as the president of the Basketball Association for several terms.
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