Branko Stefanović, the father of Serbian Interior Minister Nebojša Stefanović, traveled to Saudi Arabia last year as a member of the delegation of "GIM", a private company dealing in arms trade, writes BIRN.
This portal previously revealed that Stefanović is connected to "GIM", as well as that this company bought weapons at privileged prices from the state company "Krušik".
As reported by KRIK, Stefanović, as a legal representative, was in the delegation of "GIM" that traveled to the capital of Saudi Arabia, Riyadh, at the beginning of June last year. In addition to him, the delegation consisted of Goran Todorović, the owner of the company, and Dragan Đurić, the sales director, writes BIRN.
Information about the role Stefanović played in the delegation can be found in the request for a Saudi visa and in the visa itself. according to BIRN.
This portal writes that the purpose of the trip was to contract new jobs with the representatives of the Saudi company "Remas LTD". BIRN also adds that the price at which "GIM" resells mines to Saudi partners is almost twice as high as the price at which it purchased mines of that caliber from "Krušik", the state arms manufacturer.
Today's BIRN article is, as reported by KRIK, another confirmation that the father of the police minister is involved in the international arms trade and that he was not just an ordinary employee in "GIM".
He also denies the statements of Minister Stefanović that his father is not connected with this private company, but also quotes the President of the State, Aleksandar Vučić, who first stated that Branko Stefanović was an "ordinary employee", and then made that statement.
BIRN wrote about the fact that the minister's father was involved in the international arms trade in November last year, when it revealed that Branko Stefanović as a representative of "GIM" brokered the sale of weapons to a company from Saudi Arabia . The topic was brought up to date three months ago, after the "Arms watch" portal also wrote about it.
The private exporter "GIM" which is connected to Branko Stefanović, as reported by these two portals, bought weapons from "Krušik" at preferential prices compared to the state company "SDPR".
After this discovery, Aleksandar Obradović, an employee of "Krušik" and a whistleblower who provided information and documents to journalists, was arrested. The Prosecutor's Office initiated proceedings against him for disclosure of business secrets, and the authorities publicly labeled him as a spy.
Although it reacted quickly in the case of Aleksandar Obradović, the prosecution was significantly slower when it came to the discoveries that were made thanks to him.
It was only in the middle of last month that the Prosecutor's Office for Organized Crime asked the Security-Informative and Military Security Agency to check his allegations and determine whether private companies, including "GIM", had a privileged position when purchasing weapons from "Krušik".
The prosecutor's office did not answer the questions of KRIK journalists about whether they would investigate the role of the Minister of Police and his father Branko in the arms trade.
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