Aleksandar Obradović revealed a scandal about corruption in the military industry in Serbia, in which people close to President Aleksandar Vučić were involved, and since then the life of that modest employee has turned into a nightmare, reported the monthly magazine "La Chronique" of the French branch of the international organization Amnesty International. (Amnesty International).
In the extensive text entitled "Obradović - Serbian Snowden", the entire case of the whistleblower is described from the moment he was detained on suspicion of espionage, until his house arrest and his release.
It also describes the gatherings where demonstrators carried the sign "I am Alexander", petitions for his release and the current conditions in which he lives. "In a few months, that employee in Krušik, without any previous stories, a discreet father, became a symbol of resistance to the nepotism that reigns in Serbia today", according to the text published as part of a large file on the topic "Whistle-blowers in the world", which is transmitted by French branch of AI.
The text describes the atmosphere of fear in the "Krušik" factory since January 2014, when Mladen Petković, a cadre from the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), came to head the factory, and then the factory's lucrative deals with foreign partners to whom it sold weapons, which seemed like an excellent thing for "Krušik" almost destroyed during NATO bombing in 1999.
However, "the box office was strangely still empty."
Obradović, who had access to the accounting documentation, reveals that Krušik sells part of his production to companies close to the Serbian authorities, including the father of the Minister of Internal Affairs, Branko Stefanović.
Other people close to Vučić appear there, such as Slobodan Tešić, who is on the UN blacklist for violating the embargo.
According to the documents collected by Obradović, several companies used the very favorable conditions of "Krušik".
Obradović reacted very quickly to these frauds.
The text describes the way Obradović tried to inform the authorities and part of Krušik, as well as the information websites Birn and Pištaljka.
Aware that government institutions are involved in the affair, which he has yet to reveal to the public, Obradović refused the official status of a whistleblower, as determined by the law, and instead addressed a journalist of the Arms Watch portal. Shortly after the publication of his information on that website, Obradović was arrested, then placed under house arrest and later released. Despite criticism from the authorities, Obradović remains determined.
"I know the dangerous and painful truth about arms sales, and they know it. I only passed on 20 percent of what I know, and the rest is in a safe place," said the whistleblower, adding that he knows the road will be difficult.
The text states at the end that Obradović's life is uncertain.
He still cannot return to work and receives only a quarter of his salary, but he says that one day he would like to return to "Krušik" and look each colleague in the eye because, as he stated, he acted in the interest of the factory.
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