The Prosecutor’s Office communicated that Mr Pavicevic had been arrested on suspicion of having committed the criminal offense of abuse of office over an extended period.
“Danijela Krkovic from Bar has also been arrested on suspicion of committing the criminal offenses of abuse of office over an extended period and falsification of official documents,” the Prosecutor’s Office stated.
Hearing of Ms Krkovic has been ongoing in the Prosecutor’s Office, and the former President of the Municipality of Bar is to be questioned after her.
We remind that daily “Dnevne Novine” reported in late July that several separate investigations of multimillion frauds had been in their final stages and that they had been related to Mr Pavicevic and former President of the Municipality of Budva, Rajko Kuljaca.
It was said that certain associates of the former presidents of the municipalities would also be included in the criminal charges.
As the media reported in April, the Basic State Prosecutor’s Office in Bar had transferred all the cases against the former President of the Municipality, Zarko Pavicevic, to their colleagues from the anti-corruption department of the Special Prosecutor’s Office.
This information was confirmed by the Basic State Prosecutor, Milenko Magdelinic, who explained that these were cases in which there were indications of corruptive offenses.
Mr Magdelinic said that several cases were sent from the Basic Prosecutor’s Office in Bar to the Special Prosecutor, Djurdjina Nina Ivanovic.
As he explained, the cases were related to multimillion claims from the period when Mr Pavicevic had been the President of the Municipality and also the majority shareholder in the private-owned company Construction Institute Bar (ZIB).
We remind, that the NGO Sector Affirmation Network (MANS) earlier filed criminal charges to the Special Public Prosecutor for Corruption and Organised Crime against Mr Pavicevic and several persons connected with him on suspicion of organised abuse of office in order to obtain illegal material benefits.
