Movement for Changes (PzP) official Iva Pavlovic, DF official Slaven Radunovic’s son Luka and Petar Draskovic from the Democratic People’s Party (DNP) have been arrested upon the order of the special state prosecutor Lidija Vukcevic. They are suspected of Money laundering.
According to unofficial information obtained by CdM, this is an extension of the investigation into money laundering, the Special State Prosecutor’s Office is conducting against the PzP leader Nebojsa Medojevic and several other officials of that party.
The prosecutor is currently questioning Iva Pavlovic.
In addition to the arrested, the list of suspects contains the names of the PzP leader Nebojsa Medojevic, businessman Momir Nikolic, PzP director Dejan Vujisic, technical secretary of the party and Medojevic’s brother in law, Zeljko Scepanovic, and local foreign currency dealer Gordan Konatar. The investigation also included five street foreign currency dealers – Milos Mrva Gvozdenovic, Dejan and Violeta Buskovic, Zeljko Pejovic and Radovan Scekic.
Medojevic and Nikolic allegedly created a plan to put money gained through illegal conversion of foreign currency in the payment system, as well as the money obtained for the illegal financing of certain political parties for general elections.
“Nebojsa Medojevic was tasked with recruiting members of the criminal organization that will be engaged in unauthorised exchange the US dollars to euro and putting the money in legal flows for the needs of political entities; organising delivery of money obtained from illegal activities to other members of the organisation and citizens who will pay this money to bank accounts of political entities as donations; directing the statements of members of the criminal organization in case the plan is busted; and coming up with new forms of illegal transfers of money obtained by criminal activities into legal flows,” the Special Prosecutor’s Office’s document says.
Medojevic’s parliamentary immunity has been lifted due to these charges. However, he has not been detained based on the binding instruction the supreme state prosecutor Ivica Stankovic sent to the Special State Prosecutor’s Office.
