Chief special prosecutor Mr Milivoje Katnić, in an interview for Pobjeda daily, says the special war has continued but now even harsher and with an aim of preventing Montenegro to accede the European Union, EU.
He noted: “The implementation of this plan is only possible if the Special State Prosecutor’s Office is prevented from fulfilling the obligations under chapters 23 and 24 in the fight against organized crime, high corruption and other serious crime, which would present Montenegro as an unstable state.”
Interests in destabilizing key prosecution institutions are driven by criminal groups and criminals from all parts of public life. Unfortunately, the media here play pretty important role, said the Chief Special Prosecutor.
Having in mind that many indictments were issued in 2019 and most of them against some businessmen and high-ranking officials in banks, when asked whether we can expect significant arrests in 2020, Mr Katnić said: “The Special State Prosecutor’s Office is responsible for prosecuting perpetrators of organized crime, high corruption, or if a public official abused his/her office, committed deceit at work, unlawful influence, instigation to unlawful influence, accepting bribe, giving bribe.
If a pecuniary gain exceeding €40,000 has been obtained, then the Special Prosecutor’s Office is also responsible for the criminal offense of abuse of office in business, abuse of powers in the economy, as well as criminal offenses referring to money laundering, terrorism and war crimes. It is evident that these offenses can be committed by the high-ranking officials and employees of the legal entities you are mentioning.“
Criminals are threatening my family
“What especially worries me is the fact that the negative tendencies, and especially the targeted activities of criminal structures, include attacks on both my immediate and wider family, primarily in psychological terms. These attacks have seriously disturbed the peace of these people who are not subject to attacks even in states where crime has a longer and more serious tradition.”
