MANS welcomes the action of the Special Prosecutor’s Office for Organized Crime and Corruption in which today was arrested former Mayor of Bar Zarko Pavicevic, and we hope that during further proceeding would be able to fully process all the applications that until now MANS filed against Pavicevic.
In the past seven years MANS in details researched work of then Mayor of Bar analyzed its links with domestic and foreign investors, but also with the top of the ruling party and on the basis of a multi-year investigation filed a series of criminal charges that included in addition Pavicevic and other persons who are suspected to have been used by him for his unlawful activities or who used their public office positions to enrich themselves.
On suspicion of organized crime, MANS in mid 2011 filed a criminal complaint against Pavicevic and other related individuals on suspicion that they created a criminal structure that was used for acquiring unlawful financial gain.
In addition to Zarko Pavicevic, by the criminal complaint were covered and Branimir Gvozdenovic, the current Minister of Sustainable Development, Zoran Tomic, the secretary at the Ministry of Sustainable Development and Tourism, Nebojsa Milosevic, the owner of the company “Basketing” Ltd. from Bar, Borislav Lalevic, Director of the Health Center Bar and former president of Bar, Milan Martinovic, Executive Director of the Post Office of Montenegro and Ratko Vujacic, the founders of several construction companies from Bar.
In that criminal complaint Pavicevic was positioned at the top of organized structure and he was suspected of abuse of office power over a prolonged period of time, and for negligent performance of business operations, in relation to the ownership of the building company “Institute for the construction of Bar” – ICB.
Branimir Gvozdenovic, and Zoran Tomic were charged on reasonable suspicion of having committed abuse of the office power when issuing building and use permits, as well as giving consent to the planning documents that legalized illegal construction and adds to the value of land to some privileged individuals and companies.
Nebojsa Milosevic (brother of a senior official of DPS, Tarzan Milosevic) was charged for reasonable suspicion of abuse of office power in the economy by aiding, primarily in relation to Pavicevic in the process of drafting the documentation by which has been legalized illegal construction and adds to the value of land to some individuals and companies.
Borislav Lalevic and Milan Martinovic were charged for reasonable suspicion of abusing their official power in relation to commercial contracts that the Municipality of Bar, actually the Post Office of Montenegro Post had with the company ICB owned by Zarko Pavicevic
Finally Ratko Vujacic in the criminal complaint was charged on reasonable suspicion of abuse of official power in the economy compared to Zarko Pavicevic and his role in the legalization of illegal buildings, which were built by the company Vujacic.
With this criminal charges for organized crime MANS included more than ten individual cases that were related to the role of Pavicevic in illegal sales of the company “Tehnopromet” from Bar, but also in the construction of a sports hall which ICB, thanks to then President of the Municipality Lalevic, charged in the valuable building land through illegal compensation. In addition, MANS has researched and breach of contract with the Post Office of Montenegro, when the ZIB was enabled, that despite violations, retain the job of building a residential building. In particular, we investigated the role of Pavicevic in changing of planning documentation where we found numerous cases of legalization of buildings built by ICB, and other investors. Partnering with Miodrag Djurovic, brother of Slobodan Djurovic – Cardinal that resulted in illegal construction, together with the buildings of the Russian-Montenegrin company Longrun, they are the most extreme examples of legalization of illegal construction in Bar.
Special emphasis was placed on the role Pavicevic’s company ICB in planning space in Bar and the construction of residential and commercial buildings. MANS on this occasion made a special map of influence which is also submitted with the criminal complaint.
Jobs with Podgorica-based company BEMAX in building overpass in Bar that resulted in violation of the Law on Public Procurement were the subject of separate criminal charges by MANS also submitted to the Special Prosecutor’s Office.
In addition to the evidence material at over 200 pages, which included agreements, planning documents, permits, protocols and other documents, MANS with criminal charges filed and the diagram that is suspected that in an organized manner and extended duration of time committed criminal offenses, in which in details were described the office jurisdictions of reported persons, but also and the roles they had in the structure.
MANS then, during the investigation, was successful to recognize a pattern of conduct used by this structure, which along with the number of criminal offenses they have been charged, led to the conclusion that these persons planned the actions for a longer period of time or indefinitely.
Finally, we expect that the Special Prosecutor’s Office will not stop at just on prosecution of Pavicevic, but that will be covered by the investigation and other people from his “network”, and will be examined all activities in which Pavicevic participated during his presidency of Bar. MANS is fully available to the Special Prosecutor’s Office and is ready in this regard to actively help with additional evidence to the officials of this institution in order to investigation in this case successfully bring to an end.
MANS
