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(Podgorica, 1 March 2012) \u2013 In addition to the Government of Montenegro, one of the main culprits in the destruction of Montenegro\u2019s economy is the Prosecutor\u2019s Office, which has failed to do anything in suppressing corruption and organized crime.<\/p>\n
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One of the ways in which tycoons have managed to line their pockets at the expense of workers and the state budget, especially in the north, was through bankruptcy proceedings. Nevertheless, the Supreme State Prosecutor\u2019s Office dismissed the majority of criminal charges and most of the motions put forward as a result of abuses committed during the bankruptcy proceedings for the Jaki\u0107 Corporation, Gornji Ibar, \u0160uplja Stena, Optel, Lenka, HTP Brskovo, etc.<\/p>\n
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Although their property was stripped, ending up in the private pockets of domestic tycoons or criminals \u2013 while hundreds of workers were left to fend for themselves in order to feed their families \u2013 the prosecution did not see anything controversial in bankruptcy proceedings that have all the hallmarks of an organized crime enterprise.<\/p>\n
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When the Supreme State Prosecutor\u2019s Office failed to dismiss motions filed by MANS in the name of workers robbed by the \u201ctransition in the north,\u201d it simply ignored them. The Prosecutor\u2019s Office, during the mandate of Vesna Medenica and mainly Ranka \u010carapi\u0107 dismissed MANS\u2019 motions in relation to Bijelo Polje\u2019s Vunko, Prva Petoljetka, Rudnik \u0160uplja stijena and in Plevlja Gornji Ibar, the Jaki\u0107 Corporation, Optel, etc.<\/p>\n
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In the majority of these enterprises, and especially in those that fell under the sway of tycoons, the same bankruptcy administrators and judges kept reappearing (which didn\u2019t raise any questions for prosecutors). Bijelo Polje Commercial Court Judge Zoran A\u0161anin continues to lead judicial proceedings in the few remaining enterprises that are active, participating in last year\u2019s liquidation of DD Kola\u0161in and the bankruptcy of the Automobile Society in Bijelo Polje.<\/p>\n
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In tandem with bankruptcy administrators Radojica Grba and Rajko Draga\u0161 he managed to liquidate through bankruptcy Plevlja-based Sloga, AD Prevoz, Optel, Jaki\u0107 and Gra\u0111evinar through at the very least controversial rulings often linked to Dragan Brkovi\u0107. Was A\u0161anin adequately \u2018rewarded\u2019 for his work or was he receiving instructions from Podgorica? Regardless, Draga\u0161 became a director in Brkovi\u0107\u2019s company.<\/p>\n
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That fact that as bankruptcy administrator and Vektra director he allowed Brkovi\u0107 to earn from concessions over Plevlja\u2019s forests, the Supreme State Prosecutor\u2019s Office found nothing untoward in it since it rejected MANS\u2019 2010 complaint. While it still has to rule on the new organized crime motion submitted by MANS (though even here we shouldn\u2019t expect any big surprises).<\/p>\n
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Even in the few cases when the Prosecutor\u2019s Office did do its job, MPs in the Assembly of Montenegro stood in the way by protecting Commercial Court judges \u2013 among whom was A\u0161anin \u2013 from criminal prosecution by shielding them with immunity.<\/p>\n
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How did Veselin Barovi\u0107 manage to turn Bjelasica Rada into a loss-making firm even though Montenegro imports mineral water? Why were forestry companies like Gornji Ibar destroyed and stripped of their property by privileged investors? Why is our government not interested in the mining wealth in Berane\u2019s surroundings? Perhaps Ranka \u010carapi\u0107 might have some answers that would help her do her job.<\/p>\n
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However, in the Prosecutor Office\u2019s building it seems that the most effective work is done by the archival service, which patiently archives all the Pandora\u2019s boxes that \u010carapi\u0107 does not dare open. It is for this reason that she can no longer remain at the head of the State Prosecutor\u2019s Office since she hasn\u2019t been doing her job.<\/p>\n
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(Podgorica, 1 March 2012) \u2013 In addition to the Government of Montenegro, one of the main culprits in the destruction of Montenegro\u2019s economy is the Prosecutor\u2019s Office, which has failed to do anything in suppressing corruption and organized crime. One of the ways in which tycoons have managed to line their pockets at the expense<\/p>\n