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Author: M.J.
Refreshed businessman Dusko Knezevic, with very strong security, was conducted in a higher court.
He landed on Podgorica Airport around 13.30 after the UK extradited him to Montenegro.
As the victory is communicated, the procedure in this case requires the exceptional council of the High Court to decide on a certain custody, which is determined after the indictment in one of a dozen cases being held against him, in terms of abolishing him or leave him in force.
The Extra-Right Council will adopt that decision, as well as a regular procedure, ie after the hearing of Knežević.
From the police, it was previously announced that the Official Sector for the Fight against Crime, in addition to the assistance of the Official Sector of the Special Purpose Sector, successfully implemented the extradition of Knežević from the UK in Montenegro.
As they stated, he requests more criminal proceedings in our country due to the suspicion that the crimes of abuse of positions in economic business, the abuse of authority through the repository, creating a criminal organization and money laundering.
The extraditionary proceedings expire, in a very short time, the Official Government of the Police and the Special State Prosecutor's Office from the One Party and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Great Britain (Home Office of the Office of the Liaison Office of Great Britain in Belgrade and the UK Embassies of the Second sides.
- The extradition, early this morning, realized with a special flight on the route London - Podgorica, with a high level of security measures - they said from the Police Administration.
Scams and abuses of position
The director of the Atlas Group has been accused in several cases that, or deceived customers of their own bank or misuse position in the company's session with nitrogened employees.
Starting the case, Kaspia "(15.2m euros in two confirmed indictments), Global Carbon (EUR 1.9 million), Africities of airports - three million euros of the non-refooding deposit, which this state company has passed in Knezevic's Bank ...
In addition, the Special State Prosecutor's Office has filed indictments and known as E-Comerc, Vujosevic (VDT) and Milosevic (CBCG). In the case of E-Comerc Knežević, seven more people are charged that he was through a criminal organization that deals with the laundering of money, the evasion of taxes and contributions, the Montenegrin budget damaged SDT budgets for - 57 million euros.
In 2019, Knezevic escaped the arrest, left Montenegro and moved to the Great Britain, whose citizenship has.
The first national, then the interpolic warrants were announced after him. Knezevic, but also through his lawyers, claimed that she was a political persecution, an envelope, a famous recording where Knezevic gives the envelope with the Visoko official of the DPS, then the Secretary-General Mila Djukanovic and To the former mayor of Podgorica, Slavoljub Migu Stijepović.
Based on that compromising recording, Knežević is - with the full support of the part of the then opposition - built the "affair of the envelope", a narrative of himself as a political exile, not a fugitive from prison.
In 2019, the first man of the Atlas Group was an international warrant, which, after the petition, Knežević's lawyers, Interpol revoked August 2020. However, the decision on custody is in force, so Knežević has been in the UK for four years.
At the beginning of February 2023, the Chief Judge of the Westminster Court Pol Goldspring in the first instance decided to extradite Dusko Knežević to Montenegro. According to the procedure, the British Court should send the final decision to the State Secretary to obtain final approval, which Knezevic directly recommended to go to Sponge.
From the Knežević's legal team, they said the same day that, "disappointed with the judge's decision and would appeal to it."
-Completable process implies another four instances, including the decisions of the appellate, and then the Supreme Court in London, where the legality of the decision will be considered, all the right is the correctness of the first instance proceedings. Following the Supreme Court, the end authorization is made by the State Secretary. The appeal process will be debt and can last for years. We are convinced that justice will be met - the Knezevic's British lawyers pointed out.
Agreement with the Prosecution
On 18 January this year, Knezevic said the news that he was prepared to come to Montenegro if he was allowed to enter him and emerge from the state, to appear regularly when he should reach the prosecution.
- I will be handed over, to come and allow me to enter and go out of Montenegro, to answer regularly when he needs to achieve with the Prosecution. I have nothing to answer, I was nowhere to be a responsible person or in banks in those companies, "Knezevic said in the show" Delati ".
He also said that he did not want to be a protected witness.
- and all the evidence I have against Milo Djukanovic and which I did So far, I reported ready to give it - claims Knezevic.
Specialist Special State Prosecutor's Office (SDT) Vukas Radonjić then said that according to the warrants he was announced for Knezevic, he would have to arrest and put into detention.
SDT, as he cited, cannot give any defendant or accused not to be arrested, stating that in Knezevic's situation "we have a more decision on determining the prtivor of several national and international warrants."
- According to those warrants, he will have to deprive freedoms and put in custody. In the event that he is extradited, he will be borne in Montenegro from the moment, lead to the investigation judge to take a hearing. After that hearing, judges will decide whether there are basics that the decision on the effort remain in force and determine the eventual placement or duration of custody - said Radonjić.
