Ernesa Shala is a JURIST workers correspondent in Kosovo and a current graduate of the College of Pristina School of Regulation. She recordsdata this dispatch from Pristina.
Montenegro businessman Dushko Knezhević was extradited from Great Britain to Montenegro on the finish of Might and has been remanded in custody. The Montenegrin Particular Prosecutor’s Workplace filed eight indictments in opposition to him, together with prices of making a legal group and cash laundering. His firm, Rekreaturs, during which he owns 99 % of the shares, was additionally concerned in a authorized battle with the Kosovo Privatization Agency over 33,000 sq. meters of land on the seashore of Kamenova in Budva.
Since 2019, the Particular Prosecutor’s Workplace has accused Knezhević of damaging the state funds by a whole bunch of tens of millions by way of legal organizations. He’s charged with abuse of place, creation of a legal group, and cash laundering. Knezhević fled to London in 2019, evading judicial authorities, and Montenegro issued an Interpol warrant for him that 12 months.
Experiences have now surfaced that his testimony might result in the arrest of former Montenegrin President and Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic. Croatian media outlet Jutarnji Checklist, citing sources in Podgorica, instructed Djukanovic’s arrest is imminent. Montenegrin media indicated that Knezhević has agreed to cooperate as a “repentant protected witness.”
Knezhević’s authorized points prolong past Montenegro. The Kosovo Privatization Company (KPA) sued Rekreaturs, claiming it had stolen 33,000 sq. meters of property on the Kamenova seashore. The KPA pursued the case in each Montenegrin courts and the Worldwide Courtroom of Justice in Strasbourg, alleging that Rekreaturs illegally moved its headquarters from Pristina to Budva and bought the property unlawfully after the 1999 Kosovo battle.
The contested land has been a resort for Kosovars since 1957. Following the Kosovo Battle in 1999, Kosovars moved into the dilapidated resort, resulting in authorized battles over possession. The KPA claimed the property was taken illegally, however Rekreaturs’ staff moved the corporate’s headquarters to Budva and registered the property underneath their title.
Fifteen years in the past, the Primary Courtroom of Kotor issued a brief measure prohibiting the alienation and possession of the land. Regardless of this, three and a half years in the past, Atlas Group introduced plans to develop a luxurious vacationer resort on the location, intending to take a position 88 million euros within the challenge. Nevertheless, the challenge by no means commenced.
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