Another person was arrested in Niš as part of the anti-corruption action in a case involving former mayor Dragana Sotirovski. It is suspected that the arrested SM embezzled 181 million dinars
On the grounds of suspicion that they committed the criminal offense of trading in influence and accepting bribes, the president of the SDS and the mayor of Teslić, Milan Miličević, and two other employees of that city administration were arrested.
New arrests in the process of fighting corruption
Serbia has, to a greater or lesser extent, harmonized its legislation with relevant international standards in the field of corruption. The problem of impunity for the highest state officials does not usually lie in this, but in the lack of political will to deal with high level corruption. Precisely because they control the police, the prosecution and the court, which are often corrupt themselves. Due to the captivity of institutions, they do not have the capacity to conduct complex investigations and to bring powerful and rich people to court
Former minister Zorana Mihajlović was interrogated by the police on the order of the Public Prosecutor's Office for Organized Crime
In the continuation of the campaign against corruption, members of the Ministry of Internal Affairs arrested another 24 people on the territory of Kragujevac
Ivan Stanojević, the president of the municipality of Žitorađa, was arrested as part of the anti-corruption campaign
The state continues its fight against corruption. Now the assistant of the mayor of Bor and the investor of the building near Manjež have been arrested. Judging by the actions so far, the state leadership is clean as a tear
In February, as part of the "fight against corruption", 153 people were arrested and charged with a total of slightly more than twenty million euros. In progressive Serbia, these can only be small fish
The police arrested the former mayor's assistant and several presidents of local communities in Leskovac on suspicion of serious financial malfeasance
The "combing" of non-governmental organizations is a confrontation with critics of the regime. If not, the prosecutor would first knock on the door of Ana Brnabić, who was the thorn in the side of USAID. Those who "comb" are for Ana the third league
Members of the UKP, on the order of the Special Department for Suppression of Corruption of the Higher Public Prosecutor's Office in Belgrade, arrested five people in the continuation of the action against the police. Damaged the budget of Serbia by more than 218 million
Nemanja Stajić was arrested on suspicion of approving the legalization of a number of illegally built buildings, and his own brother Novak Stajić was also detained. Jovan Kovačević, the head of the Legalization Department in the municipality of Vračar, was also deprived of his liberty
The Tax Police and UKP conducted searches in more than 50 companies throughout Serbia as part of the anti-corruption campaign. Among the companies under investigation are companies connected to Minister Novic Tončev, as well as famous Belgrade restaurants that President Vučić bragged about.
Since this morning, more than a dozen buildings in Belgrade, Feketić and Mladenovac have been targeted by the "major anti-corruption action". Several persons were arrested, among them the "controversial Vojvodina businessman" Vladimir Vrbaški
The report of the group of states of the Council of Europe for the fight against corruption states that in our country, out of 24 recommendations in the fight against corruption, ten have been partially implemented, and 13 have not been implemented. It added that further progress will be needed over the next 18 months to achieve an adequate level of compliance with the recommendations.
"Why would someone react and remove two prosecutors from that case? If it is true that EPS paid out $7,5 million without the railroad being built, it cannot be hidden. This is about the fact that someone's interests were involved, EPS paid, and then someone in the hierarchy of control signed off that it was okay. It is a classic system of corruption in the public sector"
"Political corruption is significantly different from other forms of corruption, but it is very successfully hidden among them. Also, she is disastrous for society and others are not. Because if a nurse receives 10 euros, it cannot harm the state, and if a politician receives a billion euros, it can."
It is a pity that in Serbia there is not much knowledge and interest in the nearest neighbor, not only because Romania is a beautiful country, but also because it would be possible to see how far Romania has come from the leaden eighties and gray nineties, and what would Serbia could learn a lot from today's Romania
