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Montenegro Urged to Probe Photos of Police Brutality, Gang Links
Montenegrin Interior Minister Filip Adzic (L) and Prime Minister Dritan Abazovic (R) inspecting special police units. Photo: Government of Montenegro
Montenegro Senior Police Official Arrested for Alleged Crime Ties
Montenegrin police director assistant Dejan Knezevic in his office in Podgorica. Photo: Government of Montenegro
Knezevic was arrested as part of a large-scale investigation of police links with the notorious Kavac drug gang, which has led to 12 current and ex-police officers' arrests and to national warrants for the arrest of three others.
Albania Police Find More Surveillance Cameras Erected by Gangsters
Albanian police on Friday said they had found 47 new surveillance cameras erected illegally in the Durres region.
They said the cameras had been put up "to provide information for criminal purposes, as well as to monitor the movements of the police". Eight people are under investigation.
Film Recreates Albanian’s ‘Swim to Freedom’ from Communism
A quarter of a century later, Gjini has recreated the swim, this time for a feature documentary called 'Freestyle to Montenegro', directed by Ardit Sadiku.
Montenegro Govt Ignored Warnings About Police Ties to Drug Gangs
EUROPOL headquarters in the Hague, Netherlands. Photo: EPA-EFE/JERRY LAMPEN
Milovic said this startling info was presented to the former government at an official meeting but did not name the three officers or their ranks.
Montenegro Arrests Ex-Head of Supreme Court for Abuse of Office
Former president of the Montenegrin Supreme Court Vesna Medenica at a press conference. Photo: PR Centar
In the transcripts of the conversations using the encrypted messaging application Sky ECC, Milos Medenica claimed his mother was aware of their illegal business and said that they can expect protection from her.
Media reported that she was arrested for abuse of office.
Montenegro Prosecution Indicts ‘Kavac’ Gang’s Alleged Kingpin
The special state prosecutor's offices in Podgorica, Montenegro. Photo: EPA/BORIS PEJOVIC
Police arrested Kascelan, 58, on April 21 suspicion of organising a criminal group that had committed and planned several serious crimes, while another high-ranking gang member, Radoje Zvicer, escaped from the country.
Montenegrin Police Seize Tonne of Cocaine in Banana Shipment
Montenegrin police with packages from the seized cocaine shipment in Podgorica. Photo: Montenegrin Police.
"Police seized 1,205 packages of cocaine in the village of Mojanovici in the Zeta district near Podgorica. The drugs were find in a banana shipment," police said on Twitter.
Montenegro Police Re-arrest Regional Drug Gang’s Alleged Boss
Police footage of Slobodan Kaselan's arrest in Kotor, Montenegro. Photo: Twitter/Police Diretorate
Kascelan, 58, is listed in Montenegro police records as one of the leaders of the drug gang based in the Montenegrin town of Kotor. But in 2019 such claims or any involvement in drug trafficking.
Montenegro Detains Priest for Defying Ban on Gatherings
Christ resurrection temple in Podgorica, Montenegro. BIRN/Samir Kajosevic
"He violated the temporary measure that religious rites must be performed exclusively without the presence of believers," the police said in a press realise.