Aleksandar Gracanac
Serbian Ex-Minister Awaits Corruption Retrial Verdict
The Higher Court in Belgrade will hand down a new verdict in the retrial of a former Serbian economy minister, Predrag Bubalo, on Friday. The retrial was ordered after his earlier acquittal of charges of abuse of office was reversed.
Former economy minister acquitted in abuse of power trial
B92 learned this on Tuesday.
The group was charged with abuses committed during the 2005 sale of state-owned shares in the Port of Belgrade (Luka Beograd) company to Luxembourg-based Worldfin, whose owner is businessman Milan Beko.
Beko, who also followed the closing arguments of the prosecution and of the defense, was in the courtroom today for the reading of the verdict.