New bill will target tycoons, justice minister says

BELGRADE Justice Minister Nikola Selakovic has said that tycoons and those who illegally obtained wealth will be affected the most by a new law on the origin of assets. He said that the judicial reform needed to continue so legal security could be restored in the country. New bill will target tycoons, justice minister says According to the justice minister, strategies for the judicial reform and combat against organized crime and corruption will be adopted soon. “We will determine goals that we need to achieve in the next five years through the judicial reform strategy. An accompanying action plan will go with the strategy that will envisage a series of concrete measures aimed at annulling negative consequences of the previous judicial reform,” Selakovic stressed. He said that a work on the law on the origin of assets would begin in a month and that all tycoons and politicians suspected of illegally obtaining assets would be affected by it. “The government strongly advocates the position of zero tolerance in combat against organized crime and corruption. Everything we prove is suspicious and illegal will be investigated,” the justice minster concluded. Nikola Selakovic (Tanjug, file) Beta Kurir

New bill will target tycoons, justice minister says

According to the justice minister, strategies for the judicial reform and combat against organized crime and corruption will be adopted soon.

“We will determine goals that we need to achieve in the next five years through the judicial reform strategy. An accompanying action plan will go with the strategy that will envisage a series of concrete measures aimed at annulling negative consequences of the previous judicial reform,” Selaković stressed.

He said that a work on the law on the origin of assets would begin in a month and that all tycoons and politicians suspected of illegally obtaining assets would be affected by it.

“The government strongly advocates the position of zero tolerance in combat against organized crime and corruption. Everything we prove is suspicious and illegal will be investigated,” the justice minster concluded.