MUP have six managers under arrest

Serbian police (MUP) have detained six persons this morning named as suspects in a corruption case involving six senior managers from several companies. Police Director Milorad Veljovic confirmed this morning that members of the Criminal Investigations Directorate (UKP), in cooperation with the state prosecutor and the Higher Prosecution in Belgrade, placed the suspects under arrest. MUP have six managers under arrest They six are believed to have abused office and made illegal gains amounting to EUR 2,5mn in the privatization of companies Betonjerka from Aleksinac, and PIK Cacak, from Cacak. Those detained have been identified as Betonjerka Direktor Slobodan Petrovski, and Zora Veselinovic-Obradovic – also a manager at the company, as well as Interexport Director Radomir Jokic, Interexport Financial Director Snezana Taskovic, Minel Telip company Director Zoran Vukasinovic, and Superslap company Director Marko Jokic, all from Belgrade. Veljovic specified that Slavisa Puric, who was arrested earlier, will also be named in the charges filed against the group. B92 learned from our top MUP sources that the suspects are believed to have taken out loans from several banks on behalf of the two privatized companies, and with Puric as an intermediary. They afterwards put those companies up for collateral and took the money from the banks. Milorad Veljovic (FoNet, file)

MUP have six managers under arrest

They six are believed to have abused office and made illegal gains amounting to EUR 2,5mn in the privatization of companies Betonjerka from Aleksinac, and PIK Čačak, from Čačak.

Those detained have been identified as Betonjerka Direktor Slobodan Petrovski, and Zora Veselinović-Obradović – also a manager at the company, as well as Interexport Director Radomir Jokić, Interexport Financial Director Snežana Tasković, Minel Telip company Director Zoran Vukašinović, and Superslap company Director Marko Jokić, all from Belgrade.

Veljović specified that Slaviša Purić, who was arrested earlier, will also be named in the charges filed against the group.

B92 learned from our top MUP sources that the suspects are believed to have taken out loans from several banks on behalf of the two privatized companies, and with Purić as an intermediary. They afterwards put those companies up for collateral and took the money from the banks.