Prosecutor on vaccine case, sacked adviser

Organized Crime Prosecutor Miljko Radisavljevic says allegations about "proteges" in the swine flue vaccine procurement are “an artificially created scandal”. He added that this was also a “textbook example of the coherence and impact of organized crime on the media.” Prosecutor on vaccine case, sacked adviser The prosecutor told daily Politika that many had felt threatened by the arrest of a “pharmaceutical mafia,” because they had lost huge amount of money or, as he noted, had not earned as much as they had planned. “Who is returning debts to whom or earning credits by inventing non-existent affairs?” asked Radisavljevic. The prosecutor said that in the cases he was in charge of he recognized the same people and also was able to make out the matrix of their work in the media, in business, in public companies, and now also in institutions. Radisavljevic added that health minister’s advisor for the fight against corruption Ljubisa Milanovic, who publicly complained about the lack of support from the Organized Crime Prosecution, had not addressed the prosecution with any relevant information thus far. “He has not submitted any report, application, written or oral information, data, evidence, documents, analysis, or any other document pointing to corruption in health care, to illegal or at least questionable activities in the sector, which could enable us to take further action,” the organized crime prosecutor pointed out. The prosecutor added that nobody had the right to ask from him to charge anybody with anything without providing sufficient evidence, “particularly not those who should themselves reveal and secure the evidence.” Health Minister Zoran Stankovic said Thursday that he had accepted Milanovic's decision to resign from his position in the Health Ministry, adding that he had signed the order for Milanovic's dismissal. On December 13, Milanovic told Radio Television of Serbia (RTS) that the fight against corruption was a futile effort as it did not have the support from prosecutors and police, accusing relevant bodies of hiding the names of certain persons suspected of involvement in the swine flu vaccines case. Miljko Radisavljevic Politika Tanjug

Prosecutor on vaccine case, sacked adviser

The prosecutor told daily Politika that many had felt threatened by the arrest of a “pharmaceutical mafia,” because they had lost huge amount of money or, as he noted, had not earned as much as they had planned.

“Who is returning debts to whom or earning credits by inventing non-existent affairs?” asked Radisavljević.

The prosecutor said that in the cases he was in charge of he recognized the same people and also was able to make out the matrix of their work in the media, in business, in public companies, and now also in institutions.

Radisavljević added that health minister’s advisor for the fight against corruption Ljubiša Milanović, who publicly complained about the lack of support from the Organized Crime Prosecution, had not addressed the prosecution with any relevant information thus far.

“He has not submitted any report, application, written or oral information, data, evidence, documents, analysis, or any other document pointing to corruption in health care, to illegal or at least questionable activities in the sector, which could enable us to take further action,” the organized crime prosecutor pointed out.

The prosecutor added that nobody had the right to ask from him to charge anybody with anything without providing sufficient evidence, “particularly not those who should themselves reveal and secure the evidence.”

Health Minister Zoran Stanković said Thursday that he had accepted Milanović's decision to resign from his position in the Health Ministry, adding that he had signed the order for Milanović's dismissal.

On December 13, Milanović told Radio Television of Serbia (RTS) that the fight against corruption was a futile effort as it did not have the support from prosecutors and police, accusing relevant bodies of hiding the names of certain persons suspected of involvement in the swine flu vaccines case.