New probes into privatizations "next week"

BELGRADE Prime Minister Ivica Dacic on Friday announced that "new investigative activities will commence next week" into the cases of dubious privatizations in Serbia. Addressing reporters after his meeting with visiting EBRD President Suma Chakrabarti, the prime minister revealed that a team of some 60 Criminal Investigations Police officers had already been formed, tasked with dealing with the cases. New probes into privatizations "next week" "Precisely because of the serious nature of this, their work on probing more than 20 contentious privatizations will begin next week," Dacic stated. He asserted that "uncompromising fight against corruption and organized crime" was his government's priority, and described it as "a very important factor precisely in improving the credibility of the state as a whole, also in front of international financial institutions". Addressing the issue of the Agrobanka affair, Dacic said that an investigation was ongoing, and that he did not wish to publicly present any details "before some results have been achieved". The prime minister commended "good cooperation" in that case between the Ministry of the Interior (MUP), the prosecution, and security services. Ivica Dacic (Tanjug, file) Tanjug

New probes into privatizations "next week"

"Precisely because of the serious nature of this, their work on probing more than 20 contentious privatizations will begin next week," Dačić stated.

He asserted that "uncompromising fight against corruption and organized crime" was his government's priority, and described it as "a very important factor precisely in improving the credibility of the state as a whole, also in front of international financial institutions".

Addressing the issue of the Agrobanka affair, Dačić said that an investigation was ongoing, and that he did not wish to publicly present any details "before some results have been achieved".

The prime minister commended "good cooperation" in that case between the Ministry of the Interior (MUP), the prosecution, and security services.