Montenegro's Marovic admits guilt in corruption case

Montenegro's Marovic admits guilt in corruption case

According to the plea bargain agreement, Marovic will receive a prison sentence of three years and eight months, while the money fine has not yet been agreed upon.

Marovic admitted to the special prosecutor that he was the leader of a criminal organization of about thirty people, which he said he formed in order to acquire illegal gains, RFE has reported, citing Montenegrin media.

He described the role of the group's members and their mode of operation, and revealed what accounts were used to move the money out of the country.

Marovic took on an obligation to tell the prosecution where more than 15 million euros from the damage done to the municipality of Budva ended up - that have been moved through a company registered in Montenegro to several foreign accounts.

Marovic at the same time claimed that he did not take the money in question, but was was himself cheated "in that corruption deal."

Montenegro's public broadcaster RTCG said that Marovic spent almost five months in the Spuz prison near Podgorica, and that "his medical condition was getting worse by the day, especially after he was presented with the material evidence collected against him."

It is believed this was the reason he decided to enter a plea bargain and "end his agony."