"No reason for Montenegro to refuse cooperation"

Interior Minister Ivica Dacic thinks that there is not a single reason for Montenegro not to arrest Darko Saric, as there was "very clear evidence against him". Saric’s case has been creating tension and mutual accusations between the judicial authorities of Serbia and Montenegro. "No reason for Montenegro to refuse cooperation" Saric – a Montenegro-born holder of Serbian passport – is currently at large, wanted in Serbia in connection to a cocaine trafficking case, when his gang last year allegedly tried to smuggle over two tons of cocaine from South America to Europe. Despite this, the Serbian interior minister is hoping that problems in cooperation of the two countries will be overcome. Dacic did not wish to answer whether police had the information that Saric was hiding in Montenegro. He added he believed the Montenegrin authorities when they say they would arrest the accused. “At the moment there is not a single reason for Montenegro not to do it. It is obvious that there is very strong evidence (against Saric) and I do not believe that anybody would dare to hide anyone,“ he stated. The Saric case has also been mentioned in the Serbian parliament today, where LDP leader Cedomir Jovanovic asked about the political background of this narco-clan. “Who controlled he Interior Ministry, Security-Information Agency (BIA), Privatization Agency, Ministry of Agriculture in the time when a leading narco-boss in Europe got the citizenship of this country – the same ones who are today requesting extraordinary elections,“ Jovanovic said, in reference to his fellow opposition leaders. He also stated that "mafia in the region got its state in 2004", when Vojislav Kostunica took over as prime minister. Kostunica's Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) MPs did not react to these accusations. When asked whether a possible connection between politicians and Saric would be probede, the interior minister responded that "everything that needed to be investigated would be investigated". “But I am saying one more time, the investigation is being conducted by the prosecution at this point and police are acting on the prosecution orders,” Dacic said. Meanwhile, the Security Committee of the Montenegrin parliament has once again discussed the Saric case, but behind closed doors, as was the case last week. Ivica Dacic, right, in Belgrade today (Tanjug)

"No reason for Montenegro to refuse cooperation"

Šarić – a Montenegro-born holder of Serbian passport – is currently at large, wanted in Serbia in connection to a cocaine trafficking case, when his gang last year allegedly tried to smuggle over two tons of cocaine from South America to Europe.

Despite this, the Serbian interior minister is hoping that problems in cooperation of the two countries will be overcome.

Dačić did not wish to answer whether police had the information that Šarić was hiding in Montenegro. He added he believed the Montenegrin authorities when they say they would arrest the accused.

“At the moment there is not a single reason for Montenegro not to do it. It is obvious that there is very strong evidence (against Šarić) and I do not believe that anybody would dare to hide anyone,“ he stated.

The Šarić case has also been mentioned in the Serbian parliament today, where LDP leader Čedomir Jovanović asked about the political background of this narco-clan.

“Who controlled he Interior Ministry, Security-Information Agency (BIA), Privatization Agency, Ministry of Agriculture in the time when a leading narco-boss in Europe got the citizenship of this country – the same ones who are today requesting extraordinary elections,“ Jovanović said, in reference to his fellow opposition leaders.

He also stated that "mafia in the region got its state in 2004", when Vojislav Koštunica took over as prime minister.

Koštunica's Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) MPs did not react to these accusations. When asked whether a possible connection between politicians and Šarić would be probede, the interior minister responded that "everything that needed to be investigated would be investigated".

“But I am saying one more time, the investigation is being conducted by the prosecution at this point and police are acting on the prosecution orders,” Dačić said.

Meanwhile, the Security Committee of the Montenegrin parliament has once again discussed the Šarić case, but behind closed doors, as was the case last week.