Arrest: What Could Sasa Cadjenovic Have Done? Sasa Cadjenovic has been arrested for alleged abuse of office and involvement in a criminal organization.
Since May 2019, aenovi has served as Montenegrin Special State Prosecutor.
He was well-known in the country due to the “coup d’état” court trial that has been ongoing since 2017.
The defendants in the Podgorica High Court case were Russian and Serbian citizens, as well as the leaders of the pro-Russian Democratic Front, Andrija Mandi and Milan Kneevi.
Cadjenovic’s newly developed case is being investigated, and new information is expected to emerge soon.
Sasa Cadjenovic Arrested: Arrested For Abuse of Office
The Special State Prosecutor’s Office ordered Sasa Cadjenovic’s arrest on December 9, 2022 (Friday).
The arrest was made in connection with alleged abuse of office and the formation of a criminal organization.
Cadjenovic was suspected of several criminal offenses from mid-2020 to 2022, according to Office spokesperson Vukas Radonjic.
“He was arrested this morning, and the Special State Prosecutor will keep the public informed of developments throughout the investigation,” Radonjic said. Cadjenovic was taken to the SDT building to be interrogated.
The spokesperson also emphasized the importance of upholding the presumption of innocence and not violating other procedure rules or the rights of those undergoing the procedure.
Sasa Cadjenovic Was The Montenegro Special State Prosecutor
Per Balkan Insights, Sasa Cadjenovic has been Deputy Special State Prosecutor since May 2020. He was in office led by Milivoje Katnic.
Following Katnic’s retirement on February 17, Vladimir Novovic took charge as the new Special State Prosecutor on March 18.
The former opposition disliked the office and alleged its ties with criminal groups and the Democratic Party of Socialists, DPS, which was ruling at the time.
Mainly, they criticized the office for securing guilty verdicts for 13 people. It included two leaders of the Democratic Front, Milan Knezevic, and Andrija Mandic, for conspiring to overthrow the ruling government in 2016.
First, in May 2019, the Higher Court sentenced 13 people, including Knezevic Mandic, Russian military intelligence officers, and eight Serbs, to up to 15 years in jail for staging an attempted coup.
However, in February 2021, the Appeal Court nullified the verdict, asking the Higher Court to repeat the trial, which former opposition leaders accused to had been politically led.
On November 20, a Democratic Front Leader, Knezevic, accused Sasa Cadjenovic of cooperating with criminal gangs in the country.
He stated that Cadjenovic deserved to have an indictment brought against him long ago and to serve a sentence in prison. “He cannot act like a prosecutor anymore,” Knezevic told Adria television.
On November 29, the Higher Court asked the Special State Prosecution to deliver a new indictment within 15 days.
Arrest: What Could Sasa Cadjenovic Have Done?
While the announcement did not mention the specifics, it stated that the arrest had been made for the abuse of office and creating a criminal gang.
On August 11, 2022, the Special State Prosecution made an indictment against Petar Lazovic, a senior Police officer, for alleged ties to the notorious Kavac gang of Kotor.
The filing accused him of providing the gang with official protection for their crimes related to drug, tobacco, and arms smuggling.
Citing a report by EUROPOL (European Police agency) to the Montenegrin government, the media published Lazovic’s SKY app communication transcripts with a Kavac Leader named Radoje Zvicer.
On May 5, the State Prosecution confirmed EUROPOL was sending transcripts of the encrypted messages to the prosecution last July.
However, the investigation into the two men was closed. At the time, Cadjenovic, the deputy Special State Prosecutor, assessed that there were no elements of a crime.
Further, Katnic maintained Lazovic had been informing the Police about Kavac drug gang operations. Home
