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SERVICE FOR COMBATING ORGANIZED CRIME

Financial Investigation Unit, and Department for Financial Organized Crime

Suppression

3-6.10.2012

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ORGANIZATIONAL CHART

МУП

ДИРЕКЦИЈА ПОЛИЦИЈЕ

УПРАВА КРИМИНАЛИСТИЧКЕ ПОЛИЦИЈЕ

Department for FinancialInvestigations of Organized Crime

Department for Financial Investigations Planning and Coordination Affairs

FINANCIAL INVESTIGATION UNIT

MoI

GENERAL POLICE DIRECTORATE

CRIMINAL POLICE DIRECTORATE

SERVICE FOR COMBATING ORGANIZED CRIME

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LAWS “Law on Police” – defining obligatory cooperation of the Ministry

of Interior with international bodies.

“Criminal Procedure Code” – envisaging that prosecutor is in charge of pretrial proceedings and defining the role of the prosecutor’s office, court and police.

“Law on Mutual Legal Assistance” – defining international legal frame of cooperation between Ministry of Justice and Ministry of Interior, on one side, and other states, on the other

“Law on Tax Procedure and Tax Administration” – envisaging also police cooperation with tax authorities and

“Law on Seizure and Confiscation of Proceeds from Crime” – regulating conditions, procedure and authorities in charge of detecting, seizing and managing proceeds from crime.

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CHARACTERISTICS

1. Accused of criminal offence Abuse of Office, Forging an Official Document and Money Laundering.

2. Financial Investigation was initiated after the new Law on Seizure and Confiscation of Proceeds from Crime was enacted, at the stage of completed first instance criminal proceedings, when the accused was sentenced to 9 years of imprisonment

3. After the order for initiating financial investigation was issued by the Higher Public Prosecutor’s Office of Belgrade, FI included checks through other state authorities, checks in the field, Mutual Legal Assistance and processing of data collected in the course of realization (questioning, searching of premises, etc.)

4. This example includes FI against accused director of a public company in Belgrade and members of his family – wife, three daughters, three sons-in-law and grandchildren.

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INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

Information that the accused has money in banks of Montenegro

Checks in Financial Intelligence Unit of Montenegro by means of the Directorate for the Prevention of Money Laundering

In the account of the accused 112.870 EUR were found and in the account of his wife 17.915 EUR

Order of the Higher Public Prosecutor’s Office for freezing money was forwarded to judicial bodies of Montenegro by means of Mutual Legal Assistance

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REPORTS

Based on the report and report amendments, Higher Public Prosecutor’s Office of Belgrade froze several immovable assets owned by legal and natural persons and submitted a request for temporary seizure of assets.

Namely, there was issued an order for freezing the following immovable assets

- 18 apartments- 6 houses

- 7 companies- 3 buildings

- 6 business premises- Land of 24a,83m2

There was temporary seizure of: - 13 apartments

- 1 business premises- 130.785 EUR

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NUMBER OF PERSONS COMPRISED BY THE INVESTIGATION

14 family members

wife3 daughters3 sons-in-law

6 grandchildren

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REPORTS

Reports sent by Financial

Investigation Unit to the

Prosecutor’s Office – 5

reports in total.

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List of Branislava Uskoković’s assets rented out

Tenant Address Amounts in EUR

Branislav Uskoković No. 4 Topolska 2.000

Jelena Mitrović No 29 Makenzijeva 800

Snežana Nikolić-UskokovićNo. 12 Kičevska 1.800

No. 19 Kičevska 2.000

Milan Bukvić No. 31 Svetog Nikole 2.500

T o t a l: 9.100

Total for 17 months: 154.700

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Empire of Uskokovićs at elite locations a list of real-estate addresses – houses, apartments and business premises of Uskoković family in Belgrade. Owners are Uskoković, his sister Milka Uskoković, his wife Vera, as well as daughters Lidija Bukvić, Snežana Uskoković-Nikolić and Jelena Mitrović. In the list there are those registered on Uskoković’s sons-in-law, Igor

Mitrović, Milan Bukvić and Veljko Nikolić. In some of the addresses Uskokovićs own several apartments. In the map there are all locations of real-estates of Uskokovićs, and in the photos there are those the seizure of which

was required by the District Prosecutor’s Office of Belgrade.

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BRANISLAV USKOKOVIĆ’S HOUSE AT NO 3 PETROGRADSKA STR.

RENTED OUT FOR KINDERGARTEN

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Villa in Petrogradska Street owned by the youngest daughter of Branislav Uskoković, Jelena Mitrović

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Kindergarten

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One of Uskoković’s villas

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HOUSE OF BRANISLAV USKOKOVIĆ

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RESTAURANT “VIOLETA KUCO STARA”

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HOUSE WITH RESTAURANT

1. House bought at the time of committing criminal offence on daughter’s name

2. Restaurant was rented out at the price of 2.000 EUR

2. After criminal proceedings had been launched, the property was transferred to grandchildren of the accused

3. Checks in the Republic Geodetic Authority and court (in verifications), revealed the contract on purchase and gift.

4. The Higher Court of Belgrade issued a decision on temporary seizure

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INTERIOR OF “VIOLETA KUCO STARA”RESTAURANT

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PURCHASE OF COMPANIES

1. Consortium bought brickyard for 800.000 EUR

2. Checks in court revealed that consortium consists of sons-in-law and daughters of the accused

3. Checks in the Central Securities Depositary and Clearing House revealed that additional shares were bought in the amount of 280.000 EURHigher Prosecutor’s Office issued a measure of prohibiting sale of shares and change of company’s ownership

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BRICKYARD “NAŠA SLOGA” IN KOVIN

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APARTMENT BUILDING

Characteristics

1. House with 3 apartments and premises of 525 m2 on son-in-law’s name

2. Checks in all data bases

3. The accused is not registered at that address

4. Checks in Cadastre and Secretariat for Property and Legal Affairs, where the license for construction was found

5. Higher Court issued a decision on temporary seizure of the building.

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PREMISES

1. Premises in the centre of the city with dry cleaning company registered on second daughter’s name

2. Property found in Tax Administration, Company Registers Agency and Republic Geodetic Authority

3. Higher Court issued a decision on temporary seizure of the premises and prohibition of changing company’s ownership

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HOUSE

House in Vracar of 300 m2 Bought on the name of the

third daughter of the accused

Conducted checks in the Republic Geodetic Authority, where it was registered

Higher Court issued a decision on temporary seizure of the premises and prohibition of changing the ownership

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