Charges filed in Port of Belgrade case

The Anti-Corruption Council has filed criminal charges in the Port of Belgrade company case.

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Friday, 04.06.2010.

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The Anti-Corruption Council has filed criminal charges in the Port of Belgrade company case. 17 persons are suspected of incurring at least EUR 21mn in damages to the state. Charges filed in Port of Belgrade case The council also submitted evidence to support the allegations that the takeover of the company was unlawful. President of the Anti-Corruption Council Verica Barac told B92 that it was visible from the documentation that those persons, instead of protecting the state’s interests, were in fact hiding information about real value of a single share which was at the time estimated to approximately EUR 23. In the end, the Port of Belgrade shares were sold to the Luxemburg-based Worldfin at a much lower price of EUR 7, Barac said, but did not wish to name those suspected of involvement in the affair. She added that this decsion came “because we don’t want to put any kind of pressure on the prosecution, we want them to look at it slowly, we’ve given them complete, valid documentation and we’re hoping that they will very soon be able to make a statement regarding our complaint.” The Anti-Corruption Council’s president pointed out that they would make public both the criminal complaint and all documents they had submitted, if the prosecution failed to make its own statement “within a reasonable time”. Barac only revealed that the criminal charges were brought against all those who had participated in the suspected unlawful takeover of the Port of Belgrade, “starting from representatives of state bodies and institutions to businessmen”.

Charges filed in Port of Belgrade case

The council also submitted evidence to support the allegations that the takeover of the company was unlawful.

President of the Anti-Corruption Council Verica Barać told B92 that it was visible from the documentation that those persons, instead of protecting the state’s interests, were in fact hiding information about real value of a single share which was at the time estimated to approximately EUR 23.

In the end, the Port of Belgrade shares were sold to the Luxemburg-based Worldfin at a much lower price of EUR 7, Barać said, but did not wish to name those suspected of involvement in the affair.

She added that this decsion came “because we don’t want to put any kind of pressure on the prosecution, we want them to look at it slowly, we’ve given them complete, valid documentation and we’re hoping that they will very soon be able to make a statement regarding our complaint.”

The Anti-Corruption Council’s president pointed out that they would make public both the criminal complaint and all documents they had submitted, if the prosecution failed to make its own statement “within a reasonable time”.

Barać only revealed that the criminal charges were brought against all those who had participated in the suspected unlawful takeover of the Port of Belgrade, “starting from representatives of state bodies and institutions to businessmen”.

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