This is a list of all those arrested in the operation of combating corruption

By order of the Special Department for Suppression of Corruption of the Higher Public Prosecutor's Office in Belgrade, members of the Criminal Police Directorate arrested the former acting CEO of the national power company (EPS) M.G. and another 14 persons due to the existence of grounds for suspicion that in the period from 2018 to 2021, by committing various criminal acts to the detriment of the aforementioned public company, they obtained material benefits for themselves and others, which they then injected into legal cash flows.

The chief public prosecutor of the Public Prosecutor's Office in Belgrade, Nenad Stefanović, indicated that an investigation will be conducted against these persons due to the existence of grounds for suspicion that they abused their official position and powers in connection with public procurement for JP EPS and damaged that JP for more than 100 million dinars, in which amount they obtained illegal property benefits for themselves and others.

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Some defendants are also charged with giving and receiving bribes in the form of monetary gifts, which they further concealed by committing the crime of money laundering, Stefanović stated.

He added that the Prosecutor's Office will also order the initiation of a financial investigation against the suspects and persons associated with them.

"This is just the beginning of the big, announced operations to combat corruption, and in the coming days I expect further realizations, about which the public will be informed in a timely manner," emphasized the chief public prosecutor.

In addition to M.G., by order of the prosecutor's office, the coordinator in the Sector of ICT affairs in JP EPS I.M., the employee in this sector N.S., the director of the company "Tim Systems" d.o.o., T.A, de facto owner of "Tim Systems" A.P. and responsible person in that company N.V, director of PD "IntellSec2 d.o.o. Belgrade M.B, director of PD "HRC Horeca" d.o.o. M.M, as well as K.M, P.G, M.R, I.R., were deprived of their liberty.

Also, the head of the Department for Technical Protection Systems and Information Security in the Sector for Automatic Data Processing, Branch of RB Kolubara Lj.S., was also deprived of his freedom. as well as director of the Football Club "Borac" from Lazarevac D.B. and K.B.

The suspects are charged with the criminal offenses of Abuse of Official Position, Abuse of the Position of a Responsible Person, Money Laundering, Accepting a Bribe, Giving a Bribe, and Trading in Influence.

All persons deprived of their liberty by order of the prosecution have been detained for up to 48 hours, during which time they will be brought in for questioning.

In a major action in combating corruption which began this morning on the territory of the capital, by order of the Higher Public Prosecutor's Office in Belgrade, businessman Aleksandar Papić was also arrested in connection with the withdrawal of money from JP EPS.

Aleksandar Papić is the de facto owner of the company which, as is suspected, received rigged tenders for JP EPS in agreement with the former acting director of JP EPS Milorad Grčić.

In the operation of the Higher Public Prosecutor's Office in Belgrade and the police, Toni Apostolović, the owner of the company "Tim Sistem" was also arrested.

Milorad Grcic was arrested earlier in the morning on suspicion that, while he was the acting CEO of the national power company (EPS), he and his associates damaged that public company.