The Montenegrin police arrested on Friday, Sasha Kajdenovic, a special prosecutor of the anti-organized crime service, on suspicion of being a member of a drug trafficking criminal organization.
According to the Podgorica prosecutor's office, Klaidenovic is allegedly a member of the Kavac organisation - named after a community in the Bay of Kotor. Members of this gang were engaged in a ruthless clash with the rival, neighbouring Scagliari gang after some 300 kilos of cocaine "disappeared" in a Spanish port in 2014. This account clearing had dozens of victims, in Montenegro, Serbia but also in Greece, Spain, Ukraine and Austria.
"The suspect is accused of having, since mid-2020, become a member of a criminal organization, that of Kavac," the prosecution said. "He was instructed not to initiate legal proceedings against members of this criminal organization."
Kaidenovich protected the members of the gang responsible for the most serious crimes.
The government of outgoing Prime Minister Dritan Abazovic had made it its goal to fight organized crime. In October, the former president of the Supreme Court was indicted for involvement in smuggling, an operation set up by another gang. Vesna Medenica, who headed the Supreme Court for 14 years, allegedly covered up for the group, whose leader was her son Milos Medenica.
The 65-year-old judge was arrested in April while preparing to board a flight to neighbouring Serbia. She and her son deny the charges.
Montenegro, which gained independence in 2006 and has been a member of NATO since 2017, is negotiating its accession to the EU. The former Yugoslav republic of 620,000 people is considered a transit hub for cigarette and drug smuggling.
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