STA, 4 November 2021 - Half a year after a police sting that busted the Slovenian cell of the notorious Montenegrin crime syndicate known as the Kavač Clan, the prosecution has filed an indictment against 24 out of 64 suspects, the newspaper Večer reported on Thursday.
According to Večer, the indictment filed by the Specialised State Prosecutor's Office does not include two members who cooperated with the authorities , who have contributed greatly to the arrests of the suspects by providing useful information.
An individual under the nickname "Darko N." is to appear as the crown witness, and his identity will remain concealed as he has the status of a protected witness, as has the other repentant individual.
The police have not managed to establish the identity of certain persons involved in the drug trafficking ring, and only their nicknames are known. Some of the suspects are on the run, and some of them are already in prison in other countries.
According to Večer, a third individual, who has reportedly been labelled as an unreliable witness, is among the indicted. The investigating judge has decided not to grant him the status of a protected witness.
The 490-page indictment filed to the Ljubljana District Court by Jože Levašič of the Specialised State Prosecutor's Office presents allegations of drug trafficking.
Trafficking in firearms is not mentioned, as the court has not allowed the investigation to be expanded to this segment, Večer said.
In the indictment, which described in detail the alleged acts committed by the criminal ring, sentences for the suspects are also proposed. A prison sentence of twelve years and a half is proposed for the ringleader Klemen Kadivec.
According to the police and the prosecution, the Slovenian chapter of the Montenegrin crime syndicate operated since 2018, and had strong connections in Spain, Germany, Austria, Serbia, Italy, the Netherlands and Croatia.
