Police arrest Resavica Director Vladan Milosevic

BELGRADE - Director General of Public company for underground coal mining Resavica Vladan Milosevic has been arrested on suspicion that he received and offered bribes.

Serbian Minister of Interior Affairs Nebojsa Stefanovic said that Milosevic as member of the Serbian Progressive Party Main Board, and one more individual from Belgrade are suspected of causing RSD 1.6 million worth of damages to Resavica company.

The suspects were arrested during delivery of marked bills in the continuation of the action to counter crime and corruption, Stefanovic said during a news conference in the Serbian government and recalled that himself and Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic promised at the beginning of their mandate that all citizens will be equal before the law and that nobody will have any privileges.

The minister said that the police also arrested former director of the Capital Investment Fund of Vojvodina Momcilo Milojevic on suspicion that he abused his office and his position as a responsible individual.

According to Stefanovic, Milojevic is suspected of having inflicted damages worth RSD 30 million to the Fund.

Stefanovic said that former director of the Jugoistok Company and president of the Socialist Party of Serbia District Council Igor Novakovic was arrested on suspicion that he abused his office in the conduct of public procurement procedures.

Stefanovic underscored that the Tuesday actions and strong activities conducted by the Interior Ministry which would continue in the time to come point that the government will not show any tolerance when it comes to crime and corruption.

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