The arrested police officer Petar Lazovic attempted to involve the owner of the construction company “Bemax”, Ranko Ubović, in the conflict between Montenegrin gangs. He allegedly informed Ubović that “they too were being targeted by the Skaljarci,” led by the now deceased Jovan Vukotic.

The fugitive leader of the Kavach clan, Radoja Zvicer, communicated about this with Ljubo Milović via the Sky app during the summer of 2020.

“Just imagine what’s going through his mind — he met with Ubović yesterday and said they needed to get involved in the war, that they were interested,” Milović wrote on July 25, 2020.

Earlier, they spent hours discussing the activities he could undertake for their criminal organization. Junior (Petar Lazović), then an informal leader of the Special Operational Support Team in the police, was under the influence of his father, Zoran Lazović.

They agreed that Lazović was beneficial to them and that he would comply with their demands, but emphasized the need to “mold him further.” They also shared details about what Junior had proposed to them.

These discussions took place amidst negotiations for the acquisition of hundreds of kilograms of cocaine, planning operations against competitors, and strategizing profit division from drug sales.

During one conversation, Zvicer mocked Lazović, revealing that he had offered to facilitate the purchase of an apartment or commercial space owned by Ubović’s company at a better price, to which Zvicer expressed interest but insisted on cash payments.

Milović shared the discussion with Zvicer with a police colleague and clan member, Ivan Stamatović, shortly after they wrapped up their conversation.

This alleged member of the police drug cartel relayed to his godfather Milović:

“You articulated everything perfectly. And just to keep you prepared, let me know if he has any more ideas.”

Let’s Whistle Vukotić

Earlier that day and in the following days, Milović and Zvicer primarily discussed criminal activities, the impending parliamentary elections, and their plans to eliminate Vukotic, whom they referred to as Šklempo.

“Is there a way we can serve Šklemp a summons to get him to whistle in front of the station? We need to monitor when he’s getting anything,” Zvicer asked the police officer on July 30 of that year.

The late Vukotić had been released from the Spuž Remand Prison just two days prior after his detention was lifted.

In one conversation, Zvicer sent the police officer and a partner a message from an individual using the nickname no name on the Sky app, discussing the shipping of cocaine via alternative routes, suggesting transshipment off the coast of Africa or India.

The Kavčani group, especially Petar Lazović, frequently mentioned Ubović and his purported support to the police team in their communications over the now-protected app.

During a conversation about politics, arrested security guard Petar Lazović covertly indicated that the businessman “could make a few million” during just one election, influenced by his father, the arrested police official Zoran Lazović.

“Tiger’s going to rake in a few million for the elections because Z told him so, and Z views him like a brother; you know all this,” was one of the many messages Lazović Junior sent to the leadership of the Kavach clan in the summer of 2020.

While Milović and Zvicer are still at large, both Lazovićs are in custody.

The elder Lazović was apprehended on April 14 last year, coinciding with the arrest of former chief special prosecutor Milivoj Katnić. Recently, the Special State Prosecutor’s Office confirmed the indictment against both of them. The case was then combined with an ongoing one against former prosecutor Saša Čađenović.

Lazović Junior was detained on July 18, 2022, on the same day that Milović evaded capture.

Both Lazovićs, along with Zvicer, are named in indictments from the Special State Prosecutor’s Office, which accuses them of being part of the so-called police drug cartel.

This criminal organization, centered around fugitive Milović, faces allegations of smuggling cocaine from South America to Europe for years, with investigators uncovering evidence of several tons of the illicit product being trafficked.

The drugs were transported to Europe from the port of Bar as well as through Antwerp, Germany, and Turkey.

Montenegrin investigators received evidence from Europol, including complete transcripts of conversations through the encrypted Sky ECC application.

Upon analyzing this evidence, the Special State Prosecutor’s Office discovered that Milović roped in several colleagues—both active and former police officers, many being his godfathers and friends—into the criminal operation.

Each had specific roles within the organization. Some were allegedly responsible for using their official power to check if their honest colleagues were onto them and raise alarms when necessary, while others were tasked with converting illicit funds into legal channels.

The SDT charges this group with forming a criminal organization, money laundering, unauthorized production, possession, and trafficking of narcotics, along with illegal possession of weapons and explosives.

Zvicer has recently been added to the list of most wanted fugitives, with legal proceedings against him pending in multiple countries.

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