The Special State Prosecutor’s Office (SDT) has submitted an indictment against the defendant TM, an Albanian national, to the Special Department of the High Court in Podgorica after concluding their investigation. He is suspected of committing the criminal offense of money laundering involving the sum of 940,000 euros.

The SDT announced that the indictment concerns actions taken in November of last year, where the defendant allegedly collaborated with an unidentified individual to hold and transfer funds derived from narcotic sales, amounting to 940,000 euros.

“The defendant concealed the money within the cargo vehicle he was operating, transporting it from Austria to Slovenia, from Slovenia to Croatia, and from Croatia to Montenegro, intending to deliver it to an unknown recipient in Albania. However, through checks and searches, the funds were discovered at the Božaj Border Crossing between Montenegro and Albania, where officers from the Customs Administration and the Special Police Department temporarily seized the money, acting on the authority and in collaboration with the Special State Prosecutor’s Office,” the statement details.

The indictment also requests an extension of the defendant’s detention and suggests that, alongside any potential sentence, he should face a security measure involving the confiscation of both the seized funds and the vehicle utilized in the commission of the crime.

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