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Montenegro probes allegations of President Djukanovic’s involvement in money-laundering ring

Concerns about the bank and money laundering have been raised since 2016 when the European Parliament asked Montenegro to investigate and prosecute high-level corruption, including at the bank.

Montenegro’s President Milo Djukanovic and his son in 2012 allegedly established a trust and hid their wealth in a complicated network of companies, according to the investigation.

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If you guessed that the poser-in-chief met with this guy, you would be correct. DoS FOIA reading room using Djukanovic as a search term netted 74 results with one in particular showing meetings w/foreign leaders in 2014 and 2015 for hussein, biden, kerry etc. (cap related which also shows meetings with officials from Ukraine [5 times in 2 years] , Haiti [x3], etc. - document #16 of #20 on page 1)

From a June 26, 2014 article titled:

Joe Biden: Propping up corruption?

PODGORICA, Montenegro—Vice President Joe Biden in April shook hands with the strongman prime minister of this Balkan country of 600,000, but NATO leaders yesterday did not. NATO said no (for now) to Milo Djukanovic’s request that Montenegro become a member of NATO: Its secretary general, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, said of Montenegro (along with Macedonia, Georgia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina), “Each one has work to do in different areas, and we will give aspirants the support they need to get them through the door.”

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The government of Montenegro has shown little regard for the rule of law. The country has moved from Communism to crony capitalism, with relatives, friends, and supporters of long-in-power Djukanovic getting sweetheart deals on formerly state-owned property. Some anti-corruption journalists have been murdered or severely beaten. Critics of the regime say NATO (and the European Union, since NATO admission is usually a leading indicator of EU acceptance) should not approve Montenegro’s request unless the government drops the remnants of a Communist approach to governance.

Critics have called Montenegro “a Mafia state,” with the country over the past two decades becoming a stop on the road for heroin and cigarette smuggling. Nevertheless, photos of Biden and Djukanovic shaking hands in Washington this spring gained wide distribution and propped up the regime.

https://foia.state.gov/search/Results.aspx?searchText=Djukanovic&beginDate=&endDate=&publishedBeginDate=&publishedEndDate=&caseNumber=

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