Serbia organized crime prosecutors charge minister, others in connection with Kushner-linked project
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia's prosecutor for organized crime on Monday charged a government minister and three others with abuse of office and falsifying of documents to help pave the way for a real estate project linked to Jared Kushner, U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law.
Proposed criminal charges were announced against Culture Minister Nikola Selaković, who is a close ally of autocratic President Aleksandar Vučić, and three other officials, according to a statement published on the official website of the Public Prosecutor's Office for Organized Crime.
The investigation centers on a controversy over a bombed-out military complex in central Belgrade that was a protected cultural heritage zone, but that is facing redevelopment as a luxury compound.
Last year, Serbia's government signed a 99-year-lease agreement with Kushner-linked Affinity Global Development in the U.S. At the time, Kushner confirmed reports that his company plans to finance the $500 million project. It would feature a high-rise hotel, a luxury apartment complex, office spaces and shops.
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