Mon, Dec 9, 2013

http://inserbia.info/news/2013/12/mladjan-dinkic-responsible-for-corruption-money-laundering-margetic/

BELGRADE – The Balkan Anti-Corruption League, an NGO, has accused former Serbian minister and leader of the United Regions of Serbia (URS) Mladjan Dinkic of being responsible for frauds and corruption  in the privatization of former telecommunications company Mobtel and laundering Serbian money in Cyprus.

League officials Domagoj Margetic and Darko Trifunovic said on Thursday that they have secret documents – a number of contracts – to prove it.

At a press conference in Belgrade, Margetic spoke about what happened after Mobtel was confiscated from the Karic family and an investigation into allegations about frauds in the company ended.

He said that the League has evidence that Dinkic has given a 30 percent stake in Mobtel to a Cypriot-based off-shore company owned by Austrian businessman Martin Schlaff “in a private, secret and non-transparent procedure.”

Immediately after that, the company Mobi 63 was set up where Schlaff’s off-shore company had a 30 percent stake and the Serbian government the remaining 70 percent.

After the company’s capital was estimated at EUR 132 million, Dinkic signed a contract under which the Serbian government bought Schlaff’s 30 percent stake from him for EUR 500 million, four times the estimated sum for the entire capital of the company, Margetic said.

He said that he has in his possession ten contracts from which it is clear that a criminal act was committed here.

Margetic added that the matter concerns not just Mobtel, but also financial transactions using money snatched from Serbia’s budget, which eventually ends up back in Serbia through fictitious investments via Cypriot off-shore companies and Austria’s Hypo Group Alpe-Adria.

He added that money laundering trails lead to Serbian businessman Milan Beko and legal persons he was associated with, not only in Cyprus, but also in London and Zurich.

Trifunovic said that the evidence have been submitted to Serbia’s and Austria’s prosecutor’s offices, adding that Austria’s prosecution is investigating into allegations concerning Hypo Group Alpe-Adria.

Trifunovic called on Serbia’s deputy prime minister who, he said, “is reputed to be a hero in the fight against corruption,” to act promptly because, in addition to Dinkic, three of his advisers can be linked to the disappearance of the money from Cyprus, such as Franco Frattini, Alfred Gusenbauer and Dominique Strauss-Kahn.

Trifunovic said that he and Margetic met with the Serbian president on Wednesday, and received support for their intention to go public with the information.

The United Regions of Serbia denied all allegations against their leader Mladjan Dinkic and announced filing a suit against Domagoj Margetic.