Croatia: “Tobacco mafia behind Pukanić murder”
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The Montenegrin tobacco mafia is behind the murder of Croat journalist and publisher Ivo Pukanić, Montenegrin businessman Ratko Knežević said.
He was testifying at the murder trial in Zagreb on Thursday, saying that Stanko Subotić, aka Cane, and Montenegrin Prime Minister Milo Đukanović were behind the crime.
“The tobacco mafia started threatening Pukanić right after he published the first articles on Montenegro’s state-sanctioned cigarette smuggling in the discontinued daily Rebulika,” Knežević said in his testimony before the Zagreb District Court.
He added that the threats continued with Pukanić’s writings in the weekly Nacional, and that the first assassination plans were foiled by secret services of several countries in 2002.
Knežević also claims that Pukanić told him he was offered money to stop covering the topic - first two, and then five million euros.
He was testifying at the murder trial in Zagreb on Thursday, saying that Stanko Subotić, aka Cane, and Montenegrin Prime Minister Milo Đukanović were behind the crime.
“The tobacco mafia started threatening Pukanić right after he published the first articles on Montenegro’s state-sanctioned cigarette smuggling in the discontinued daily Rebulika,” Knežević said in his testimony before the Zagreb District Court.
He added that the threats continued with Pukanić’s writings in the weekly Nacional, and that the first assassination plans were foiled by secret services of several countries in 2002.
Knežević also claims that Pukanić told him he was offered money to stop covering the topic - first two, and then five million euros.
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