The list obtained by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) regarding Montenegro includes the names of 28 individuals who are responsible persons connected to 14 offshore companies from the archives of the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca.
Despite the fact that the then Special Prosecutor's Office opened a case to determine whether there was money laundering and tax evasion in this affair, no one has been charged to date.
The Pulitzer Prize-winning investigation was based on the leak of millions of documents from the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca. The archive of files, first obtained by reporters from the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung and shared with the ICIJ, included details of the financial secrets of 140 politicians and other celebrities and business owners around the world, revealing how they moved their money through a secret scheme in offshore tax havens. The release of the documents began on April 3, 2016.
Apart from one of the intermediaries, lawyer Mark Harrison, who, as a legal advisor, was involved in numerous privatization arrangements and business transactions in Montenegro, the list did not include any names from the then political leadership of Montenegro.
The list included Vladan Kovačević, Dragan Vujačić, Srđan Stanković, Darko Perović, Nikola S. Ćetković, Ivanka Kilibarda, Milan Komljenović, Damjan Glušica, Miloš Proroković, Božidarka Komljenović, Mileva Radulović, Zvonko Vasović, Filip Vujošević, Branko Vujošević, Slobodan Perović, Aco Mrdak and foreigners: Liu Dan, Roger Caurla and Ronald Peter Mortendorfer.
Ofšor kompanije sa kojima su ova lica povezana su: „Jasin Tena Ltd.“ (osn. 15. marta 2001.), „Chelone Limited“ (21. februar 2000.), „Din-Pharm Ltd.“ (15. mart 2001.), „Marconio Ltd.“ (10. avgust 2000.), „Wicked Soft S.A.“ (7. jul 2009.), „NP International Limited“ (23. oktobar 2003.), „Bierley Limited“ (22. mart 2005.), „Velocity Transitional Solutions Ltd“ (9. mart 2007.), „Sunnydale Services Limited“ (29. septembar 2014.), „Amicalle Group Limited“ (14. avgust 2013.), „Breakthrough PR Global Inc. (14. jun 2012.), „Transformational Development 360ºtd Limited“ (25. oktobar 2007.) i „AD Moneo Ltd.) (29. maj 2009.).
Branko Vujošević was listed as the owner of the company Enternal Sky Trading Limited. According to the documents, the company was founded in the British Virgin Islands in August 2006. The registered address is the center of Podgorica - Beogradska 9. Initial estimates were that he was a businessman who was mentioned in the "tobacco affair", but no further details were known.
Panama adopted new laws after the scandal broke, but the Central American country was blacklisted by the European Union (EU) for offshore business years later.
The criminal offense of tax evasion has only been punishable in Panama since 2019, for amounts exceeding 300,000 US dollars per year.
