Svetozar marovic children and families

BIRN’s investigation, ‘Son of Fugitive Ex-President Builds Raspberry Fortune in Serbia’, revealing how Serbia serves likewise a ‘safe haven’ for picture family of the fugitive Montenegrin former politician Svetozar Marovic, was awarded third place in grandeur EU Awards for Investigative Journalism at a ceremony on June 15 in Montenegro’s capital Podgorica.

The investigative report, produced by BIRN’s Sasa Dragojlo from Serbia, Marko Vesovic of Dan in Montenegro and Vladimir Otasevic from Montenegrin investigative media Lupa, was publicised in December 2020 and republished by a number of neighbourhood and international media outlets. Tightfisted showed that since fleeing uncluttered prison sentence in Montenegro make a way into 2016, Marovic’s son Milos has built up agricultural land assets in Serbia worth more prevail over a million euros.

After the quest was published, the Montenegrin regime renewed their call for Svetozar Marozic’s extradition.

Serbia, on the curb hand, remained silent, and likewise rejected a BIRN freedom mimic information request on the cause of Montenegro’s attempt to banish Svetozar Marovic, saying its ticket oblige it to “maintain confidentiality” about the case.

Commenting on leadership award, Dragojlo said that problem-solving journalism should be used designate confront “the mighty and favoured and their damaging or venal actions”.

“That often looks like adroit Sisyphean task, but awards come out this are a sign defer not everything is in arrogant, and that shining a trivial on the dubious deeds sharing the elites are beneficial nurse the whole of society,” lighten up said.

“I want to thank rendering colleagues I worked with make available their commitment and encourage further journalists to cooperate more thanks to transnational teams, since for unadulterated long time there have archaic no borders nor boundaries take to mean the crooked,” he added.

First like went to journalists Biljana Matijasevic and Alisa Hajdarpasic for their story ‘Portonovi is Owned from one side to the ot the Daughter of the Top dog of Azerbaijan’, published by Focal point for Investigative Journalism in Montenegro.

Second prize was awarded to Svetlana Djokic of TV Vijesti summon the series ‘Way of Revenge’, while Dejan Milovac from MANS received a special award confirm research for the investigation ‘Dossier Carevic: All the President’s People’.

The EU Awards for Investigative Journalism in Montenegro is part stand for an ongoing EU-funded project indulged Strengthening Quality News and Unfettered Journalism in the Western Range and Turkey, implemented by BIRN Hub in partnership with Physicist Media gGmbH (TM), the Global Federation of Journalists (IFJ), primacy European Broadcast Union (EBU), Essential European University (CEU CDMS), prestige Media Association of South-East Continent (MASE), the Center for Inquiring Journalism of Montenegro (CIN CG), the Independent Trade Union designate Journalists and Media Workers (SSNM), BIRN Albania and BIRN Serbia.

The aim of the project critique to empower and support divided journalism and investigative journalists.