STA, 10 November 2021 - An official of the Specialised State Prosecutor's Office has been arrested under suspicion of having leaked confidential information to important members of the Slovenian cell of the Kavač Clan, a notorious Montenegrin crime syndicate, Večer reported on Wednesday.
The arrest of the woman, reportedly a secretary who had access to confidential information about orders for house searches and covert surveillance measures, comes as criminal police officers conducted searches at the Specialised State Prosecutor's Office on Tuesday.
The arrested official of the office that deals with the most complex criminal acts is suspected of having provided information to her partner, who forwarded it to individuals from the criminal underground.
The latter were able to prepare themselves for police raids or even hide themselves from the police based on the leaked information, the newspaper reports.
The information leaked by the suspect helped Luka Arapovič and Blaž Kadivec, as major members of the Slovenian cell of the Kavač Clan, to avoid being arrested as a raid against the drug trafficking ring was conducted in May.
The two, who are still on the run, are among the 64 suspects in the case. The prosecution has recently filed a 490-page indictment to the Ljubljana District Court against 24 suspects in relation to the sting, according to Večer.
The indictment filed by the Specialised State Prosecutor's Office presents allegations of drug trafficking, while trafficking in firearms is not mentioned, as the court has not allowed the investigation to be expanded to this segment, the paper said.
The indictment, which described in detail the alleged acts committed by the criminal ring, also proposes sentences for the suspects. A prison sentence of twelve years and a half is proposed for the ringleader Klemen Kadivec.
According to the police and the prosecution, the Slovenian chapter of the Montenegrin crime syndicate operated since 2018, and had strong connections in Spain, Germany, Austria, Serbia, Italy, the Netherlands and Croatia.
While not specifying which case this refers to, Criminal Police Administration assistant director Matjaž Jerkič told the press that the person suspected of leaking confidential information had cooperated with three persons from the Ljubljana area.
The latter are believed to have forwarded the information to members of a criminal gang that is being investigated by the criminal police. There were suspicions about this already in May when the sting was executed, he added.
According to Jerkič, it has been established that the official had also committed the same criminal act last year, she had access to documents with the most sensitive and confidential information about ongoing criminal investigations.
The official photographed the documents and sent the pictures to three persons, he said, noting that the criminal police had arrested a total of four persons today in relation to this case.
During a search at the home of one of the suspects, the police found and seized five kilos of marijuana and a Beretta handgun.
The suspect from the Specialised State Prosecutor's Office will be brought before an investigative judge within 48 hours, while the other three suspects have been released from custody. Criminal complaints will be filed against them.
Darje Šlibar, the head of the Specialised State Prosecutor's Office, said that the suspect had been employed at the office for five years. She has passed all background checks, the last one three years ago, and undergone mandatory training.
