Turkish Citizen Prosecuted for Tax and Contribution Evasion

Officials from the Sector for Combating Crime – Department for Combating Complex Forms of Economic Crime and Conducting Financial Investigations, in cooperation with officials from the Sector for Financial Intelligence and the Tax Administration, filed charges against 29 (66) citizens of the Republic of Turkey for suspicion of committing the criminal offense of tax and contribution evasion, which damaged the Budget of Montenegro by a total of 18,886.28 euros. During the preliminary investigation, officers from the Department for Combating Complex Forms of Economic Crime and Conducting Financial Investigations determined that S.S., as the executive director, and the company d.o.o. "B." from Budva committed the crime of tax and contribution evasion by concealing actual income and submitting inaccurate income data to the Tax Administration in 2022, with the intent to fully or partially avoid paying taxes. The officers continue with intensive and prioritized police-prosecutorial activities within the national project codenamed "Evasion," aimed at discovering and prosecuting individuals in the economic sector whose illegal activities undermine the country's economic order.