Bar: Criminal charges filed against three people for violating supervision measures

Police officers from the Bar Security Department, in coordination and cooperation with the Basic State Prosecutor’s Office in Bar, filed criminal charges, on the prosecutor’s orders, against three people suspected of committing the criminal offense of violating a prohibition imposed by a supervision measure. One of the individuals was found and checked by police officers at around 6:25 p.m. in Vladimir, in the municipality of Ulcinj, thereby violating the supervision measure. Another failed to comply with a supervision measure ordered by a decision of the Basic Court in Bar, which required him to report to the competent organizational unit of the Police Administration—the Bar Security Department—at 10 a.m. on the first Monday of every month. The criminal offense of violating a prohibition imposed by a supervision measure, established under Article 395b of the Criminal Code of Montenegro, is a new offense introduced through amendments to the Code, specifically to provide a legal basis for prosecuting people who violate prohibitions or obligations imposed by supervision measures ordered by a court in criminal proceedings. The Police Administration initiated the regulation of this unlawful conduct as a separate criminal offense, citing frequent violations of supervision measures ordered by court decisions and the need to establish a more effective accountability mechanism for non-compliance. Article 395b stipulates that a person who violates a prohibition or obligation imposed by a supervision measure ordered by a court in criminal proceedings, or fails to comply with obligations imposed by such a measure, shall be punished by a fine or imprisonment of up to one year.