Herceg Novi: Police filed criminal charges against three persons for document falsification

Officials of the Herceg Novi Department of Security, during activities to detect and clarify crimes in the field of economic and commercial crime, clarified three criminal acts of document falsification in recent days. Following instructions from the state prosecutor at the Basic State Prosecutor's Office in Herceg Novi, three criminal charges were filed against individuals suspected of committing these crimes. In 2026, a criminal complaint was filed against I.K. (47) from Herceg Novi, suspected of committing the crime of document falsification. During measures to verify the authenticity of a license, it was established that the person had neither taken the exam for a lifeguard nor attended training at the relevant service – the Red Cross of Montenegro. It was also found that by reading data from the QR code on his falsified license, information of another person with a legitimate license was displayed, with the QR code being misused. It is suspected that V.B., in a similar manner as in the previous case, purchased a falsified water lifeguard license for 400 euros in May of this year, which he presented as genuine to obtain permission to operate a beach, and further used it as authentic during inspection and control of the beach's operation. A criminal complaint was also filed against M.Č. (42), a citizen of Serbia, suspected of falsifying a driver's license, which he presented to traffic police during a control, allegedly issued by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Serbia – PU Kikinda. It is believed that he bought the falsified license in Serbia for 1,200 euros and used it as genuine during the police check in Herceg Novi on September 8, 2026.