Category: Money and deals
Period: from 2010
Outcome: Indictment filed (as of 9 Sep 2026)
The company Asomakum was founded in 2010 in the name of Andrej Vučić, brother of Aleksandar Vučić. Andrej Vučić claims his ID card was forged. The prosecution dropped the proceedings against him, and a court ruled in his favour even though, according to legal experts, the deadline for filing the suit had expired; his name was removed from the register only in 2017. In 2017 the Higher Court in Belgrade confirmed an indictment against 18 people over phantom companies, Asomakum among them; the defendants deny guilt. The trial of 13 defendants is now in its ninth year, the absolute statute of limitations has expired for four, and there is still no verdict.
The company Asomakum, founded in 2010, was registered with the Serbian Business Registers Agency in the name of Andrej Vučić, brother of Aleksandar Vučić, who was then deputy leader of the SNS and later became prime minister and president of the Republic. From his first questioning by the Tax Police in December 2010, Andrej Vučić maintained that he had not founded the company and that his identity card had been forged.
In 2011, the First Basic Public Prosecutor’s Office brought charges for commercial offences against him and the company, then dropped the case against him; the proceedings were discontinued in 2013.
The public learned of the case in October 2014, when MP Zoran Živković asked Prime Minister Vučić about the company in Parliament; the prime minister replied that it was a forgery.
Andrej Vučić then sued the company before the Commercial Court. Legal experts said the statutory deadline for the suit had expired in 2011, but the court ruled in his favour, and the Commercial Appellate Court upheld the ruling in February 2016. His name was removed from the register as owner and director only in July 2017.
In April 2015 police arrested 16 people, and minister Nebojša Stefanović announced that Andrej Vučić had been the victim of identity theft.
In May 2017 the Higher Court in Belgrade confirmed an indictment against 18 people for fraud, money laundering and abuse of position through shell companies set up with forged identity cards, Asomakum among them. The defendants deny the charges, and some claim the case is politically motivated.
The trial has twice been sent back to the start, and the absolute statute of limitations has run out for four of the indicted. The first witnesses were heard only in December 2025.
According to BIRN's latest report, from September 2026, the trial is in its ninth year: the case is proceeding against 13 of the original 18 indicted, and there is no verdict. In June 2026 the court refused to lift a temporary seizure of assets that has lasted 11 years.