Destruction of official records after the elections
Destruction of official records after the elections: The weekly Vreme reported, citing the Bor outlet Tebrizam, that the group of men who carried documents out of the PIO Fund branch in Bor at night, and who were released after being detained, were detained in Zaječar the next day. Students from Bor say the same.
Destruction of official records after the elections: The Third Basic Public Prosecutor's Office in Belgrade said that the ten sacks dumped outside the Zemun Municipality building held discarded copies, not original files, and that for now there are no grounds to suspect a criminal offence. This followed complaints from citizens that documents were being destroyed after the elections.
Destruction of official records after the elections: The Basic Public Prosecutor's Office in Bor opened a case on suspicion that official documents were destroyed or removed without authorisation from the PIO Fund branch, where sacks had been carried out at night. It ordered the police to carry out an on-site investigation, interview those present and obtain camera footage.
Davor Macura's Alta Bank and state business
Davor Macura's Alta Bank and state business: A large number of police officers, some armed with long-barrelled weapons, gathered outside Alta Bank's headquarters in New Belgrade a few hours after the National Bank of Serbia revoked its operating licence, N1 reports. No reason has been given for the police presence.
Davor Macura's Alta Bank and state business: The National Bank of Serbia has filed a criminal complaint with the Organised Crime Prosecutor's Office against Alta Bank and several of its responsible persons. The prosecutors have asked the police for an urgent review of all the bank's business and of the circumstances in which it lost its operating licence.
Davor Macura's Alta Bank and state business: Four vice-governors of the National Bank of Serbia have publicly asked the prosecutor's office to establish the circumstances in which Alta Banka's operating licence was revoked, and whether officials within the National Bank itself bear any criminal liability, including at what level of management the risks were known.
Davor Macura's Alta Bank and state business: The National Bank of Serbia said proceedings had been launched against Alta Bank, its shareholders, its management bodies and other responsible persons, and that management of the bank had been transferred to the Deposit Insurance Agency after its operating licence was revoked.
Davor Macura's Alta Bank and state business: The Nova.rs news site reported that a search was under way at Davor Macura's Alta Bank, whose operating licence had been revoked by the National Bank of Serbia. According to Nova, the search began the same day and by 1 November had already lasted 30 hours.
Davor Macura's Alta Bank and state business: The Executive Board of the National Bank of Serbia revoked the operating licence of Davor Macura's Alta banka over a significant deterioration in its financial position and the risk to depositors' interests; the Deposit Insurance Agency, the future bankruptcy administrator, will begin payouts within seven working days of the opening of bankruptcy proceedings.