BELGRADE, 03. SEPT. 2016 – The Serbian Security Information Agency (BIA) has arrested a foreign intelligence officer in Belgrade, Serbian state prosecution confirmed.The Belgrade daily Vecernje Novosti and B92 media earlier said the BIA cooperated with the Higher Public Prosecution in Belgrade during the arrest operation. According to the official sources, the suspect in question has dual Serbian and Croatian citizenship, the statement said, adding that the suspect lived and worked in Croatia until 1990, and after that moved to Serbia. Meanwhile, Croatia-based website index.hr is reporting that the spy caught in Belgrade “worked for the Croatian Military Security Information Agency (VSOA)” and that he over the past “months, perhaps even years” worked on collecting information that “could be of special interest” to the agency. Serbian authorities stated that the suspect will be brought before a prosecutor for questioning after the 48-hour detention period expires, the statement said, adding that the public will be informed about the results of the investigation and the facts concerning the case “in a timely manner.” According to the Croatian website, the unnamed spy was lately focused on “(former) JNA (Yugoslav People’s Army) officers against whom Croatia either has, or could launch criminal proceedings” – for what the report termed “their (mis)deeds committed during the war in Croatia.” Croatian FM Miro Kovac stated that Croatian authorities have not received any information about from the Serbian collegues, remarking that this seems to him as a “soap vaudeville”. Index.hr added that the arrested was also collecting information concerning “the organization and relations inside the Serbian Army (VS),” the website said.
↧