Court grants Prokopije Perić release on €1.224.500 bail
The High Court has accepted the defence’s request for former Rokšped director Prokopije Perić, who is charged with cigarette smuggling, to remain at liberty for the remainder of the proceedings on €1,224,500 bail, offered in the form of real estate.
This was confirmed to ETV Portal by Marija Milovanović, an independent public relations adviser at the High Court.
She explained that the decision has not become final because the Special State Prosecutor’s Office has filed an appeal.
According to the indictment, Perić is accused of being a member of a group allegedly formed by retired National Security Agency official Duško Golubović and Sanader Stanaj, owner of the Rokšped auto centre, who is currently at large.
Golubović and Stanaj are accused of leading a group that allegedly caused losses to the state of at least €18,260,352 through cigarette smuggling in 2020 and 2021. In addition to Perić, Golubović and Stanaj, the indictment also names Andrija Petanović, Mileta Simanić, Dejan Milić, Radoje Dakić, Adnan Suković, Predrag Madžgalj, Ivan Turčinović and Stanaj’s brother, Nuo Stanaj.