National weather service director, two other people arrested on suspicion of money laundering

BELGRADE - On orders from the Special Anti-Corruption Department of the Higher Prosecutor's Office in Belgrade, police officers from the Anti-Corruption Service have arrested the director of the national weather service RHMZ, identified as J N, aged 71, as well as O N, aged 71, and DJ N, aged 45, on suspicion of the criminal offence of money laundering.

They are suspected of carrying out transfers and conversions of property worth a total of at least 650,000 euros in Belgrade, Cacak, Uzice, Bajina Basta and Montengro between November 2019 and November 2024 in an attempt to disguise its illicit origin, being aware that it had been obtained as a result of criminal activities.

All three are suspected of the criminal offence of money laundering, while J N is also suspected of the criminal offence of failure to report property and revenues or giving false information about property and revenues, the Prosecutor's Office said in a statement.

The suspects have been placed in 48-hour detention, during which time they will appear for a hearing at the Higher Prosecutor's Office in Belgrade.