In Podgorica, Montenegro, several raids are being carried out, at the request of the Special State Prosecutor's Office, under suspicion of the criminal offense of espionage.
The news was confirmed for Radio Free Europe by the special prosecutor of this country, Vukas Radonjic.
"At the request of the Special State Prosecutor's Office and by order of the Supreme Court in Podgorica, the police are checking the homes and other spaces of some citizens, due to the well-founded suspicion that criminal offenses have been committed: creation of a criminal organization and espionage. So far, no one has been arrested", said Radonjic.
The outgoing Prime Minister of Montenegro, Dritan Abazović, welcomed the action of the Special State Prosecutor's Office, saying that "it is an international action".
According to him, it is being realized with the partners of Montenegro and aims to "preserve national interests".
Earlier, the Montenegrin daily, Vijesti, citing the data of the National Security Agency (ANB), announced that several Montenegrin citizens were arrested in Podgorica, under suspicion of working for the Russian intelligence service.
"One of the arrested persons, according to ANB data, has worked for the Russian service for more than a decade and is part of a wider group whose members are known by ANB," reported Vijesti.
Referring to an unidentified source, Vijesti also wrote that the action of the ANB and the Special Prosecutor's Office "is only the beginning of the activities for the detection of collaborators of foreign intelligence services"./REL