Laković: Abazović receives unprecedented support from MEPs for the fight against crime

"We express our gratitude to the MEPs for confirming the efforts of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister in the fight against organized crime," said Adviser to the Deputy Prime Minister for National Security Miodrag Laković on the occasion of the adopted Resolution of the Rapporteur for Montenegro in the European Parliament Tonino Picula.

Referring to the Resolution in the European Parliament, which was adopted with 518 votes in favour, 97 against and 77 abstentions, Laković stated that it is unprecedented that the EP explicitly supports the efforts of one member of the Government in the fight against organized crime and clearly condemns death threats previously addressed to him.

"We were pleasantly surprised by the point of the Resolution on Montenegro, which praises the efforts of the Deputy Prime Minister in arresting members of organized criminal groups. Although the Resolution contains many expressions of concern, mainly due to inherited problems, this represents a great success, satisfaction and encouragement for serious issues that should be opened in the coming period concerning the rule of law," Laković emphasised.

The European Parliament commends DPM Abazović for his contribution to the recent arrest of members of organized criminal groups. At the same time, the MEPs in the adopted Resolution strongly condemned the death threats made against him and called for protection of all officials fighting corruption and organized crime even at a risk to their own lives and expressed solidarity with them.