Serbia's BIA Chief and Justice Minister Named in Organised-Crime Cases
Prosecutors opened pre-investigation cases into BIA director Vladimir Orlić and caretaker justice minister Nenad Vujić over alleged vote-gathering for the SNS.
Serbia's Organised Crime Prosecutor's Office (TOK) said on Thursday, 5 November, that it had opened two cases based on criminal complaints by Belgrade lawyer Ivan Ninić: one against Vladimir Orlić, director of the Security Information Agency (BIA), and other agency officials, and one against caretaker justice minister Nenad Vujić and more than 60 other people. Both cases are at the pre-investigation stage; no one has been charged.
The complaint against BIA
According to Beta, Ninić alleges that BIA employees, including the leadership of its regional centre in Kragujevac and other cities, were ordered as a work duty to collect so-called capillary votes — pledges of support recorded on party forms — for the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS). The complaint cites suspected abuse of office, violation of voting rights and coercion.
The complaint about prisons
The second complaint names Vujić, Mile Jandrić, director of the Directorate for the Execution of Criminal Sanctions, the minister's special adviser Milica Radonjić, prison and detention-unit wardens and officials, and unidentified senior SNS figures. It lists suspected criminal association, abuse of office, trading in influence, vote-related bribery, unauthorised collection of personal data, negligence in service and discrimination. Ninić says he has evidence that prison directors secured votes for the SNS; the published reports do not describe that evidence.
What happens next
On 4 November TOK asked the police anti-corruption service SBPOK to check the claims, take statements from everyone named and from others who may have relevant knowledge. TOK said it acted under a general binding instruction of the Supreme Public Prosecutor's Office, issued on 20 October, on handling crimes against electoral rights. A pre-investigation can end in a formal investigation, or the complaint can be dismissed.
No response yet
No response from Orlić, Vujić, Jandrić, Radonjić, the BIA or the justice ministry was reported by Friday morning. The cases come as the BIA faces separate allegations, reported this week by the weekly Radar, that it wiretapped that newsroom; Danas on Friday called for the agency to be overhauled.
Sources
- Beta — Prosecutors open cases on Ninić complaints against Orlić and Vujić (in Serbian)
- Vreme — TOK acts on complaints against Orlić and Vujić (in Serbian)
- Nedeljnik — TOK opens cases against BIA director, justice minister and 60 others (in Serbian)
- Kurir — Prosecutors order police to check claims about prisons and votes (in Serbian)
- Beta — Front pages for Friday, 6 November 2026 (in Serbian)
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