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The Center for Investigative Journalism of Serbia (CINS) has spent recent months investigating EXPO. While information on who is working on the country’s most important state project remains opaque, CINS’s investigation has uncovered more than 200 companies – including those unknown to the public, backed by associates and relatives of people from criminal circles, as well as individuals close to the authorities.
Driven by media reports of police brutality in Valjevo in August 2025, the Ombudsman (Protector of Citizens) Zoran Pašalić conducted an oversight visit to the local police department, according to an official note obtained and published by CINS. While the Ombudsman’s initial conclusions suggest that the police did not violate the law, people who spoke with CINS point to a series of failures by the Ombudsman in investigating this case, as well as a problematic official note that prejudges the final outcome.
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The proceedings before the prosecutor’s office in the SNS call center case have been stalled for nearly three years. The prosecution is waiting for the police, while the Ministry of Interior (MUP) has failed for years to provide information to the First Basic Public Prosecutor’s Office in Belgrade. This July, the police transferred the case from the Department for Combating Economic Crime to the MUP’s Department for Combating Corruption, CINS has learned. Experts we spoke to indicate that the institutions are obstructing the case.
Corruption is funded from your pocket. We are funded by your trust.
The Center for Investigative Journalism of Serbia (CINS) has spent recent months investigating EXPO. While information on who is working on the country’s most important state project remains opaque, CINS’s investigation has uncovered more than 200 companies – including those unknown to the public, backed by associates and relatives of people from criminal circles, as well as individuals close to the authorities.
Driven by media reports of police brutality in Valjevo in August 2025, the Ombudsman (Protector of Citizens) Zoran Pašalić conducted an oversight visit to the local police department, according to an official note obtained and published by CINS. While the Ombudsman’s initial conclusions suggest that the police did not violate the law, people who spoke with CINS point to a series of failures by the Ombudsman in investigating this case, as well as a problematic official note that prejudges the final outcome.
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The proceedings before the prosecutor’s office in the SNS call center case have been stalled for nearly three years. The prosecution is waiting for the police, while the Ministry of Interior (MUP) has failed for years to provide information to the First Basic Public Prosecutor’s Office in Belgrade. This July, the police transferred the case from the Department for Combating Economic Crime to the MUP’s Department for Combating Corruption, CINS has learned. Experts we spoke to indicate that the institutions are obstructing the case.
Corruption is funded from your pocket. We are funded by your trust.
The Center for Investigative Journalism of Serbia (CINS) has spent recent months investigating EXPO. While information on who is working on the country’s most important state project remains opaque, CINS’s investigation has uncovered more than 200 companies – including those unknown to the public, backed by associates and relatives of people from criminal circles, as well as individuals close to the authorities.
Driven by media reports of police brutality in Valjevo in August 2025, the Ombudsman (Protector of Citizens) Zoran Pašalić conducted an oversight visit to the local police department, according to an official note obtained and published by CINS. While the Ombudsman’s initial conclusions suggest that the police did not violate the law, people who spoke with CINS point to a series of failures by the Ombudsman in investigating this case, as well as a problematic official note that prejudges the final outcome.
