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Ever since the plane crash in Greece, the public has been wondering about who is employed at the Valir company that was selling mines from Krušik. CINS can now reveal who the people at this company are.

Three years after the launch of a system through which citizens were reporting environmental issues, the Ministry of Environmental Protection introduced a new one. CINS and BIRN have uncovered that the company that set up the new system was chosen through a controversial tender, and that several months after its launch, the system is being upgraded. This effort will cost more than 2 million EUR.

The ministry allocated 1 million EUR for a new system for reporting environmental issues. Four months on, a multi-million upgrade is needed.

CINS uncovers an official note from the Higher Public Prosecutor's Office in Belgrade showing the testimonies of people who were used by SNS as fake donors. Donations cost some of them their social benefits, and even though everything was pointing to an organized illegal financing scheme, the Prosecutor's Office ended up dropping the case.

Testimonies of Fake SNS Donors

According to financial reports, the Movement of Socialists has for years had only one headquarters – in Belgrade. However, CINS can reveal that Minister Aleksandar Vulin’ party has boards all over Serbia, that it pays rent, but does not report those expenses.

Vulin’s Party Hiding Expenses: Secret Premises Owned by Movement of Socialists

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Ever since the plane crash in Greece, the public has been wondering about who is employed at the Valir company that was selling mines from Krušik. CINS can now reveal who the people at this company are.

CINS Reveals: Who is Working for Mines Trader from Greece Plane Crash

Even though the Ministry of Environmental Protection’s documentation states that they can only use the system for reporting environmental issues, for which they paid 2.6 million EUR, because copyright ownership is in the hands of the company Tcom that created it, Minister Irena Vujović claims that the system is owned by the state.

Minister Claims System for Reporting Environmental Issues Is State-Owned, Documents Prove Otherwise

The job worth 144 million RSD that involves upgrading the gReact system for reporting environmental issues was awarded to Tcom, the very same company hired to introduce this system. Although it was made for the Ministry of Environmental Protection, ownership of gReact remains in the hands of Tcom. Experts explain that in this way, the Ministry invested in a private company’s product that the company can sell to other customers, while the Ministry can only be its user.

Ministry Paying 2.6 Million EUR for Environmental System It Doesn’t Own

Cases initiated due to doubts over the legality of the ruling party’s financing ended ingloriously, leaving behind more questions than answers. CINS reveals a police report that depicts how institutions have led to the collapse of these cases.

Match Without a Referee: How Cases of Misuse of SNS Funding Collapsed

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