Photo: Vesna Lalić/Nova.rsThe investigation into the attack in Banjska reveals that among the seized vehicles were two armored "Mercedes" owned by the Belgrade company Pent Rent, which is connected to a network of companies close to Milan Radoičić and Zvonk Veselinović.
BIRN reveals that as part of the investigation into the attack in Banjska in the north of Kosovo, two armored "Mercedes" owned by the Belgrade company Pent Rent, which is connected to Milan Radoičić and Zvonko Veselinović, which is part of a network of companies with lucrative jobs at government tenders.
A day after the armed conflict in Banjska in the north of Kosovo, which broke out on September 24, 2023, the Kosovo police showed a large amount of weapons, military equipment and vehicles seized in the area, which were used by an armed group of Serbs led by Milan Radoičić, writes BIRN.
Among the seized vehicles, there were also two "Mercedes" G class, and according to the information obtained by BIRN from the investigation in Pristina, these cars are owned by the Belgrade company Pent Rent.
Pent Rent, as further revealed by BIRN, is connected to several companies that obtain large contracts at state tenders, including the daughter company Elektroizgradnja Bajina Bašta, which implements significant contracts in the power infrastructure sector. C&LC Group, known for its participation in the public transport business in Belgrade, is connected to Pent Rent, which BIRN previously wrote about.
According to publicly available data and information from a source familiar with the operations of those companies in Serbia, these companies belong to a wider business circle, which is connected to Milan Radoičić and his godfather Zvonko Veselinović.
A day after the armed conflict in Banjska in the north of Kosovo, which broke out on September 24, 2023, the Kosovo police showed a large amount of weapons, military equipment and vehicles seized in the area, which were used by an armed group of Serbs led by Milan Radoičić, writes BIRN.
Among the seized vehicles, there were also two "Mercedes" G class, and according to the information obtained by BIRN from the investigation in Pristina, these cars are owned by the Belgrade company Pent Rent.
Pent Rent, as further revealed by BIRN, is connected to several companies that obtain large contracts at state tenders, including the daughter company Elektroizgradnja Bajina Bašta, which implements significant contracts in the power infrastructure sector. C&LC Group, known for its participation in the public transport business in Belgrade, is connected to Pent Rent, which BIRN previously wrote about.
According to publicly available data and information from a source familiar with the operations of those companies in Serbia, these companies belong to a wider business circle, which is connected to Milan Radoičić and his godfather Zvonko Veselinović.
In mid-2024, when BIRN investigated the tender for public transport in Belgrade, Milorad Lovrić from C&LC Group claimed that he had collaborated with Zvonko Veselinović "back in 2014 and 2015 on some projects", denying closer business ties.
"He has his account and his house, I have my account and my house, that is, the company I work for," Lovrić told BIRN at the time.
However, sources, as well as data from financial reports and the network of related companies, indicate that the ties between those business circles are much closer and continue even today.
Data from APR and financial reports for 2024 show that the business of Pent Renta, a company founded in 2016, goes beyond the classic rent-a-car model. According to BIRN, the formal owner of the company, Duško Đenadija, is Milorad Lovrić's driver, C&LC Group manager and Zvonko Veselinović's business partner.
The financial reports show that Pent Rent did not generate most of its income from vehicle rentals, but through financial relations with related companies. According to the reports for the year 2024, the company made as much as 85 million dinars from these relationships, while the income from the basic activity of renting vehicles and selling services was many times smaller and amounted to about 28,4 million dinars.
At the same time, the company had more than 78 million dinars in short-term loans. A similar pattern can be seen in previous years. During 2023, short-term loans amounted to more than 157 million dinars, while in 2025 they fell to around 27 million, but still remained significant. From the financial statements, it is not possible to determine from whom those loans were taken, nor whether they came from related companies, banks or other sources of financing, because the structure of liabilities is not shown.
This structure of income and borrowing indicates that Pent Rent did not function as a classic operational rent-a-car company, but rather as a financial channel or intermediary through which cash flows and vehicle management take place within a wider network of related companies.
Source: BIRN
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