ZLF claims that its co-president was the target of secret surveillance by the BIA. The case comes after Radar's revelations about newsroom wiretapping.
ZLF announced that Lazović was under secret surveillance by the BIA and that agents were entering his apartment to install listening devices. They point out that Pegasus, an advanced spy software that allows access to messages, calls, camera and microphone, was previously found on his phone, which shows that it is not a single incident, but a "system of surveillance and pressure on political opponents, students, activists and citizens who do not put up with injustice".
"The fact that agents freely entered my apartment where I live and into my car is deeply disturbing. By initiating legal proceedings, we will try to contribute to the dismantling of the dark BIA apparatus that SNS installed," Lazović said, ordering that the BIA must be disbanded and Orlić arrested.
The ZLF adds that it will advocate for establishing the criminal responsibility of Orlić and "all those who ordered, carried out or covered up the illegal monitoring, eavesdropping and persecution of people", as the first step towards breaking with the policy of control built by SNS and SPS.
On September 2, the SHARE Foundation announced that the devices of at least 14 people in Serbia were targeted by an attempt to infect them with advanced spyware since the beginning of 2026, among them members of the student movement, activists, ZLF MP Radomir Lazović and a local councilor of the opposition party.
Citizen Lab has confirmed an infection with Pegasus, software from the Israeli company NSO Group, on the phone of student Jelena Kontić, which is described as the first documented case of a successful infection with that software in Serbia. Her lawyers submitted a criminal complaint to the Prosecutor's Office for High-Tech Crime against unknown persons from the BIA and the police and against those responsible in the NSO Group. Pegasus is sold exclusively to countries and government agencies, and allows access to virtually all data on the device, covert screen recording, and activation of the microphone or camera.
Citizen Lab and SHARE also confirmed that the phone of the rector of the University of Belgrade, Vladan Đokić, was infected with the Pegasus software in 2026, an attack that does not require user action ("0-click"), and that the senior prosecutor's associate Rade Bajić from the Prosecutor's Office for Organized Crime received Apple's notification in August that he was the target of mercenary spyware.
The University of Belgrade announced that secret surveillance measures had been applied to the head of the rector's office for almost a year by order of the BIA, and Rector Đokić asked the prosecution and service control authorities to determine whether the measures were misused to deal with political dissidents. According to "Radar", which had insight into the decisions of the High Court in Belgrade on the suspension of measures, Chief of Cabinet Danilo Potparić was under measures that were approved during 2026, for the first time on January 27, then on April 27, and were extended on May 4, at the suggestion of the BIA director.
"Radar" announced that BIA director Vladimir Orlić submitted a request to the High Court in Belgrade for the application of secret surveillance measures against chief and responsible editor Vesna Mališić and journalists Sandra Petrušić and Milan Radonjić, which the court first approved on June 12, 2026. The measures included the recording of communications in the premises, among them in business premises at Terazije 5 in Belgrade, which is the address of the "Radar" editorial office, so, according to the newspaper, the BIA was eavesdropping communication of all editors and journalists.
Radar also states that Orlić used his discretionary right to determine a ten-day physical escort for individual members of the editorial staff, as well as that special measures were listed for four catering establishments that the editor and journalists do not visit.
According to media reports, lawyer Nikola Lakić requested that JTOK initiate proceedings against Orlić and High Court President Dragan Milošević for wiretapping and surveillance of "Radar" journalists, and a former BIA inspector filed a criminal complaint against Orlić, claiming that he provided "top secret" agency material to Informer.
If it is confirmed that agents entered politicians' apartments to install devices, it would be a serious example of abuse of secret measures, because such measures must be approved by the court and be proportionate.
"Radar2 published documents showing that the same court approved measures against journalists, which raises the question of the role of the court and oversight of the BIA."
The issue of Orlić's responsibility will be the subject of reports and investigations.
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