Photo: Ministry of the Interior of SerbiaTwo companies of Zvonka Veselinović received permits for stone exploitation and terrain exploration in the vicinity of Sjenica, near the planned route of the highway to Montenegro, despite US sanctions
The Ministry of Mining and Energy of Serbia approved permits for quarries near the planned section of the highway ka Montenegro for two companies Zvonka Veselinović, despite the fact that he is under US sanctions on charges of organized crime and corruption, he writes Radio Free Europe (RSE).
Documents from the Ministry of Mining, which were provided to RSE, show that two of Veselinović's companies have received mining permits in the vicinity of Sjenica in the past two years.
The last sections of the highway, which should connect Serbia with Montenegro, have been marked as one of the priorities of the government of President Aleksandar Vučić, but despite many years of announcements, the works in the southwest of Serbia have not yet taken off.
As RSE reports, in the immediate vicinity of the village of Sjenica, past which the highway should pass, two quarries in the majority ownership of Veselinović's companies have received state permits in the past two years.
In two other locations around Sjenica, they have permits to explore the terrain, in search of new limestone deposits, according to RSE research, which reminds that Veselinović is presented to the public as a businessman from the north of Kosovo and a former business partner of Milan Radoičić, the organizer of the armed attack on the Kosovo police in Banjska.
Both have been under for more than four years sanctions of the United States of America on charges of organized crime and corruption.
The state of Serbia, however, does not pay attention to the "black list", and continues to award lucrative jobs, such as participation in road construction, to Veselinović's companies, which are also under sanctions.
The relevant ministries, nor Veselinović's company, did not answer for RSE what nominated them for these jobs.
The construction company "Inkop" and its two daughter companies, "Novi Pazar-put" and "Betonjerka" Aleksinac, together earned around 9,8 million euros at the end of 2025, according to their financial reports analyzed by RFE/RL.
Source: RSE
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