First Bank - First Family
First Bank had all the advantages. It was controlled by the Prime Ministers family. It got huge deposits including...
First Bank had all the advantages. It was controlled by the Prime Ministers family. It got huge deposits including...
Montenegrin taxpayers wound up footing the €4.3 million bill for Madonna’s Balkan debut in 2008. And the real company behind...
First Bank financed a huge €4.6 million line of credit in 2008 for Svetlana Micunovic, wife of controversial casino owner...
Former Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic hasn't been truthful about where his consulting firm Global Montenegro got its startup...
Some of the loans given by First Bank were not issued according to proper banking practice, according to the Central Bank...
Vuk Rajkovic was one of the people in charge of overseeing First Bank’s operations and ensuring it was compliant with...
An analysis of Central Bank reports shows that First Bank systematically broke a number of major laws and regulations...
Then Finance Minister Igor Luksic promised that a bailout of First Bank would be overseen by regulators but instead, the...
Despite the advice of the World Bank, the government of Montenegro refused to seize the bank controlled by the family of...
First Bank loan funds were used in illegal construction on Cape Zavala and a waterpark that never happened. Both projects...
Recently, a Montenegrin government daily started a series of stories about the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting...
The project is a joint effort of the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project and BBC’s Newsnight.
A leading Montenegrin anti-corruption agency is filing a series ofcriminal charges alleging abuse of power for personal gain...
Three days after the publication of reports that Montenegro’s First Bank violated banking laws were first published on...
OCCRP partnered with the BBC Newsnight program. There story can be seen here. A BBC television piece will be available on BBC World and Newnight tonight. Turn into local listing.
The BBC and OCCRP cooperated on this 10 minute documentary aired on BBC Newsnight and World News.