The head of operations of the Kosovo Police at the “Dheu i Bardhë” crossing point was also a member of the Serbian Police and a reservist of the army of that country.
Bojan Jevtiq, who last week was sentenced for espionage and illegal weapons possession to six years in prison and a 2,000-euro fine, also admitted to the Prosecutor’s Office that parallel to his employment relationship with the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kosovo, he also had a contract with Serbia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs, known as “MUP,” at least since 2009.
According to the indictment, the Kosovo Police officer had reported to the parallel Directorate of the Gjilan Police based in Vranje, Serbia.
“During the search of the defendant’s house, a lawsuit was also found – a four-page document submitted by Vitomir Jevtiq, the father of the defendant Bojan Jevtiq, together with 17 other persons, including the defendant, all police officials of the ‘Ministry of Internal Affairs of Serbia in Kosovo’. The lawsuit was submitted on 15.06.2016 to the Basic Court in Vranje against the ‘Republic of Serbia, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Police Directorate – Coordination Directorate for KM – Kosovo and Metohija’…,” the indictment states.
This document states that the decisions regarding employment status were not given directly to the plaintiffs, but were kept at the police directorate in Vranje and later transferred to the “MUP” center in Belgrade.
Evidence was also found in the house of Bojan Jevtiq that he was a reservist of the Serbian Army.
“Among this evidence is also a certificate with no. 417-2, dated 14.03.2017, issued by the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Serbia, through which it is confirmed that the defendant Bojan Jevtiq, with personal number and residence in Berivojcë, has been released from military service and transferred to reserve duty. This certificate is signed by chief major Igor Milanoviq and confirms that the defendant must respond to every request of the Serbian army in case of need,” the indictment states.
Jevtiq admitted that he had compromised a confidential operational plan approved two days after the terrorist attack in Banjska, as well as another vigilance order one day after the terrorist attack in Varagë.
The indictment also emphasized that for more than two years there had been Kosovo police officers who had the impression that Jevtiq had served Serbia.
The investigation led by special prosecutor Bekim Kodraliu revealed that one police officer had asked the lieutenant now convicted of espionage whether the Serbian Police would stop him if he crossed into the territory of the neighboring state.
“From the implementation of special measures, it is confirmed that the defendant Bojan Jevtiq was asking the Serbian BIA whether some Kosovo police officials would be stopped while crossing into the territory of Serbia. As in the case of a police official working at the Dheu i Bardhë Border Crossing Point, who on 21.07.2024 calls the defendant Bojan Jevtiq and tells him that he is in Switzerland and wants to return through Serbia, asking whether he could travel through that territory – for which the defendant informs him that he had asked the BIA and that he was not on the stop list. Also, several other cases have been recorded, already elaborated in the personal testimonies of these persons/police officials,” the indictment states.
Jevtiq was in contact with BIA officials Sasha Qiriq, Ivica Stakoviq, Branimir Filiq, Nebojsha Nedelkoviq and an unidentified person whom he had saved in his phone as “Radica Carina,” which in Albanian translates as “Radica Customs.”
Besides police plans and orders, Jevtiq sent information to Serbia about whom the Kosovo Police had detained, but also intelligence reports related to the smuggling of migrants, narcotics and goods.
Bojan Jevtiq is the first police official of the Kosovo Police convicted of espionage.
