A data leak from the French-managed Belgrade airport alerted the “French CIA” (DGSE), which immediately warned Podgorica to protect President Emmanuel Macron from a state-sponsored Serbian infiltration cell.
While Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić attempted to brush off the Tivat airport scandal as a harmless logistical blunder by an overzealous staffer, the structural reality behind the counter-intelligence operation tells a far more clinical story. Montenegro did not intercept the 87 Serbian operatives and enforcers by chance; the critical warning came directly from the highest echelons of French foreign intelligence, the DGSE (General Directorate for External Security).
Details emerging from investigative media outlets in Podgorica, including the portal Antena M, confirm that the operation to block this infiltration was a coordinated Franco-Montenegrin counter-intelligence maneuver. The operation was triggered by extreme security protocols surrounding French President Emmanuel Macron.
Chronology of a Spy Story: From Belgrade to Paris and Podgorica
The web that caught Vučić’s proxy street force began right on “controlled ground” in Belgrade, but inside an infrastructure operated by France.
[VINCI Airport Management (Belgrade)]
│ (Security Liaison Officer)
▼
[DGSE - French Intelligence]
│ (Emergency Alliance Alert)
▼
[ANB & Montenegrin Border Police (Tivat)] ──► 87 Operatives Blocked & Deported
- The First Footprint (Belgrade): The prestigious French company VINCI, which holds the concession for and manages Nikola Tesla Airport in Belgrade, was the first to flag the highly unusual passenger manifest on the last-minute Air Serbia charter flight to Tivat.
- The Signal to Paris: Recognizing the violent profiles on the manifest—many of whom are documented enforcers for the ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) with extensive criminal records—the company’s security liaison officer immediately alerted the DGSE headquarters in Paris.
- The Alert to Podgorica: The DGSE, widely referred to as the “French CIA,” analyzed the data and bypassed standard bureaucratic channels. Because French President Emmanuel Macron—one of the most heavily protected leaders in the world—was arriving at the EU-Western Balkans Summit in Tivat, the French agency activated an emergency security protocol and alerted Montenegro’s National Security Agency (ANB).
Inside the DGSE: France’s Silent Force
The direct intervention of the DGSE demonstrates the severe tactical threat the incoming group posed to the international summit.
- The Mandate: The DGSE is the French equivalent of the American CIA or British MI6. It operates exclusively outside French borders to gather foreign intelligence, combat terrorism, conduct counter-espionage, and neutralize threats to French national interests.
- The Scale: Headquartered in Paris, the elite service employs roughly 7,000 covert agents and commands an annual budget approaching €1 billion.
- The Record: The agency is known globally for its aggressive, high-stakes clandestine operations. Its most famous historical incident occurred in 1985, when its agents sank the Greenpeace vessel Rainbow Warrior in New Zealand to halt anti-nuclear testing protests.
Macron’s Security Clears Out the “Nationalist Theater”
For French security analysts, the presence of nearly 100 individuals with violent profiles—including MMA fighters, hooligan bosses, and state-backed street enforcers—within the operational perimeter of a European summit was an absolute zero-tolerance scenario.
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ The Tivat Infiltration Operation: Quick Summary │
├───────────────────────────────────────┬────────────────────────────────┤
│ PASSENGERS REJECTED AT THE BORDER │ 87 Serbian Nationals │
├───────────────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────┤
│ SECURITY PROFILE │ Active Criminal Rap Sheets / │
│ │ State Shadow Operatives │
├───────────────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────┤
│ FINAL OUTCOME │ Entry Denied; Mass Deportation │
│ │ back to Belgrade │
└───────────────────────────────────────┴────────────────────────────────┘
By the time the charter flight touched down on the tarmac in Tivat, Montenegrin Border Police and ANB agents were fully briefed and waiting. Every passenger was subjected to an unyielding screening process backed by Allied intelligence profiles.
This spectacular counter-intelligence failure not only thoroughly exposed the names and criminal records of the SNS’s shadow workforce (such as “Boske,” “Coje,” and “Aca Hari”), but it also left President Vučić in a profoundly embarrassing diplomatic position directly in front of Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, and the broader EU delegation.
