Radar: Miskovic Suing the State for Damages Worth EUR1.2 Million

Miroslav Miskovic: The End of the Trial of the Decade

Miroslav Miskovic, owner of the Delta Holding company and a number of other companies, is suing the state and seeking EUR1.2 million in damages for a false arrest, weekly Radar reports.

The court proceeding is still under way, whereas the dispute launched by Delta over illegal bail in the same case has been legally concluded.

According to the verdict Radar had access to, the request by Miskovic's company that it be paid roughly EUR12.5 million has been rejected.

It has been nearly four years since Miroslav Miskovic and his son Marko were legally acquitted of all charges and since then they and their companies have filed numerous lawsuits, in Serbia or abroad, seeking millions in damages. At this time, at least one more court proceeding launched by Miroslav Miskovic before the Higher Court in Belgrade is active.

The Delta Holding owner filed the lawsuit via his attorney on Nov. 29, 2023 "on the grounds of unjustified deprivation of freedom."

Both proceedings before the domestic courts are practically unfolding in secret, as Miskovic and Delta have not informed the public about them. The proceeding before the Washington Arbitration, which cost the state more than EUR32.7 million, was conducted in the same way, Radar says.

"A sum of 1.2 million euros in damages has been requested, in dinar equivalent at the National Bank of Serbia's middle exchange rate on the day of payment, with a legal penalty interest from the day of judgment to [the day of] payment. The litigation in question is still in progress, while the next hearing has been scheduled for March 30," Higher Court in Belgrade spokesperson Ivona Coguric told Radar.

Miroslav Miskovic was arrested on Dec. 12, 2012, together with his son Marko and the owner of the Nibens Group company, Milo Djuraskovic, for alleged abuse in the operations of privatized road companies. The Delta Holding owner was charged with having consciously helped his son Marko through advice to evade taxes amounting to more than RSD320 million. They did this, according to the indictment, by transferring shares from a foreign to a domestic company and later sold them, thereby avoiding paying taxes.