Organized Crime Prosecution Tracks Businessman’s Funds from Vista Rica Fund The Serbian Prosecutor’s Office for Organized Crime is conducting a preliminary investigation into the Vista Rica investment fund, focusing on individuals and companies that have made significant deposits. Several businessmen with alleged ties to the ruling SNS party are implicated, along with individuals already involved in financial malversation proceedings.

Key figures under scrutiny include Zoran Popović, the fund’s Supervisory Board President, and Dane and Anđela Šijan, known for securing numerous state tenders. Allegations suggest that funds obtained through state contracts were subsequently deposited into the Vista Rica fund.

The investigation also involves Manojlo Mandrapa, whose company reportedly funneled cash from state tenders into the fund. Separately, a complaint has been filed against senior prosecutors for alleged unlawful actions concerning the investigation of Danijela Maletić, a former official of the Administration for the Prevention of Money Laundering.

• The Serbian Prosecutor’s Office for Organized Crime has received names of individuals and companies that deposited significant sums into the Vista Rica investment fund.
• A preliminary investigation has been launched, involving at least four businessmen reportedly close to the SNS party.
• Zoran Popović, Chairman of Vista Rica’s Supervisory Board and an associate of fund owner Tatjana Vukić, is among those investigated; he also deposited 4.1 million dinars into the fund.
• Dane and Anđela Šijan, recipients of numerous state tenders, and their associated firms are also under scrutiny, with allegations of depositing 53.2 million and 49.6 million dinars respectively into the fund.
• Manojlo Mandrapa, against whom a trial for financial malversations is ongoing, is also being investigated, with suspicions that cash from state tenders was paid into Vista Rica, totaling around one million euros.
• The article also details a complaint filed by lawyer Ivan Ninić against senior prosecutors Nenad Stefanović and Aleksandar Milošević for alleged unlawful actions against Danijela Maletić, a former official of the Administration for the Prevention of Money Laundering.