CAMPAIGN AGAINST MONTENEGRIN INDEPENDENCE
BEFORE CIGARETTES, NOW OFF SHORE BANKS
PODGORICA - When Montenegro few years ago definitely opted for renewal
of its state independence, a kind of hysterical campaign erupted to
proclaim an internationally non-recognized country "oasis of organized
crime".
The dust has not yet fallen down after the Croatian weekly "National"
discovery that Montenegrin President Milo Djukanovic is leading
clandestine net of Balkans cigarette smugglers. The same
anti-independence circles now accuse Montenegro of being "grand laundry"
of dirty money.
The target are "of shore" banks registered in Montenegro, in spite the
fact that an officially published government instruction is presenting
Montenegro as future "off shore" state, which envisages some of its
development chances in creation of customs free zones.
Ministries in charge here do not hide that more than 400 "off shore"
banks have been registered in Montenegro, through the procedure that
legally assumes confidential treatment of the client and his deposit. In
the opposite situation, why should anybody register a company outside
the national territory, if he has to pay tax same as at home?
Where some journalists found the "fact" that majority of these banks
have been funded by Russian and Ukrainian Mafia to launder money earned
from drugs and weapons? Some journalists "know" more then FBI, taking
into account that "off shore" country has not right to ask foreign
clients about origin or purpose of the money they bring in.
For example, Cyprus is more than 10 years " tax-free paradise" for tens
of thousands of businessmen from all the world, and nobody dares to
question its sovereign right to earn money through the strategy of "off
shore" development. But, what papa is allowed to do, simple priest can
only dream of.
ian Montenegrin
KAMPANJA PROTIV CRNOGORSKE NEZAVISNOSTI
KOME SMETAJU OFF-SHORE KOMPANIJE?
PODGORICA - Od kada se prije par godina Crna Gora definitivno
opredijelila za obnavljanje svoje drzavne nezavisnosti, gotovo
histericna kampanja pokrenuta je sa ciljem da se jos nepriznata drzava
proglasi "oazom organizovanog kriminala".
Nakon afere oko navodnog sverca cigareta u reziji sefa crnogorske drzave
Mila Djukanovica, kojom se uporno bavio hrvatski nedjeljnik "Nacional",
iz istih krugova koji se protive crnogorskoj nezavisnoti stizu optuzbe
da je Crna Gora "pronica" prljavog novca.
To se navodno radi preko "off shore" banaka, koje su registrovane u
Crnoj Gori, iako crnogorske vlasti preko zvanicno objavljenog upustva
prakticno reklamiraju Crnu Goru kao buducu "of shore" drzavu, koja u
tome vidi jedan od zamajaca svoga razvoja.
Nadlezna ministarstva ne kriju da je oko 400 ''off shore" banaka
registrovano u Crnoj Gori u proceduri koja legalno podrazumijeva tajnost
klijenta i njegovog uloga. U suprotnom, zasto bi bilo ko htio da osnuje
akcionarsko drustvo van teritorije svoje maticne zemlje, ako bi morao da
placa porez kao da je kod kuce?
Od kuda novinarima podatak da je vecinu ovih banaka registrovala ruska
i ukrajinska mafija za pranje novca od droge i prodaje oruzja, kada se
zna da je osnovni princip "off shore" poslovanja da zemlja domacin nema
pravo da pita za porijeklo i svrhu para koje se nalaze na racunu "off
shore banke".
Uostalom, Kipar je vec desetak godina "vanporeski raj" za desetine
hiljada biznismena iz citavog svijeta i nekome ne pada na pamet da
dovede u pitanje njegovo suvereno pravo da prihoduje na strategiji "of
shore" razvoja. Ali, sto se moze papi, to obicni svjestenik ne smije ni
da pomisli.
