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Ardona Popova
- September 25, 2026 10:18
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The Court of Appeals has reviewed the appeal of the defense of Jelena Djukanovic, who was sentenced to six years in prison for the criminal offense of espionage.
Her lawyer, Predrag Milkovic, has requested that Djukanovic be acquitted of the charges, the first-instance verdict be annulled, and the case be returned for retrial.
At the hearing to review the appeals, Milković opposed the use of the contents of the seized phone as evidence.
According to him, the Prosecution did not have a court order to search the contents of the phone.
The Special Prosecution Office has also filed an appeal against the verdict, but its representatives did not participate in today's session.
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The Basic Court had listed the cases where Djukanovic, as an employee of the OSCE in Kosovo, reported on the Serbian secret service, BIA. In the full verdict of the Basic Court, with which Djukanovic was sentenced to 6 years in prison for the criminal offense of "Espionage", which was obtained by KOHA, it is shown that she also presented the "concerns" that the OSCE in Mitrovica had presented about the elected mayor of North Mitrovica, Dragisa Milović. She had forwarded them to the agent of the Serbian Secret Service, Aleksandër Vllajić, also convicted in Kosovo for espionage.
According to the Court's findings, Djukanovic had also informed Vllajic about Adriana Hodzic, who he had said was unhappy with the lack of power.
The Court found that the information that the defendant Djukanović collected "in detail" and "with dedication" was conveyed in real time to the defendant Vllajić.
According to the document, she had sent Vllajić information about both the police and Islamic organizations in several municipalities.
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According to the Foundation, the evidence administered in the trial proves beyond any doubt that the accused had taken actions towards committing the criminal offense, so that from 2018 until June 26, 2024, when Vllajić was arrested, the accused, being also in the capacity of a local official of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, at the Regional Office in Mitrovica, intentionally sent various information to the convicted espionage Vllajić, and acted according to his instructions, in order for this information to be sent to the BIA.
