In this issue:
§ Đukanović’s Montenegro a Family Business
As EU Membership Looms, So Do Troubling Questions.
§ Montenegro Connection
Love, Tobacco, and the Mafia.
§ Prime Minister Says Articles about Him are Lies Put out by Foreigners
Montenegro Prime Minister Milo Đukanović has denounced as "science-fiction" reporting by an international group of investigative reporters that documented his prosecution in Italy for cigarette smuggling and the intermingling of his public life and his family’s business interests.
§ Đukanović Rejected Four Requests for Interview
Montenegro Prime Minister Milo Đukanović’s office says reporters who wrote about links between his personal wealth and official government acts were rude and did not give him a fair chance to respond to negative information. In fact, reporters tried for eight months to get his response.
§ Ukraine’s ‘Lost’ Cigarettes Flood Europe
Big Tobacco’s Overproduction Fuels $2 Billion Black Market.
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