📋 Tender Overview
The 5th session of the National Security Council was held today where the issue of improving the security of judicial institutions facilities in the context of the latest unfortunate event at the entrance of the Basic Court in Podgorica was discussed.After a constructive discussion the Council reached a conclusion in charge of the Ministry of Justice to establish an interdepartmental working group for the implementation of the provisions of the Law on Courts and the Law on State Prosecutors Office which are related to security and for improving the security of judicial institutions.At the same time the Police Directorate and the National Security Agency are in charge of continuing to undertake activities aimed at securing judicial institutions in coordination with judicial institutions and the aforementioned working group with possible changes in working processes adjustment of the way police officers work and scope of engagement in the period of undertaking medium and long-term activities and full implementation of provisions related to the security of judicial institutions.Also the Council provides strong support to employees of judicial authorities especially in the Basic Court in Podgorica in the context of the latest unfortunate event and proposes to the Government to appropriately concretize the aforementioned support.At the session the Report on activities undertaken to deal with cyberattacks of the Information Security Council and the reports of the US Agency for Research FBI and the French National Cyber Security Agency ANSSI were reviewed and noted that due to the specificity and complexity of the cyberattack its attribution a characteristic that would indicate who was behind the attack was not established. The aforementioned reports contain a large amount of data of importance for improving cybersecurity in Montenegro. In this regard it was noted that the system of detecting and early detection of cyber threats has been improved and the Council commended the activities and efforts of the competent authorities especially the intensive activities aimed at establishing the Agency for Cyber Security in Montenegro.The Council also considered the issues of possible threats to national security and the fight against organized crime and gave guidelines to the Bureau for Operational Coordination in order to realize the tasks of the intelligence sector bodies in order to detect prevent and prosecute natural and legal persons who have a malign influence in the context of possible threats to national security economic interests of Montenegro and links with organized criminal groups.Bearing in mind that the data used for the preparation of the Serious and Organised Crime Risk Assessment in Montenegro SOCTA2021 refer to the period up to 2021 the Council sent a guideline to the Bureau of Operational Coordination to approach the update of this document including data relating to the movable and immovable property of members of organized criminal groups as well as the most recent data relating to the involvement of persons in international drug trafficking.Also in the framework of the fight against organized crime the Council adopted a conclusion tasking the Bureau of Operational Coordination to form an interdepartmental working team on the basis of data collection in relation to persons on national and international arrest warrants.At the session the Report on issues within the scope of work of the Council for the period from 13 June to 13 December 2022 was adopted which in accordance with Article 10 paragraph 2 of the Law on the Basics of the Intelligence and Security Sector of Montenegro will be sent to the Committee on Security and Defence of the Parliament of Montenegro.In addition to the President of the Council Prime Minister Dr. Dr. Drritan Abazovi members of the Council were present Minister of Justice and Coordinator of the Bureau for Operational Coordination Marko Kovac Minister of Finance Aleksandar Damjanovi Minister of Interior and Coordinator of the Ministry of Defence Filip Adi and Acting Director of the Agency for National Security Boris Mili.President of the Committee on Security and Defence of the Parliament of Montenegro Milan Kneevi and his deputy Mevludin Nuhodi were justifiably absent.In addition to the President and members of the Council bearing in mind the topic the attendees were Acting Supreme State Prosecutor Tatjana Begovi Chief Special Prosecutor Vladimir Novovi President of the Constitutional Court Budimir Scepanovic with associate Secretary General of the Constitutional Court Dr Biljana Damjanovi Acting President of the Supreme Court of Montenegro Vesna Vukovi President of the Basic Court in Podgorica eljka Jovovi Director of the Police Directorate Zoran Branin President of the Judicial Council Vesna Zvicer President of the Bar Association of Montenegro Zdravko Begovi.During the review of the Report on the activities undertaken regarding the resolution of cyberattacks of the Information Security Council the session was attended by the Minister of Public Administration Marash Dukaj and his assistant Duan Polovi.
