"They were collecting votes for Vučić's SNS", lawyer Ninić files criminal charges against eight BIA officials

Serbian lawyer Ivan Ninic has filed a criminal complaint with the Organized Crime Prosecution Office (TOK) against the director of the Security Information Agency (BIA), Vladimir Orlic, and seven other officials of this institution, on suspicion of abuse of official position and involvement in an organized system to secure votes for President Aleksandar Vucic's Serbian Progressive Party (SNS).

Ninic announced through a post on the social network X that the criminal complaint is related to allegations of imposing a work obligation on BIA employees, who, according to him, have been engaged in collecting so-called "capillary votes" for the SNS, using forms from this party.

The criminal complaint includes eight people: the director of the BIA, Vladimir Orlić; the head of the BIA Regional Center in Kragujevac, Aleksandar Petrić; his deputy, Milorad Marinković; assistant head Raca Munjić; the head of the Territorial Center in Kragujevac, Miloš Ivanović; his deputy, Darko Ćurčić; the head of the Territorial Center in Smederevo, Zoran Čertić; and the head of the branch in Paračin, Aleksandar Simić.

According to the allegations presented in the complaint, the persons involved are suspected of having, in Belgrade, Kragujevac, Smederevo and Paraćin, abused their official positions and authority, exceeding their legal competences and acting as an organized criminal group, with the aim of securing votes for the SNS.

Attorney Ninic has also called on BIA employees who have information or evidence about this system to submit it to the Organized Crime Prosecutor's Office, as a supplement to the criminal report he has filed.

"I call on all honest members of the BIA - those who are not part of an organized criminal group and who possess information or evidence regarding the 'capillary vote' collection system within the BIA and its regional centers - to submit all this data to the Organized Crime Prosecutor's Office," declared Ninić.

He had previously warned that he would file criminal charges against a minister, a director, and other individuals, alleging that the system of securing votes for the SNS operated through signed tables, coordinators, Viber communications, specific tasks, and work reports.

In addition to the allegations related to the BIA, Ninic has also raised suspicions of pressure and mobilization of prison employees in Serbia to participate in large SNS rallies.

According to him, prison directors and employees, which are under the authority of the Ministry of Justice, were obliged to compile lists of participants, wear certain T-shirts and take group photos, as proof of participation and loyalty to the ruling party.

Ninic has published photographs that, according to him, prove the participation of these employees in SNS rallies, and has also announced that he has submitted documentation related to communications between party leaders and prison directors, including orders for additional engagement in order to secure votes.

Otherwise, the person accused of espionage in Kosovo, Fehim Sali, was also part of the effort to secure votes for Vučić's SNS.

According to the prosecution, he not only carried out informational activities for the Serbian Security and Intelligence Agency (BIA), but was also engaged in Kosovo for electoral purposes.

In an audio recording, Sali is heard providing information to senior BIA official Želimir Matović regarding the registration of persons from the Gorani community in Kosovo on the electoral roll and his commitment to have them vote for Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić and his party in the 2024 elections.

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I have just filed a criminal complaint against BIA director VLADIMIRA ORLIĆA of the 4th regional center of BIA in Kragujevac, zbog nametanja radne radne svetnima u BIA da na formurima SNS sakuplima KAPILARNE GLSOVE za SNS, kao radne svetje 👇 https://t.co/3yodubSVYE

— Ivan Ninic (@INinic) November 2, 2026