SDSM: Alta Bank allegedly intensifies money transfers to North Macedonia after Oct. 26

SDSM spokesperson Bogdanska Kuzeska said the party has learned of reports that Alta Bank has stepped up large transfers to accounts tied to legal entities in Moscow and Skopje following the October 26 elections and the ouster of Aleksandar Vucic. Kuzeska told reporters the information was circulated in Serbian media and originates with lawyer Ivan Ninic.

"Everything we have been saying is being confirmed," Kuzeska said, describing the transfers as accelerated and intensive. She said Ninic — who is a member of an independent citizens' inquiry commission established by university professors and experts to probe responsibility for the collapse of a canopy in Novi Sad — has pointed to movements of funds to Moscow and Skopje accounts.

According to Kuzeska, the reports indicate that Alta Bank, which she described as associated with Vucic and the SNS (the sister party of VMRO-DPMNE), began rapidly transferring significant sums to Russia and North Macedonia after October 26.

Call for immediate investigation

"Does this mean that the black money, the criminal money, of the ousted regime of Vucic and SNS, the sister party of VMRO in Serbia, is being transferred to North Macedonia?" she asked, urging the country's judicial authorities to act.

Kuzeska called on the Public Prosecutor's Office to open an investigation, determine the origin of the funds and prevent any possible abuses on Macedonian soil. She also summoned the governor of the National Bank, Trajko Slaveski, to appear before citizens and explain what measures he will take.

"Therefore Mickoski and Trajko Slaveski allowed Alta Bank to enter Macedonia. Vucic's banker became Mickoski's banker in Macedonia," Kuzeska said, adding that the bank is under scrutiny over the suspicious origin of capital. She warned that the Public Prosecutor "should not wait for a phone call, but act immediately."

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