The Israeli Connection

Dafina said that Kelman paid 2.5 million DM, adding that he still has his job in the bank. She said vehemently that Kelman did not take any money ``to Israel.'' It still remains uncertain whether he took the money elsewhere.

One more Jewish name was brought up during the hearing. One of Dafina's investments which proved to be attractive profitwise was a 20 million DM purchase of concessions from the city of Belgrade for the building of garages and the right to use them for the next 30 years (70 per cent of gross profit). She said the partner was Mr. David Dudai, the manager of the Israelbased LD Electronic.

The Montenegro Connection

At the very beginning of her hearing before the Inquiry Board Dafina Milanovic had an opportunity to launch a counterattack. When asked about 12,000 savings account owners from Montenegro who have lost their money unlike those who deposited their money in the Jugoskandik Bank of Jezdimir Vasiljevic, Dafina's answer was ready.

According to the data available to her, of all deposits in the branch offices of the Dafiment Bank in Montenegro amounting to 19.8 million DEM, she owes only 7 million. She claims that she had notified the Montenegrin authorities that the clerks in her banks had misappropriated 4.8 million DEM, that the money is not documented and was never in the ownership of the Dafiment Bank. Dafina described it as a criminal act to which the local authorities did not react. She also complained that all furniture and equipment in her offices in Podgorica, Herzeg Novi and other places had been taken away.

All in all, the owner of the biggest bank in the Balkans, now left all alone, claims that in Montenegro her damage exceeds the amount she owes by 3 million DEM. She, therefore, called on the owners of saving accounts in her bank to get in touch with the authorities in this republic and promised that the text of the charge she brought up will be made public.

Republic of Serb Krajina

Dzakula Is Alive

The Information Service of the Interior Ministry of the Republic of Serb Krajina issued a release on February 9, which says that ``Veljko Dzakula was once again put under arrest by the organs of the Republic of Serb Krajina.'' It is added that Dzakula who is currently being tried at the Municipal Court in Glina (and charged with threatening the territorial sovereignty and espionage) had previously left his place of residence without notifying authorities.

Dzakula's defense attorney Nikola Barovic stated that the case against Dzakula was illegal from the very beginning. It is not clear who carried out the arrest: the police of the Republic of Serb Krajina or the Yugoslav police. In case the former is true, then the arrest was carried out by the foreign police on the territory of a sovereign state. Should the latter be true, then the right of every man to defend himself in case of extradition was violated. Barovic pointed out that he was unaware there has been an order for extradition.

Finally, Barovic said the release said nothing on where Dzakula is at the moment, or anything about his current condition. The members of his family were not informed either, which the authorities (of whatever republic that may have been involved) were supposed to do according to the law.