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for taking the time. i am meeting journalist jovo martinovic, a specialist in reporting the region s politics and crime. montenegro is known for a weak rule of law, lousy regulations when it comes to money laundering. since montenegro became independent with russian help, lots of money came from russia. we are talking about billions. and of course with russian money came political influence and everything else, i mean organised crime, intelligence services and so on. his work as a journalist has at times cost him his liberty. he has beenjailed twice, and is hoping to clear his name on drugs charges he believes were politically motivated. his case has been supported by many international journalist and human rights organisations. if you investigate corruption in this country, then you can end up in prison, and that is
montenegro tell us little about what went on, and how the irish property developers did business. you have to ask, did they do any basic checks on the person who was handing them 1.4 million euro for seven apartments? ireland has sophisticated money laundering laws, and checks on property buyers are routine, but maybe not in montenegro. the developers marketed the properties in montenegro through an irish registered partnership called baltimore holdings. it had a website. when we look at the website, we learn some things. this is an archive of how it would have looked injune 2008. so we see baltimore holdings there, a smarter investment , a nice picture, but we also see the website is offered in two languages, english and russian.
and when we look at the contact addresses, there is a postal address in cork, but sales offices notjust in montenegro, but also in russia. the russian market a key focus for the sales. it is not entirely clear who was really running celtic properties d00 at the time. we contacted the surviving people who were listed as shareholders. they either declined to comment or denied they were personally involved in or gained from any property sales. bill browder had identified one apartment linked to the russian blood money. spotlight has uncovered a name behind that purchase, and six other deals totalling 1.4 million euro. so you haven t received any feedback on the evidence that you provided.
who bought apartmentj6a, we will be able to put a name and a face to the transaction. the answer should lie in documents held at the montenegrin property registry. with assistance from jovo martinovic, we managed to navigate the bureaucracy and get hold of some important paperwork on the owner. we have their name, their date of birth, their home city and even their passport details. and this is him. dmitry samokhvalov. 52 years old. and yes, he is russian, born in moscow. and what the documents also reveal is he was no ordinary russian holidaymaker in montenegro. because in 2008 he didn t just buy apartmentj6a in fact he spent more than 1.4 million euro buying seven apartments from