Ex-SSU general Naumov received a year in prison in Serbia for money laundering

Ex-SSU general Naumov received a year in prison in Serbia for money laundering

Radio Liberty reports that a court in Serbia sentenced former SSU general Naumov to a year in prison for money laundering.

The High Court of Nis sentenced the former head of the Main Directorate of Internal Security of the SSU, Andriy Naumov, to one year in prison on charges of money laundering.

According to Naumov’s lawyer Milan Petrovich, the defence will challenge this decision.

The lawyer also said that the Nis Court of Appeal is now also awaiting a decision on Ukraine’s extradition request in the case of Andriy Naumov. Previously, the Nis High Court rejected this request.

Naumov was arrested on June 7 last year when he tried to get from Serbia to North Macedonia.

Serbian police announced that the money and diamonds found during a search of the car were "suspected to be from criminal activity." At the trial, Naumov denied the investigation’s accusations and claimed that it was his personal money.