Other Threats Against Journalists, CIN-CG Journalists, Podgorica, 17.06.2026

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Other Threats Against Journalists, CIN-CG Journalists, Podgorica, 17.06.2026

Translations: Podgorica 

  • Case info

  • Personal info

  • Regional center
    Podgorica
  • Who was attacked?
    Group
  • Group members' names and surnames
    Andrea Perišić, Đurđa Radulović
  • Number of women in group
    2

  • Media outlet

  • Name of the media outlet
    CIN-CG
  • Type of media platform
    Online Media
  • Source of information about the incident
    Journalists

  • Incident Data

  • Date of incident
    17.06.2026
  • City
    Podgorica
  • Were authorities informed?
    Case was not reported to the authorities
  • Perpetrator(s)
    Known (suspected)
  • Attacked by
    Security staff or agencie(s)
  • Means of incidents and attacks
    Other means of incidents and attacks
  • Type of incident
    Other threats to journalists
  • Type of threat
    Unfounded judicial and administrative harassment including SLAPP cases

  • Action by the authorities

  • Type of violation
    Other

  • Action taken by the journalists' association

  • Was journalist's association informed by the journalists directly?
    Yes
  • What was the reaction of the journalists' association?
    The association reacted publicly
    The association informed international organizations and institutions

The Director of Montenegro’s National Security Agency (NSA), Ivica Janović, has filed a criminal complaint against investigative journalists of the Centre for Investigative Journalism of Montenegro (CIN-CG), Andrea Perišić and Đurđa Radulović.

Janović filed the complaint on 2 June against Perišić, Radulović, and unidentified persons in connection with an investigative article in which the journalists examined the NSA’s recruitment practices and the employment of officials who had allegedly been assessed as posing a security risk.

The journalists learned of the criminal complaint on 17 June, when they were summoned to the police to give statements. They were informed that the complaint had been filed on suspicion of the criminal offence of disclosing classified information, which under Montenegro’s Criminal Code carries a prison sentence of between one and eight years.

During their police interviews, Perišić and Radulović were also asked to disclose their sources, which they refused to do.