Zoran Veruševski Explained

Zoran Verushevski
Зоран Верушевски
Predecessor:Dobri Velichkovski
Successor:Bojan Bojanovski
Birth Name:Zoran Verushevski
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Data1:Macedonian
Branch:Yugoslav People's Army

Zoran Verushevski was the third director of the Administration for Security and Counterintelligence (UBK), the domestic counter-intelligence and security agency of the Republic of Macedonia.

Arrest

He was arrested in January 2015, and he is still under arrest by Macedonian authorities[1] under suspicion of two crimes: espionage and assisting in violence towards representatives of the highest state organs.[2] Opposition leader Zoran Zaev was also charged, on January 31, with "conspiring with a foreign intelligence service to topple the government"[3] and foreign diplomats are also allegedly involved in the alleged coup d'état.[4]

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20161113042148/http://www.independent.mk/articles/13632/Under+Suspicion+for+Several+Crimes+Zoran+Verushevski+Arrested Under Suspicion for Several Crimes Zoran Verushevski Arrested
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20161113040621/http://www.independent.mk/articles/15200/Former+Counter+Intelligence+Chief+Interrogated+at+Prosecution+Office Former Counter Intelligence Chief Interrogated at Prosecution Office
  3. News: Kole Casule . Reuters . U.S. warns Macedonia not to muzzle media in 'coup' scandal . May 18, 2015 . February 6, 2015.
  4. http://macedoniaonline.eu/content/view/27241/2/ Documents show British Ambassador directly involved in Macedonia coup scandal