Montenegro's former justice minister says the prime minister was involved in corruption in the decision to extradite Do Kwon and calls on the US to pressure for a full investigation

According to a recent report by local media Vijesti, former Montenegrin Justice Minister Andrej Milović expressed concerns about the potential connection between the extradition of Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon and the airport concession agreement between Montenegro and South Korea. Milović claimed that Prime Minister Milojko Spajić changed his position on the 30-year concession of Montenegrin airports to extradite Kwon as a bargaining chip for a deal with South Korea. Kwon was arrested in Montenegro in March 2023. Milović claimed that Spajić initially favored handing Kwon over to France, but changed his position after the Court of Appeal ruled that Kwon should be extradited to South Korea. He further pointed out that Spajić has a personal connection to the case and cited reports that Spajić invested $75,000 in Terra/Luna tokens, directly linking him to Kwon's bankrupt crypto project. Montenegrin President Jakov Milatović and former Prime Minister Dritan Abazović also accused Spajić of concealing his relationship with Kwon, pointing out that the two had records of meeting several times. Milović warned that extraditing Kwon to South Korea would hinder a full investigation into the matter and called on the United States to pressure Spajić to cooperate with a wider investigation. (CryptoSlate) Previously, the Montenegrin Ministry of Justice could decide whether to extradite Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon to the United States or South Korea after a decision by the country's Supreme Court. The Montenegrin Supreme Court said in a notice on September 20 that it had submitted Kwon's case to the Minister of Justice after ruling on a request for protection of legality. According to the High Court, both South Korea and the United States meet the conditions for applying to extradite Kwon from Montenegro to face criminal charges.