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– Montenegrin court should drop drug charges against investigative journalist (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News January 19, 2017

Jovo Martinovic has insisted on his innocence ever since his arrest, claiming that his only links with organised crime were those of a reporter.
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