Extremists use financial technology tools like mobile apps, crowdfunding platforms and digital wallets to move money anonymously. They also use cryptocurrencies to hide transactions and avoid oversight. Social media platforms help them raise funds, spread propaganda and coordinate activities.
For example, groups that support pro Montenegrin ethnonationalism, such as the so-called ‘police cartel’. Their violent activities in 2020 and 2021 reportedly aimed to block the formation of a government with pro-Serbian parties and the enthronement of the Serbian Orthodox Church’s Metropolitan in Cetinje Monastery, which is a symbol of Montenegrin sovereignty.59 Intercepted communications by law enforcement suggest that some members of the cartel incited ethnic tensions and planned to mobilize up to 50 individuals to disrupt the political process.60 Police investigations identified key members of the cartel, including police officer Ljubo Milović, currently at large and wanted by Montenegro’s police because of cocaine trafficking,61 In May 2022, the Libertas media portal revealed that he held €50 million in cryptocurrency.62
59Jelena Jovanović, Izazivali sukobe srpskim simbolima: Pojedini policajci i kavčani dogovarali se da podignu tenzije i zavade građane,
Vijesti, 30 December 2023, https:// www.vijesti.me/vijesti/crna-hronika/688132/izazivalisukobe-srpskim-simbolima-pojedini-policajci-i-
kavcanidogovarali-se-da-podignu-tenzije-i-zavade-gradjane; Jelena Jovanović, Najbolje da nestane Medojević: Lazović i Zvicer 2020.
razmatrali način kako da DPS ostane na vlasti, Vijesti, 5 December 2023, https://www.vijesti.me/vijesti/crnahronika/684657/najbolje-da-
nestane-medojevic-lazovic-izvicer-2020-razmatrali-nacin-kako-da-dps-ostane-na-vlasti.
60 Jelena Jovanović, Izazivali sukobe srpskim simbolima: Pojedini policajci i kavčani dogovarali se da podignu tenzije i zavade građane,
Vijesti, 30 December 2023, https:// www.vijesti.me/vijesti/crna-hronika/688132/izazivalisukobe-srpskim-simbolima-pojedini-policajci-i-
kavcanidogovarali-se-da-podignu-tenzije-i-zavade-gradjane; Jelena Jovanović, Najbolje da nestane Medojević: Lazović i Zvicer 2020.
razmatrali način kako da DPS ostane na vlasti, Vijesti, 5 December 2023, https://www.vijesti.me/vijesti/crnahronika/684657/najbolje-da-
nestane-medojevic-lazovic-izvicer-2020-razmatrali-nacin-kako-da-dps-ostane-na-vlasti.
61 Biljana Nikolić, Raspisana nacionalna potraga za policajcima: Šest potjernica zbog šverca kokaina, Vijesti, 22 March 2023,
https://www.vijesti.me/vijesti/crna-hronika/648795/raspisana-nacionalna-potraga-za-policajcima-sest-potjernicazbog-sverca-kokaina.
62 Olivera Lakić, Polakote, što bi rekao jedan čovjek, Libertas, 16 May 2022, https://libertaspress.me/single-news/145.