Zoran Bećirović

Zoran Ćoćo Bećirović is considered to be the owner of the Ski Resort - Kolašin 1450 AD, which is the owner of the Aktuelno portal. Portal Aktuelno is often accused of leading smear campaigns against various individuals and organisations.

While the existing official data cannot for sure prove Bećirović is the owner of the company, as it is owned through two offshore companies from Cyprus, but the public, media, and also limited data available make a clear link to Bećirović.

Bećirović owns 99,22% of the company through Caldero Trading Limited (Cyprus) which holds 84,89% and Beppler and Jacobson Limited (Cyprus) which owns 14,33%.

Caldero Trading limited is registered in Cyprus. Data on the company is limited to its address and the name of two directors: Luka Bećirović and Zoran Bećirović. The Secretary of the company is a Cypriot company called Cyproservus Co. Limited.

Beppler & Jacobson is registered in Cyprus. Data on the company is limited to its address and the name of director: Ανδρεασ Χαραλαμπουσ. The Secretary of the company is a Cypriot company called Cyproservus Co. Limited.

Years before. Bećirović used to be co-owner of two elite Montenegrin hotels - Avala in Budva, and Bianka in Kolašin, but after years of legal fights, in 2015 he was paid out by Russian co-investors to step down.

Media Companies / Groups

99.22%

Ski Resort - Kolašin 1450

Media Outlets

99.2%

Online

Portal “Aktuelno”

Facts

Business

Ski Tourism

Family & Friends

Affiliated Interests Family Members Friends

Vesna Medenica

Bećirović, as head of the Aktuelno portal, is mainly familiar to the public due to his friendship with the former President of the Supreme Court of Montenegro Vesna Medenica, who is currently facing organized crime charges.

Dragan Bećirović

Zoran's brother, he was assassinated 12 years ago, and this murder has not been resolved by the Montenegrin authorities.
Bećirović also came into the Montenegrin media spotlight when his bodyguard attacked a journalist, Vladimir Otašević, who wanted to document the fact that Bećirović was shopping together with Montenegrin prosecutor Miloš Šoškić.

Further Information

Headlines

Tužni portal Aktuelno.me izvor za novinarski tekst blizak bogu; crnogorski bog pobijedio SPC (Sad portal Aktuelno.me; source for a journalist text “close to God”, Montenegrin God defeated SOC”) In4s (2020), Accessed in October 2023

Urednik portal Aktuelno saslušan po prijavi Vukšića; predlažem Direktoru ANB-a da sada podnese krivičnu prijavu protiv sebe (The editor of Aktuelno portal gave a statement on Vukšić report: I propose the ANB Director to submit a criminal report against himself), Aktuelno (2021), Accessed in October 2023

DPNCG: Prizemna prljava kampanja portal Aktuelno protiv Šćepanović; obratili smo se tužilaštvu i ministarstvu (Ground level dirty campaign of Aktuelno portal against Šćepanović; we have notified the prosecution and the ministry), Vijesti (2023), Accessed in October 2023

Abazović: ANB prisluškuje novinare (Abazović: ANB eavesdropping the journalists), Glas Amerike (2021), Accessed in October 2023

Nastavak hajke medijskog ganga: pročitajte kako je Aktualno demontiralo šizofrene laži srpsko-ruskog propagandiste Ivanovića (Continuation of the chase of the media gang: read how Aktuelno has dismantled the schizophrenic lies of Serbian-Russian propagandist Ivanović), Skala Radio (2021), Accessed in October 2023

Zoran Bećirovič returns to Avala, Vijesti (2013), Accessed in October 2023

Montenegrin tycoons lawsuit against media; highlights a trial of controversial deals Vijesti, OCCRP (2021), Accessed in November 2023

Bećirović traži 60000 eura od Mans-a, Vijesti I Dan-a Bećirović asks for 60000 euros from Mans, Vijesti and Dan Vijesti, Vijesti (2020), Accessed in November 2023

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There is no official available data to confirm that Zoran Bećirović, one of the directors of Caldero Trading Limited is, indeed, the owner of the company except for media allegations.
In 2021, some media have published allegations that Bećirović used the company for money laundering.