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For taking the time. i am meeting journalist jovo martinovic, a specialist in reporting the region's politics and crime. montenegro is known for a weak rule of law, lousy regulations when it comes to money laundering. since montenegro became independent with russian help, lots of money came from russia. we are talking about billions. and of course with russian money came political influence and everything else, i mean organised crime, intelligence services and so on. his work as a journalist has at times cost him his liberty. he has beenjailed twice, and is hoping to clear his name on drugs ch...

Montenegro tell us little about what went on, and how the irish property developers did business. you have to ask, did they do any basic checks on the person who was handing them 1.4 million euro for seven apartments? ireland has sophisticated money—laundering laws, and checks on property buyers are routine, but maybe not in montenegro. the developers marketed the properties in montenegro through an irish registered partnership called baltimore holdings. it had a website. when we look at the website, we learn some things. this is an archive of how it would have looked injune 2008. so we see ...

And when we look at the contact addresses, there is a postal address in cork, but sales offices notjust in montenegro, but also in russia. the russian market a key focus for the sales. it is not entirely clear who was really running celtic properties d00 at the time. we contacted the surviving people who were listed as shareholders. they either declined to comment or denied they were personally involved in or gained from any property sales. bill browder had identified one apartment linked to the russian blood money. spotlight has uncovered a name behind that purchase, and six other deals total...

Who bought apartmentj6a, we will be able to put a name and a face to the transaction. the answer should lie in documents held at the montenegrin property registry. with assistance from jovo martinovic, we managed to navigate the bureaucracy and get hold of some important paperwork on the owner. we have their name, their date of birth, their home city and even their passport details. and this is him. dmitry samokhvalov. 52 years old. and yes, he is russian, born in moscow. and what the documents also reveal is he was no ordinary russian holidaymaker in montenegro. because in 2008 he didn't just...

Developers building apartments on the adriatic coast, in this small balkan country. but montenegro, populationjust 700,000, is a surprising place. it is a member of nato, but has strong political ties to russia. it's not in the eu, but it wants in, and uses the euro as currency. and it's laundered euro, 275,000, that bought one apartment from irish property developers here, that is the focus as i follow the sergei magnitsky blood money trail. i want to find out more about celtic properties d00. and i also want to find out who is behind the purchase of apartmentj6a. is it russian money? jovo. j...