“Total” trial begins

Hearing in the Special Prosecutor’s Office (SPO) case “Total” will be held in the Skopje-based Criminal Court on Tuesday.

Journalist Dragan Pavlovic – Latas is charged with tax evasion as owner and manager of marketing and consulting companies “Total DOOEL Skopje”, “Mediamaks”, and “Total Media Centar DOOEL Skopje”.

He is suspected of providing false data in financial statements and tax returns in period 2008-2015 with the intent of avoiding the payment of taxes. The legal entities damaged the budget by EUR 121,000, while the suspect by EUR 63,000.