Milan Beko filed on 14th January 2011 another in a series of lawsuits for moral harm compensation against the President of the Anti-Corruption Council Verica Barac. In the lawsuit that was filed at The First Instance Court in Belgrade, this time Beko says that Verica Barac "without any basis and proof submitted a series of untrue and serious accusations against the plaintiff and his business activities, incriminating him as a monopolist who, through corruption, concludes illegal contracts and makes profit ", and because of "the daily damage " he suffers from, asked for the compensation of 2 million dinars. Milan Beko claims that in the Council’s Analysis of antitrust regulations from 2006 to 2010, which was published on 17th December 2010 on the official web site of the Council, are presented false claims including those saying that the Commission for Protection of Competition in the case of C Market found that" Milan Beko and Miroslav Miskovic stand behind the phantom companies from Luxembourg and Cyprus". Beko, in the lawsuit, among other things, quotes the part of the Analysis saying that, at the time the Commission was involved in the case of "Salford" and "Si market", Milan Beko put pressure on the President of the Commission.

The Anti-Corruption Council wrote a response to this lawsuit and this time decided to make it available to the media, because it has become indicative that, after each published report or analysis, the Council receives a complaint from Milan Beko and other protected individuals. That was the case after publishing The Report on the Port of Belgrade, when, among other things, this company on the court asked the Council to remove from its site the document on the ownership structure of the Port. It is important to say that when tycoons and other highly protected individuals file a lawsuit against someone claiming that some of their rights are violated, then the state institutions react very fast, so the president of the Anti-Corruption Council, after filing of these lawsuits, has been invited to the court many times in a short period.

On the other hand, when these same individuals find themselves accused, then the authorities do not act for years on these subjects, as it is in the case of the Port of Belgrade small shareholders’ lawsuits, or, for example, a criminal complaint filed by the Council against 17 people on suspicion of illegally taking over the shares of the Port of Belgrade, inflicting damage to the state of at least 21 million euros. For all these reasons, The Council sees this behavior as a strong pressure to complete overburdening or attempt to disable its functioning. In addition, it is evident that for such pressures the media is increasingly abused. The media owned by tycoons, or owners still hidden, but they can be identified by their activities.

Response of the Anti-Corruption Council on Milan Beko’s lawsuit can be downloaded here.