A former Montenegrin state secretary has accused a senior security official of threatening and blackmailing her after explicit videos involving her were leaked online, allegations he has denied.
Mirjana Pajković, former state secretary at Montenegro’s Ministry of Human and Minority Rights, said she had published messages and audio recordings on social media that she claims show threats by Dejan Vukšić, the former director of the National Security Agency (ANB) and a former security adviser to President Jakov Milatović.
Pajković alleges that Vukšić threatened to release compromising photos and videos after she refused to comply with his demands, following the emergence of explicit recordings that circulated widely on social media.
In messages shared on Instagram, Pajković said Vukšić warned her that she had “ended her career” and, in an audio recording she published, could be heard saying that “the whole of Montenegro will have to see” the material, which later appeared online. One of the messages included insults and a warning that she would “come back for something, sooner or later,” according to screenshots she released.
Pajković told local media that the threats amounted to “extreme violence” and said they came from someone she described as “one of the most powerful figures close to the president.”
She has also alleged that some of the threatening calls originated from a landline in the office of President Milatović, where Vukšić was working at the time as an adviser. Pajković said she contacted the president directly, sending him recordings of the alleged threats, but received no response.
Vukšić resigned as head of the ANB late last year after the explicit videos became public. In a statement, he rejected all allegations, saying he first saw the recordings only after they began circulating online.
He claimed that Pajković had stolen his mobile phone in October 2024, which he said was later misused, and argued that an audio recording cited by Pajković was taken out of context. Vukšić confirmed that one phone call was made from the president’s office but denied making threats. He also accused Pajković of links to organised crime, an allegation she has denied.
Both Vukšić and Pajković have resigned from their government posts following the scandal. Pajković stepped down last week from her role as director of a human rights directorate within the ministry, saying she had done so to protect the credibility of state institutions.
Pajković has filed criminal complaints over alleged threats and non-consensual distribution of intimate material, which is a criminal offence in Montenegro. Prosecutors have not yet commented publicly, citing an ongoing investigation.