Overview

• Goran Vasic, former director of Serbia’s cultural monuments agency, admitted to forging documents that enabled the removal of the site's heritage protections.
• The forgery was the legal basis for advancing the Trump International Hotel project on the former Yugoslav Ministry of Defense headquarters in Belgrade.
• Affinity Partners, Jared Kushner’s firm leading the $500 million project, denied any involvement or knowledge of the forgery.
• The development has faced public protests, particularly during the 26th anniversary of the 1999 NATO bombing that heavily damaged the site.
• The project is now under investigation, with Serbian authorities scrutinizing the procedural misconduct and broader implications for the government under President Aleksandar Vucic.