Prosecution for Organized Crime is finalizing the investigation against the former head of the Coordination Centre for Kosovo and Metohija Nebojsa Covic, who is suspected of misappropriating state funds intended for the southern province, says Informer newspaper, citing sources in the Serbian prosecutor's office.

The paper says that Covic and five other suspects have been charged with embezzling more than 850 million dinars, which was supposed to finance the purchase and construction of housing for displaced persons from Kosovo.

Source of the Informer newspaper states that the specific actions of the prosecution are expected immediately after the lawyers strike ends in Serbia.