A court in Podgorica (Montenegro's capital) has sentenced Jelena Perovic, the former head of the country's Anti-Corruption Agency, to two years and two months in prison for abuse of office and falsifying an official document. Perovic was found guilty of authorising agency funds to cover her daughter's mobile phone bill and expenses for 15 trips taken by an external contractor who had no legal entitlement to reimbursement; her deputy received six months of house arrest for a related offence. The conviction is notable given Montenegro's status as an EU accession frontrunner, where tackling corruption is a central condition of membership talks, and Perovic's defence has announced it will appeal the ruling.