OCCRP reported in October 2021 that Huawei had paid former Serbian state telecom executive Igor Jecl more than USD1 million through an offshore company in the British Virgin Islands. The investigation into the Pandora Papers revealed several well-remunerated contracts between Huawei and Jecl via offshore companies based in Panama and the British Virgin Islands. For instance, in 2014 the Chinese tech giant agreed to pay Jecl 359,000 euros (over USD493,000) to organize meetings between Huawei executives and Serbian telecom officials, as well as to help the Chinese giant “obtain approvals and licenses”. The last leaked contract dated to early 2014, but Jecl continued to file invoices through offshore companies into 2016. In 2016, Huawei received a 150-million-euro contract to overhaul Serbian telecommunication infrastructure. In 2017, Huawei became a strategic partner of the Serbian government, notably tasked with helping establish “smart cities” through the “Safe City” project. As of 2021, the Serbian Interior Ministry planned to install 8,100 Huawei facial recognition cameras throughout the country.