Mr Kamcev, 46, whose business interests extend to hotels, pharmaceuticals and the media, has a chequered past and has been investigated, but never prosecuted, over allegations of tax evasion and illegal employment of workers, while his love life has been compared to a Latin American soap opera.
Just yesterday he was facing protests in his home country from journalists amid claims that they had not been paid since January. Inquiries by the Daily Mail have established that they were produced in Macedonia by a firm called Mont. Women arriving at the huge grey factory this week said they had been told not to discuss their work.
They said they were too scared about losing their jobs to give interviews. But the husband of one woman could not believe the cost of the items. In Lithuania, some of the range is made by a firm called Kauno Baltija at its factory in the city of Kaunas. He has survived at least two attempts on his life. His family firm was founded by his father in the wave of privatisations of state companies after the fall of communism and now employs more than 3, people.
Mr Kamcev, 46, whose business interests extend to hotels, pharmaceuticals and the media, has a chequered past and has been investigated, but never prosecuted, over allegations of tax evasion and illegal employment of workers.
It has interests in healthcare, media, food production, banking, construction, textile manufacturing, sportswear, tourism and hospitality. In he was accused of evading millions in VAT payments and illegally importing clothing. During the investigation, inspectors raided one of his factories and said Orka managers had tried to hide illegal workers from police in cardboard boxes, where the men had been found close to suffocating.
