COCAINE SEIZED IN COOPERATION WITH PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE OF BULGARIA

In a case in which the Prosecutor’s Office of BiH and the Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of Bulgaria cooperated, the cocaine narcotic drug in the amount of about 12 kilograms was discovered and seized on the territory of Bulgaria. The international operational action was carried out by police officers of the Ministry of the Interior of Bulgaria and the State  Investigation and Protection Agency - SIPA, respectively, with the supervision and coordination of the Prosecutor’s Office of BiH and the competent prosecutor’s office of the Republic of Bulgaria. As part of activities on the territory of Bulgaria, a citizen of Bosnia and Herzegovina was deprived of his liberty.


SUSPECTED CUSTOMS OFFICERS QUESTIONED IN BIH PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE

The prosecutor of the Section for Corruption of the Prosecutor’s Office of BiH questioned four customs officers of the  Indirect Taxation Authority of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH ITA) suspected of the corruption criminal offenses, namely the criminal offense of Accepting Gifts and Other Forms of Benefits under Article 217 of the Criminal Code of BiH. After the questioning, investigative actions in the case will continue. The Prosecutor’s Office of BiH sent a notification to the BiH ITA about the conduct of the investigation, so that BiH ITA could take measures within its jurisdiction, i.e. make a decision on their further employment status, for the duration of the criminal procedure.


BIH ITA EMPLOYEE ACCUSED OF CORRUPTION PLEADS GUILTY UNDER PLEA AGREEMENT

The accused Sejfudin Mehić * aka “Peca”, born in 1963 in Kakanj, employed by the Indirect Taxation Authority of  Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH ITA) as an inspector in the Audit and Control Group of the Tax Department, Zenica Branch Office, signed a Plea Agreement in the presence of his lawyer and thus pleaded guilty to the continued criminal offense of Accepting Gifts and Other Forms of Benefits under Article 217 of the Criminal Code of BiH. A one-year prison sentence, confiscation of unlawful property gain and removal from work and prohibition from performing the work he was performing, as well as prohibition from performing any other duties in the BiH ITA for a period of 5 years from the day the Judgment becomes final and binding were proposed in relation to this accused. He is charged with having accepted a gift in the amounts of BAM 100 and BAM 200, as an ITA employee, in at least three separate cases, in order to favor a certain tax debtor within the scope of his authority by reducing his actual tax liabilities. By signing the Plea Agreement, the accused waived his right to a trial and the right to appeal the judgment pronounced against him by the Court of BiH on the basis of this Plea Agreement. The Court of BiH accepted the Plea Agreement and sentenced the said accused person.


INDICTMENT ISSUED AGAINST TWO PERSONS FOR MONEY COUNTERFEITING

The Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina issued an indictment against Dario Čukić*, aka Čuka, born in 1994 in Tuzla, a citizen of Bosnia and Herzegovina, previously convicted, and Dario Roić*, born in 1992 in Sarajevo, a citizen of Bosnia and Herzegovina, previously convicted. These accused persons are charged with the following: in the course of 2022 and 2023, the accused Čukić acquired a large quantity of counterfeit banknotes in BAM currency, in different denominations, as well as a smaller number of Croatian Kuna (HRK) banknotes, and he attempted to make counterfeit money by producing and printing fake BAM currency banknotes, which he intended to put in circulation as genuine ones, and he gave part of these banknotes to the accused Roić. During the search, police officers found and seized the money from the accused. These persons are accused of obtaining fake money, and attempting to make fake money and put it into circulation as genuine money, thereby committing the criminal offense of Counterfeiting of Money under Article 205 of the Criminal Code of Bosnia and Herzegovina.


CUSTODY PROPOSED FOR CITIZENS OF PAKISTAN SUSPECTED OF ORGANIZED SMUGGLING OF MIGRANTS
 
A prosecutor of the Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina submitted to the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina a proposal to order custody measure for the suspects Yahya Muhammad Butt*/Shoaib Butt aka Shebi or Šebi, Hassan Ali*, aka Dracula, Rana Imran* and Hussain Mudassar* aka Brko, all citizens of Pakistan, due to the custody reasons provided for in Article 132, paragraph 1, item a) of the Criminal Procedure Code of Bosnia and Herzegovina, that is, due to the risk of flight because they are foreign nationals. Suspects are charged with participating in the organized smuggling of a large number of migrants, mainly citizens of Pakistan, Bangladesh, India and other states with high migration risk, from Bosnia and Herzegovina to the Republic of Croatia, and further to the countries of EU, in the period from July 2025 to May 2026, as members of an organized group for smuggling of migrants and together with other persons known to them. The suspects accommodated the aforementioned migrants in the Bihać area pending the organization of their further smuggling. They are charged with the commission of the criminal offense of Organizing a Group or Association for the Purpose of Perpetrating the Criminal Offense of ‘Smuggling of Migrants’ under Article 189a, in conjunction with the criminal offense of Smuggling of Persons under Article 189 of the Criminal Code of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

 
INDICTMENT ISSUED AGAINST IRAQI CITIZEN FOR MIGRANT SMUGGLING 

The Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina has issued an indictment against Mohammed Fadhel Jasim* (1991) and Muhamed Mohammad* (2000), both born in Duhuk, Iraqi citizens. They are charged with taking over five citizens of the Republic of Turkey and transporting them in a vehicle rented in Mostar area to the direct proximity of the state border, on 22 July this year, according to the previous agreement with a person known to them and with the intention of illegally transferring them further from the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the territory of the Republic of Croatia for the purpose of acquiring property gain, knowing that they are citizens of the Republic of Turkey who do not meet the conditions for legal crossing of the state borders of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republic of Croatia, nor do they meet the conditions for the legal entry into countries of the European Union. They were stopped and prevented from doing that by the officers of the Border Police of Bosnia and Herzegovina. These accused persons are charged with committing the criminal offense of Smuggling of Persons under Article 189, paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code of Bosnia and Herzegovina, in conjunction with Articles 26 and 29 of the same Code.
 
 
EMPLOYEE OF BIH COURT ACCUSED OF CORRUPTION OFFENCE PLEADS GUILTY UNDER PLEA AGREEMENT

The accused Sead Bublin* (1994) signed a Plea Agreement in the presence of his lawyer and pleaded guilty to the criminal offenses of Embezzlement in Office (Article 221 of the Criminal Code of Bosnia and Herzegovina) and Forging Documents (Article 373 of the Criminal Code of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina), which he committed as an employee of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, namely as a specialist officer for the execution of criminal sanctions and records of temporarily seized items. According to the Plea Agreement, a single and unconditional prison sentence ranging between one year and six months and two years of imprisonment was proposed for the accused, as well as the obligation to return the entire amount of BAM 196,729. 59 that he misappropriated from the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Upon the pronouncement of the said judgment, the accused will be removed from performing his duties in the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, in accordance with the law, and as part of the second procedure. The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina accepted the Plea Agreement and imposed a prison sentence of one year and 11 months.

CUSTODY PROPOSED FOR TÜRKIYE CITIZEN SUSPECTED OF MIGRANT SMUGGLING

On 9 October, the duty prosecutor of the Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina put forward a motion with the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina requesting custody measure to be ordered for the suspect Gikan Omer Vesim* , born in 1993 in the town of Sarikamis, a citizen of the Republic of Türkiye. Custody was proposed for the reasons prescribed by Article 132, paragraph 1, item a) of the Criminal Procedure Code of Bosnia and Herzegovina, that is, because of the risk of the suspect’s flight. The aforementioned suspect was stopped by the police officers of the Gradiška Border Police Unit on 8 October 2026, and during the check of his car trunk, 13 identification documents of persons from Afghanistan and Turkey were found. Subsequent checks revealed that the suspect had previously brought seven people from Banja Luka, namely four Afghan citizens and three Turkish citizens, to the immediate vicinity of the state border so that they could illegally cross the border. Given that the documents found with the suspect do not match the persons found, there is suspicion that the suspect participated in the smuggling of a larger number of migrants. He is charged with the criminal offense of Smuggling of Persons under Article 189 of the Criminal Code of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina ordered the measure of custody in regard to the suspect.


CUSTODY PROPOSED FOR PERSON SUSPECTED OF ILLICIT TRAFFICKING OF NARCOTIC DRUGS

The Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina put forward a motion with the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina requesting a measure of custody to be ordered in relation to the suspect Nerfid Macić *, born in 1980 in Konjic, a citizen of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The custody measure was proposed for the reasons prescribed by Article 132, paragraph 1, item b) of the Criminal Procedure Code of Bosnia and Herzegovina, that is, due to the risk that the suspect, being at large, could obstruct the investigation, conceal evidence and exert influence on witnesses or accomplices. The aforementioned suspect was deprived of liberty by the police officers of the FBiH Police Administration (FUP) in cooperation with the police of the West Herzegovina Canton Ministry of the Interior, when a large amount of the marijuana narcotic drug was found during the search of the cargo motor vehicle he was driving in the area of Grude. He is charged with the criminal offense of Illicit Trafficking in Narcotic Drugs under Article 195 of the Criminal Code of Bosnia and Herzegovina.