The Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina

EXTENSION OF CUSTODY PROPOSED FOR PERSONS SUSPECTED OF SMUGGLING LARGE QUANTITIES OF SKUNK MARIJUANA NARCOTIC DRUG WITHIN CASE CODENAMED “SKY”

03.04.2020. 14:17 Extension of custody has been proposed due to the risk of the suspects’ flight and the danger that, if at large, they might hinder investigation, conceal evidence and influence witnesses or accomplices, or commit a new criminal offence or complete the criminal offence.

INDICTMENT ISSUED AGAINST TEN PERSONS FOR ORGANIZED SMUGGLING OF ILLEGAL MIGRANTS

03.04.2020. 10:28 It is an international regional operation in which prosecutor’s offices and law enforcement agencies from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Croatia, in a joint cooperation, have discovered organized groups for smuggling of migrants. These accused persons are charged with smuggling of at least 141 illegal migrants.

INDICTMENT ISSUED FOR UNAUTHORISED TRAFFICKING OF DRUGS

02.04.2020. 12:24 The defendant Željko Vučeraković (1962) is charged with the international smuggling of narcotic drugs - cocaine from Montenegro into Bosnia and Herzegovina.

INDICTMENT ISSUED AGAINST GERMAN NATIONAL FOR SMUGGLING OF PERSONS

02.04.2020. 10:58  Defendant Rassl Beatrix (1962) is charged with attempting to smuggle across the border two illegal migrants, Bangladeshi citizens, hidden in a concealed place of her car.

INDICTMENT FILED AGAINST NATURAL AND LEGAL ENTITIES FOR TAX EVASION OF ABOUT BAM 90.000

02.04.2020. 10:43  The defendants, Vitomir Tomić (1959) and the company Promex TV d.o.o. Zvornik, are charged with tax evasion in the amount of BAM 89,358.90 by which the BiH budget was damaged.

BIH PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE PARTICIPATES IN INTERNATIONAL MONEY LAUNDERING OPERATION

02.04.2020. 10:36  A Prosecutor and an Investigator from the Special Department for Organized Crime, Economic Crime and Corruption, together with SIPA police officers, have undertaken activities in coordination with their counterparts from Slovenia in order to prevent possible money laundering related to the procurement of protective masks for a Slovenian company.

EXTENSION OF CUSTODY PROPOSED FOR SUSPECT MUHAREM DUNIĆ (1974), CHARGED WITH PARTICIPATING IN FOREIGN BATTLEFIELDS

01.04.2020. 09:59  Prosecutor in charge of the case has requested that the measure of custody be extended on the basis of all the grounds for custody described in Article 132, Paragraph 1 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

MOTION TO EXTEND CUSTODY FOR MILAREM BERBIĆ (1954)

31.03.2020. 10:37  The Prosecutor’s Office of BiH is actively working on the investigation with a view to filing an indictment.

MOTION TO EXTEND CUSTODY FOR TERRORISM SUSPECTS

30.03.2020. 19:16  A prosecutor from the Terrorism Section requested the extension of custody for suspects Hamza Labidi (1998) and Emir Ališić (1970) for another two months.

BIH PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE DETERMINED TO PROSECUTE ALL CASES OF CITIZENS’ HEALTH AND SAFETY ENDANGERMENT THAT FALL WITHIN ITS JURISDICTION

20.03.2020. 11:33  Efficient detection and prosecution of all criminal offences that could endanger the health and safety of citizens and are linked with the prevention of and protection from the spreading of the Corona virus - COVID-19 is of utmost importance, as we have seen that irresponsible and unlawful behavior of individuals can cause unfathomable damage to citizens.