BY ORDER OF THE PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA, OPERATIONS CODENAMED ‘MASTER’ AND ‘TRUCK’ ARE BEING CARRIED OUT IN THE FIGHT AGAINST TAX AND CUSTOMS EVASIONS IN LARGE AMOUNTS AND CORRUPTIVE CRIMINAL OFFENSES

26.05.2017. 14:52 By order and coordinated effort of two Prosecutors from the Special Department for Organised Crime, Economic Crime and Corruption of the Prosecutor’s Office of BiH, who are managing investigations, several hundreds of police officers from SIPA, Border Police of BiH and ITA BiH, have been conducting searches and apprehending a large number of suspects for the criminal offences of organised crime, customs and tax evasion with corruptive elements since early morning hours. It is estimated that a multimillion damage was inflicted to the budget of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

BY ORDER OF THE PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA, SEARCHES CARRIED OUT IN THE CONTINUATION OF THE OPERATION CODENAMED ‘LEAF III’ IN COMBATING ILLICIT TRADE IN EXCISABLE PRODUCTS IN THE TERRITORY OF ŠAMAC. AROUND 1800 KILOS OF TOBACCO SEIZED.

26.05.2017. 14:49 The value of the seized tobacco is extremely high and, according to the current legislation and regulations, nearly KM (BAM) 100 of excise duties and tax is evaded by sale of every kilo of tobacco on the black market thus causing damage to the State, to the budget and all citizens of BiH.

EU SECONDED PROSECUTOR ANTON GIRGINOV MET WITH ACTING CHIEF PROSECUTOR GORDANA TADIĆ

25.05.2017. 15:53 The Acting Chief Prosecutor, Gordana Tadić met with Anton Girginov - EU Seconded Prosecutor, who is situated in Bosnia and Herzegovina as a beneficiary of the EU project International Cooperation in Criminal Matters: Prosecutorial Network of the Western Balkans implemented by GIZ.

WORKING MEETING BETWEEN OFFICIALS FROM RESPECTIVE WAR CRIMES DEPARTMENTS OF THE PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE OF BiH AND THE COURT OF BiH

24.05.2017. 15:21 The preparation of joint recommendations for making amendments to the Strategy for Work on War Crimes and Speeding up the Work on War Crimes was the central topic at the meeting.

ACTING CHIEF PROSECUTOR GORDANA TADIĆ PRESENTED ON PROSECUTION OF TERRORISM IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

24.05.2017. 15:16 Within the panel of all Chief Prosecutors in BiH at the conference organized by the HJPC BiH, the Acting Chief Prosecutor - Gordana Tadić gave a presentation on the prosecution of crimes related to terrorism from the inception of the Prosecutor’s Office of BiH to date.

FINAL DECISION IN TUTMIĆ CASE - CONTINUED SANCTIONING OF DEPARTURES TO FOREIGN BATTLEFIELDS

22.05.2017. 15:32 With the final judgment sentencing Mehmed TUTMIĆ to four years in prison for being a member of an organized terrorist group and participating in foreign battlefields of Syria and Iraq, the number of BiH citizens convicted for departures to foreign battlefields and joining the structures of the so-called ‘ISIS’ has reached a total of 23. There were no acquittals.

INDICTMENT ISSUED FOR CRIMES AGAINST CIVILIANS COMMITTED IN ZVORNIK

19.05.2017. 15:27 Prosecutor of the Special Department for War Crimes within the Prosecutor’s Office of BiH issued an indictment against the following persons:

INDICTMENT ISSUED FOR CRIMINAL OFFENSE OF ILLEGAL TRADE IN EXCISE PRODUCTS

18.05.2017. 15:30 Prosecutor of Department III within the Prosecutor’s Office of BiH issued an indictment against the following person:    

INDICTMENT ISSUED FOR THE CRIMINAL OFFENSE OF ILLICIT TRADE IN EXCISE PRODUCTS

18.05.2017. 15:22 Prosecutor of the Department III of the Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina has issued an Indictment against:

BIH PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE TO DESIGNATE PROSECUTORS TO BE CONTACT PERSONS FOR THE REPRESENTATIVES OF WAR CRIMES VICTIMS’ ASSOCIATIONS FROM ALL PEOPLES

17.05.2017. 15:59 Chief Prosecutor Brammertz has expressed his support to the Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina and to the Acting Chief Prosecutor, Ms. Gordana Tadić, in the efforts invested in prosecuting war crimes cases in Bosnia and Herzegovina.