THE ACCUSED FATMIR MURTEZI CONCLUDED A PLEA AGREEMENT ADMITTING GUILT FOR THE CRIMINAL OFFENSE OF SMUGGLING OF PERSONS

The accused Fatmir Murtezi – born on December 26, 1968 in Priština, where he resides, citizen of the Republic of Serbia - concluded a plea agreement expressing his guilt for the criminal offense of Smuggling of Persons under Article 189, Paragraph 1 of the CC BiH.

The accused Fatmir Murtezi entered into plea agreement with the Prosecutor of the Special Department for Organized Crime Economic Crime and Corruption within the Prosecutor's Office of BiH.

Pursuant to the agreement the Prosecutor agrees that the accused be rendered a one (1) year imprisonment sentence by the Court of BiH.

By virtue of signing the agreement the accused fully admitted committing the criminal offense he was charged with by the indictment of the Prosecutor’s Office of BiH issued on December 30, 2013. The proposed sentence is in line with the role of the accused in commission of the criminal offense listed in the indictment and the aggravating and mitigating circumstances surrounding the particular offense.

With this agreement the accused confirms that he is aware of the content of the indictment of the Prosecutor’s Office of BiH. He also confirms that the plea statement was given voluntarily, knowingly and with full understanding of its legal consequences as well as that he was informed that he may have to pay the costs of the criminal proceedings.

Pursuant to this agreement the accused has waived his right to a trial as well as his right to appeal the criminal sanction that shall be rendered to him by the Court of BiH.

The agreement was submitted to the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina.