INDICTMENT ISSUED FOR ILLICIT TRADE IN EXCISE PRODUCTS

Prosecutor of the Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina has issued an Indictment against Bekto Alić, born in 1967 in Srebrenica, a citizen of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

This accused person is charged with putting into illegal circulation a larger quantity of tobacco which was not marked with control and tax stamps in the manner prescribed by the tax legislation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, on 05 May 2016 in Tuzla.

According to the allegations in the Indictment, Alić was found while he was unloading the illegally acquired tobacco at the sales stand at the market in Tuzla, and he had the intention of selling the tobacco and thus earn some money, but he was prevented from doing so by the authorized officials of the Indirect Taxation Authority of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

During the search of the passenger’s motor vehicle and the house, owned by the accused, the fine-cut tobacco was found in the total quantity of 110.10 kilograms. The amount of the excise and duties evaded for the aforementioned quantity of tobacco is around BAM 11,000.

This accused person is charged with the commission of the criminal offence of Illicit Trade in Excise Products, as referred to in Article 210a, Paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The Indictment has been forwarded to the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina for confirmation.