The Department III of the Prosecutor's Office of BiH has filed Indictments against the following persons:

-      Meho Koštić, born on 29 January 1963 in Velika Kladuša Municipality where he also resides, citizen of BiH. As an owner of a stand/stall in a market in Velika Kladuša, the accused Meho Koštić is charged with illegal distribution of picture and sound carriers of different content in the second half of 2012, without the authorization of the author, knowing that those were illegally multiplied copies. On 04 September 2012, the total amount of 1,576 pieces of recorded picture and sound carriers of different content was found with him and seized temporarily; 

-      Dragan Zahirović aka “Dado”, born on 10 September 1974 in Bihać, resident of Velika Kladuša, citizen of BiH. The accused Dragan Zahirović is charged with  illegal distribution of picture and sound carriers of various content in the second half of 2012, in a street in Velika Kladuša, mostly from a trunk of a passenger’s car, without the authorization of the author, knowing that those were illegally multiplied copies. On 04 September 2012, the total amount of 620 pieces of recorded picture and sound carriers of different content was found with him and seized temporarily;

-      Anto Bačić aka “Toni”, born on 17 August 1972 in Dubrovnik, Republic of Croatia, resident of Neum, citizen of BiH and Republic of Croatia. The accused Anto Bačić is charged with driving a passenger’s motor vehicle in the border area of the Municipality of Neum in the afternoon of 19 September 2012 and  transporting 200 pieces of illegally multiplied CD media containing recorded music of different authors in the trunk of the vehicle, knowing that those were illegally multiplied copies. On the same day, authorized officials of the Neum Border Police Unit found the aforementioned items with him and seized them temporarily.

The Indictments charge the accused Meho Koštić and Dragan Zahirović with distributing author’s works multiplied without the authorization of the author or other holder of copyright, or the person entitled to give authorization, where such authorization is required under the provisions of the laws of Bosnia and Herzegovina, whereas the accused Anto Bačić is charged with transmitting for further distribution works multiplied without the authorization of the author or other holder of copyright, or the person entitled to give authorization, where such authorization is required under the provisions of the laws of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

All the aforementioned accused persons are charged with the commission of the criminal offense of Impermissible Use of Copyrights, as referred to in Article 243(1) of the CC BiH. 

The Indictments have been submitted for confirmation to the Court of BiH.