The Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia and HerzegovinaNews
CUSTODY MOTION FILED FOR THREE SUSPECTS ARRESTED DURING THE CONTINUANCE OF THE POLICE OPERATION "PANAMA"
29.03.2013. 15:13The Prosecutor of the Special Department for Organized Crime, Economic Crime and Corruption within the Prosecutor's Office of BiH filed a motion to the Court of BiH to remand the following three persons, employees of the Indirect Taxation Authority of BiH, in custody:
1. Z.G., born on January 15, 1968 in Gradiška where he resides, a citizen of Bosnia and Herzegovina
2. A.A., born on December 10, 1974 in Sisak in Croatia, residing in Banja Luka, a citizen of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republic of Serbia and
3. S.J., born on February 25, 1965 in Bihać, where he resides, a citizen of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
These suspected persons were arrested on March 27, 2013 by authorized officers of the State Investigation and Protection Agency - SIPA, and handed over to the Prosecutor's Office of BiH within the legal deadline.
The Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina believes that there is grounded suspicion that the persons in question are linked to an organized group of the suspect Robert Dune, whose members are charged with committing criminal offences of Organizing a Group or Association for Smuggling or Distribution of Goods on Which Duties Were Not Paid under Article 215 of the CC BiH, in relation to criminal offenses of Customs Fraud under Article 216 of the Criminal Code of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Tax Evasion or Fraud under Article 210 of the CC BiH, Money Laundering under Article 209 of the CC BiH, and in conjunction with Article 31 of the CC BiH. For some of these group members the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina ordered a remand in custody for a month.
Following the questioning of the suspects, the Assigned Prosecutor filed a motion to the Court of BiH to remand the suspects in custody for 30 days on grounds stipulated in Article 132, Paragraph 1, Subparagraph b) of the CPC BiH.
Remand in custody was requested due to risk that the suspects could destroy, alter or falsify evidence and due to risk that, if released, they could influence witnesses, accomplices and concealers who have not been interviewed in this investigation.
Custody motion was filed to the Court of BiH.
This announcement does not prejudice the outcome of the criminal proceedings and does not violate the principle of the presumption of innocence. A person shall be considered innocent of a crime until guilt has been established by a final verdict (Article 3, paragraph 1 of the CPC BiH).
