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INDICTMENT ISSUED AGAINST E. H. (1987)
01.07.2013. 15:02With this Indictment, E. H. is charged with having submitted a false invoice to the customs authority on 10 January 2011 in her capacity of a Director and authorized person of an import company in Brčko that is subject to paying customs fees, all with the intention to partially avoid paying of duties and other obligations for the goods imported from Turkey.
As alleged in the Indictment, the accused declared a lesser value of the imported goods and thus avoided paying import duties in the amount of KM 8.913.68, which is the amount of difference between the import duties settled and those that should have been settled had the actual value of goods been declared.
The accused is charged with having submitted a false document to the customs authority in order to partially avoid the payment of duties or other obligations that should be paid when importing goods the amount of which exceeds 5.000 KM, whereby she committed the criminal offense of Customs Fraud under Article 216, Paragraph 1, of the Criminal Code of BiH.
The Indictment has been forwarded to the Court of BiH for confirmation.
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