The Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia and HerzegovinaNews
EUROPOL SUPPORTS OPERATION OF BIH PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE AND PARTNER POLICE AGENCIES
15.12.2023. 09:07
On its official
website, the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (EUROPOL)
highlighted the operation carried out in Bosnia and Herzegovina, in which a person
suspected of organized crime and illegal trafficking of large quantities of
narcotic drugs was located, identified and deprived of liberty.
Upon the proposal of the Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the suspect Mladen Samardžija (1990), one of the most wanted fugitives from the EU list, was ordered into custody.
The operation codenamed Tokyo was carried out by the Special Anti-Terrorist Unit of the Republika Srpska Ministry of the Interior and East Sarajevo Police Department, together with the Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
*Note on the principle of presumption of innocence
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).
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).
