INFORMATION FOR THE PUBLIC

26.07.2023. 08:48 Information for the public on war crimes cases for the period from 01 January 2023 to 30 June 2023 

ON ORDER OF BIH PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE, TWO AFGHAN CITIZENS DEPRIVED OF LIBERTY FOR SMUGGLING OF MIGRANTS, HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND RECRUITMENT OF VICTIM FOR SEXUAL EXPLOITATION

24.07.2023. 12:48 This morning, acting pursuant to an Order of the Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina and instructions given by a prosecutor, police officers of the Border Police of Bosnia and Herzegovina deprived of liberty two Afghan citizens who are suspected to have committed the criminal offence of Smuggling of Persons and the criminal offence of International Human Trafficking.

 

PRE-TRIAL CUSTODY PROPOSED FOR PERSON SUSPECTED OF CORRUPTION OFFENCES

21.07.2023. 12:27 A prosecutor of the Special Department for Organized Crime, Economic Crime and Corruption of the Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina has put forward a Motion for Pre-Trial Custody with the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, in relation to the following suspect:  

BIH PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE AND SIPA CARRY OUT OPERATION TO FIGHT CORRUPTION

20.07.2023. 10:56 These activities pertain to the detection and prosecution of corrupt activities of employees of the Directorate for Coordination of Police Bodies of Bosnia and Herzegovina.    

INDICTMENT ISSUED FOR WAR CRIMES IN ZVORNIK AREA

19.07.2023. 13:43 A prosecutor of the Special Department for War Crimes of the Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina has issued an Indictment against the following person:    

MORTAL REMAINS OF AT LEAST ONE PERSON FOUND DURING EXHUMATION IN FOČA

18.07.2023. 13:00 An investigator of the Special Department for War Crimes of the Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina is present at the site in the vicinity of the village of Izbišno, Municipality of Foča, in the canyon of the Bistrica River, where he coordinates the work of authorized officers participating in the exhumation process.  

CUSTODY PROPOSED FOR TWO PERSONS SUSPECTED OF MONEY COUNTERFEITING

18.07.2023. 12:44 Having carried out the operation and arrested two persons suspected of the placement of a larger quantity of counterfeit euro banknotes in the area of Banja Luka, the duty prosecutor of the Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina questioned the suspects and decided to put forward a Motion for pre-Trial Custody with the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina.  

ISIS MEMBER, ARRESTED IN BIH IN 2017, SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON IN THE USA

17.07.2023. 15:58 The US Department of Justice announced that the defendant Mirsad Kandić (1981) was sentenced to life imprisonment.  

REMAINS OF AT LEAST ONE MISSING PERSON FOUND IN BANOVIĆI AREA

17.07.2023. 15:54 An Investigator of the Special Department for War Crimes is present at the micro-location of Kvrge, in the area of Banovići municipality, where, pursuant to an order of the Prosecutor in charge, she coordinates the activities of officers involved in the process of exhuming the remains of missing persons.  

INDICTMENT ISSUED AGAINST TWO PERSONS FOR ORGANISED SMUGGLING OF LARGE QUANTITIES OF CIGARETTES

14.07.2023. 11:23 A prosecutor of the Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina has issued an Indictment against the following persons: