The Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia and HerzegovinaNews
INDICTMENT ISSUED AGAINST SEVEN PERSONS FOR COUNTERFEITING OF MONEY
16.07.2013. 15:15Prosecutor of the Special Department for Organized Crime, Economic Crime and Corruption at the Prosecutor’s Office of BiH has issued an Indictment against the following persons:
1. M.Ć. (1991), citizen of BiH, with prior convictions, who was in custody from 10 April 2013 to 03 June 2013,
2. R.P. (1992), citizen of BiH, who was in custody from 10 April 2013 to 03 June 2013,
3. A.P (1992), citizen of BiH,
4. S.N. (1994), citizen of BiH,
5. N.H. (1986), citizen of BiH,
6. R.D. (1986), citizen of BiH, and
7. S.A. (1978), citizen of BiH.
The aforementioned persons are charged with organizing a group for organized crime in mutual agreement, in the sense of Article 1, Paragraph 19 of the Criminal Code of BiH, for the purpose of committing the criminal offense of Counterfeiting of Money, as referred to in Article 205, Paragraph 1 of the BiH CC, in the territory of Una-Sana Canton.
As alleged in the Indictment, on several occasions in April 2013, these accused persons were putting into circulation counterfeit banknotes for which they knew to be counterfeit, in casinos, catering establishments and stores in the territory of Una-Sana Canton, paying for goods and services with that money.
The Indictment charges the accused persons M.Ć. and R.P. to have committed the criminal offense of Associating for the Purpose of Perpetrating Criminal Offenses, as referred to in Article 249, Paragraph 1 of the BiH CC, in conjunction with the criminal offense of Counterfeiting of Money, as referred to in Article 205, Paragraph 1 of the BiH CC, all in conjunction with Article 29 of the BiH CC. The Indictment charges the accused persons A.P., S.N., N.H., R.D. and S.A. to have committed the criminal offense of Associating for the Purpose of Perpetrating Criminal Offenses, as referred to in Article 249, Paragraph 2 of the BiH CC, in conjunction with the criminal offense of Counterfeiting of Money, as referred to in Article 205, Paragraph 1 of the BiH CC, all in conjunction with Article 29 of the BiH CC.
The Indictment has been forwarded to the Court of BiH for confirmation.
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).
