The accused Huso Mustafić, born on 10 September 1981 in Bijeljina, resident of Tuzla, citizen of BiH, entered into a Plea Agreement with a Prosecutor of the Special Department for Organized Crime, Economic Crime and Corruption of the Prosecutor’s Office of BiH. Mustafić is charged with the criminal offense of Organized Crime, as referred to in Article 250, Paragraph 2, in conjunction with the criminal offense of Illicit Trafficking in Narcotic Drugs, as referred to in Article 195, Paragraph 1 of the BiH CC, in conjunction with the criminal offense of Murder, as referred to in Article 166, Paragraph 2, Item (d) of the Criminal Code of FBiH, as read with Article 28 of the  Criminal Code of FBiH.

Pursuant to the Plea Agreement, the Prosecutor and the Defense Counsel agree that the Court of BiH impose a sentence of imprisonment for a term of 3 (three) years on the accused Huso Mustafić, as well as to render a decision to seize objects used in the commission of the criminal offense and forfeit unlawful property gain acquired by the commission of the criminal offense.

Time spent in custody will be credited toward the sentence imposed on the accused.

This accused person is charged with becoming a member of an organized criminal group that was continuously, from the beginning of 2012 to March 2013, operating in the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia and Albania for the purpose of acquiring unlawful property gain and with the aim of committing criminal offenses related to illegal international purchase and sale, transfer, interceding and delivery of Marijuana narcotic drug which was declared a narcotic drug by valid legal regulations. As alleged in the Indictment, on several occasions in 2012 and 2013, the accused members of the aforementioned organized group organized and carried out smuggling of large quantities of Marijuana narcotic drug.

This organized criminal group was detected and prevented in a joint operation of several law enforcement agencies, as well as in cooperation of judicial and police agencies of several States. Some of the suspects were arrested in Dusina near Zenica, in March last year, during a shootout between the perpetrators of the criminal offense, when one person was wounded.

By virtue of signing the Plea Agreement, the accused Huso Mustafić fully admitted committing the criminal offense he is charged with by the Indictment of the Prosecutor’s Office of BiH issued on 02 October 2013, which was confirmed in its entirety on 04 October 2013, by a Preliminary Hearing Judge of the Court of BiH.

The proposed sentence is consistent with the role of the accused in the commission of the criminal offense described in the Indictment.

By signing this Plea Agreement, the accused confirms to be aware of the content of the Indictment issued by the BiH Prosecutor's Office. At the same time, he confirms to give his plea statement voluntarily, consciously and with understanding, and he takes upon himself an obligation to cover the costs arising from these criminal proceedings, in the amount that may be determined by the Court of BiH.

Moreover, by signing the Plea Agreement, the accused Huso Mustafić takes upon himself an obligation to testify on all the facts known to him in this criminal case and against all perpetrators or members of the organized crime group known to him, as well on the criminal offenses he himself may have taken part in.

With this Plea Agreement, the accused person waives his right to a trial and the right to appeal to a criminal sanction imposed upon him by the Court of BiH on the basis of this Plea Agreement.  

The Plea Agreement was submitted to the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina.