The Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia and HerzegovinaNews
THE ACCUSED NEDŽAD HAMZIĆ CONCLUDED A PLEA AGREEMENT
13.02.2014. 15:06
The accused Nedžad Hamzić aka „Hamzin“ - born on May 27, 1982 in Velika Kladuša Municipality where he resides, BiH citizen - entered into plea agreement with the Prosecutor of the Special Department for Organized Crime Economic Crime and Corruption within the Prosecutor's Office of BiH.
Pursuant to the agreement the Prosecutor agrees that the accused be rendered a one (1) year imprisonment sentence by the Court of BiH which will not be executed providing that the accused does not commit another criminal offence during the next four (4) years.
Items used/intended for use in commission of the criminal offense and proceeds of crime shall be forfeited from the accused.
By virtue of signing the agreement the accused fully admitted committing the criminal offenses he was charged with by the indictment of the Prosecutor’s Office of BiH issued on August 12, 2013. The proposed sentence is in line with the role of the accused person in commission of the criminal offenses listed in the indictment and all aggravating and mitigating circumstances.
The accused is charged to have, during the period from December 20, 2012 to April 4, 2013 in the intent to obtain financial benefits, acted jointly in a sequence of arranged and mutually agreed actions thus performing organized illegal transfer - smuggling of foreign nationals – mostly Albanians.
With this agreement the accused confirms that he is aware of the content of the indictment of the Prosecutor’s Office of BiH. He also confirms that the plea statement was given voluntarily and knowingly with full understanding of its legal consequences in accordance with Article 231 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
By virtue of signing the plea agreement the accused pledges to testify, when summoned, before the Court of BiH and against the other suspects in this investigation and possible subsequent indictments as well as against persons involved in other investigations that he may have knowledge of.
Pursuant to this agreement the accused has waived his right to a trial as well as his right to appeal the criminal sanction that shall be rendered to him by the Court of BiH.
The agreement was submitted to the Court of 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).
