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INDICTMENT ISSUED FOR ILLICIT TRADE IN EXCISE PRODUCTS
14.12.2020. 09:03
A Prosecutor of the Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina has issued an Indictment against the following person:
- Almira Duradbegović, born in 1995 in Bugojno, residing in Sarajevo.
This accused person is charged with transporting approximately 6000 packs of cigarettes of various brands and types, without proper documentation, which were not marked with control and tax stamps and which was hidden in a passenger’s motor vehicle she drove. While driving the said vehicle on 22 October 2020, in the Posušje municipality, she was detected by the police officers of the Border Police of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The aforementioned quantity of cigarettes reaches the price of tens of thousands of BAM on the illegal tobacco market, and in accordance with the law, cigarettes as excise goods must be marked with excise stamps of Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the manner prescribed by the tax legislation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The accused is charged with having committed the criminal offence of Illicit Trade in Excise Products, referred to in Article 210a of the Criminal Code of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The Indictment has been forwarded to the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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).
