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DUTY PROSECUTOR OF THE PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE OF BIH ORDERS ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE PROSECUTION OF THE CRIMINAL OFFENCE OF MIGRANT SMUGGLING
11.05.2021. 14:20
The duty prosecutor of the Prosecutor’s Office of BiH instructed the police officers to search and collect evidence in documenting this criminal offence, and a report on the criminal offence of smuggling of persons will be submitted against the suspected BiH citizens.
According to the collected evidence, as well as their statements, the discovered illegal migrants came from the area of Bangladesh and Pakistan and will be handed over to the further jurisdiction of the Service for Foreigners Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The Prosecutor’s Office of BiH, together with partner institutions and agencies, implements activities related to the prosecution of criminal offences of smuggling of migrants in cities and areas throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina almost on a daily basis.
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).
