The Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia and HerzegovinaNews
INDICTMENT FOR CORRUPTIVE CRIMINAL OFFENSE ISSUED AGAINST EMPLOYEES OF ITA AND BORDER POLICE OF BIH
30.12.2022. 13:06
The accused are charged with having attempted, in July 2021, to import two thoroughbred Arabian horses into the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina that are subject to customs procedures and approvals from the competent veterinary authorities, which the accused did not have. The accused Stevan Teletina approached the Vardište border crossing and was not allowed to enter BiH but the next day, with intermediary assistance of one person and commission of corrupt acts, he attempted to import a vehicle with a trailer by coming into contact with the accused Obradović, who, as a manager and shift leader in the Customs Department, used his position and influence, and influenced the other accused to allow the aforementioned person to enter the customs area of BiH without having the necessary approvals and paying customs duties, and for the aforementioned corrupt service, the accused Teletina gave the accused Obradović a sum of 100 Euros.
The accused Obradović is charged with accepting money as an official in the institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina in order not to perform an official action that he had to perform within the framework of his duties, Miroslav Bovan as an official in the institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina with enabling others to obtain property gain by not performing their official duties, Nedžad Omerović with failure to report a criminal offense punishable by five years of imprisonment or a more severe penalty as an official in the institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Stevan Teletina with giving money so that an official in the institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina would not perform an official action that he had to perform.
The accused are charged with the criminal offenses - Accepting Reward or Other Form of Benefit for Trading in Influence under Article 219, Abuse of Office or Authority under Article 220, Failure to Inform of a Criminal Offence or a Perpetrator under Article 230 and Giving Gifts and Other Forms of Benefits under Article 218 of the Criminal Code of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The prosecution will prove the allegations of the indictment by calling 14 witnesses, as well as by attaching dozens of evidentiary materials.
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).
