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EUROPOL ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS OF THE OPERATION INVOLVING THE BIH PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE
12.03.2024. 11:29
This is the operation that was carried out in BiH under the codename ‘ZIP’ and it concerned several suspected BiH citizens, mainly from the area of Tuzla Canton, who are charged with having participated in a chain of migrant smugglers who used to bring illegal migrants from the Republic of Türkyie to Bosnia and Herzegovina and smuggle them further towards Republic of Croatia and EU countries.
The prosecutor in charge from the Section for countering human trafficking and illegal migrations coordinated the activities in the field in BiH, in communication with colleagues from Croatia and the EU.
https://www.tuzilastvobih.gov.ba/?id=5847&jezik=b
More information about EUROPOL’s press release is available at the link below:
https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/19-smugglers-arrested-in-bosnia-and-herzegovina-and-croatia
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).
