Press Release of the Court of BIH and Prosecutor’s Office of BIH regarding the statement made by the Justice Minister Bariša Čolak

11.06.2014. 09:49 Večernji list daily, the issue of 9 June 2014, page 8, published the interview in which the BIH Justice Minister Bariša Čolak  stated: „Prosecutor Salihović and Court President Kreso want judges and prosecutors to be outside the evaluation system which is not in conformity with impartial justice“, which is completely untrue.  

WITHIN THE SCOPE OF OPERATION CODENAMED ’’GOLD’’ ANOTHER CUSTOMS OFFICER OF ITA BIH WAS DEPRIVED OF LIBERTY

09.06.2014. 15:25 Acting on orders of the Prosecutor’s Office of BiH authorized officers of the Border Police BiH arrested a customs officers employed in ITA BiH this morning at Sarajevo Airport. The customs officer is suspected of committing corruption offenses investigated within the operation codenamed ’’Gold’’.

CHIEF PROSECUTOR MET WITH THE OFFICIALS OF THE U.S. BUREAU OF INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AFFAIRS (INL)

09.06.2014. 15:07 The Chief Prosecutor of the Prosecutor’s Office of BiH, Goran Salihović met with officials from the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs which operates within the U.S. Government.

STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE (U.S.) VISITED THE PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE OF BIH

09.06.2014. 15:01 Students of the University of Louisville, Kentucky (U.S.) visited the Prosecutor’s Office of BiH.

INDICTMENT ISSUED AGAINST 3 PERSONS FOR WAR CRIMES COMMITTED IN THE WIDER AREA OF TRNOVO

06.06.2014. 15:01 It is one of the most extensive indictments of the Prosecutor’s Office of BiH under which some 140 prosecution witnesses are to be heard.

INDICTMENT ISSUED AGAINST DALIBOR SIMETIĆ (1978) FOR IMPERMISSIBLE USE OF COPYRIGHTS

05.06.2014. 15:22 A Prosecutor of Department III within the Prosecutor’s Office of BiH issued an indictment against Dalibor Simetić born on June 20, 1978 in Jajce, residing in Gradiška, BiH citizen.

TWO MORE PERSONS DEPRIVED OF LIBERTY IN OPERATION „GOLD“

05.06.2014. 15:10 By order of the Prosecutor’s Office of BiH two more persons were deprived of liberty within the scope of the case of the Prosecutor’s Office of BiH focusing on investigation of corruption offenses, in which some of the suspects were customs officers of ITA BiH.

BY ORDER OF THE PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE OF BIH THREE PERSONS SUSPECTED OF CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY WERE DEPRIVED OF LIBERTY

05.06.2014. 15:06 By order of a Prosecutor of the Special Department for War Crimes within the Prosecutor’s Office of BiH, SIPA officers have apprehended the following suspects in the area of Kozarac - Prijedor municipality:

THE ACCUSED ODISEJ FOFILOS CONCLUDED A PLEA AGREEMENT

05.06.2014. 15:02 The accused Odisej Fofilos concluded a plea agreement expressing his guilt for the criminal offense of Organized Crime under Article 250, Paragraph 2 in conjunction with the criminal offense of Illicit trafficking in Narcotic Drugs under Article 195, Paragraph 1 of the CC BiH.

BY ORDER OF THE PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE OF BIH A WAR CRIMES SUSPECT WAS DEPRIVED OF LIBERTY IN ŠEKOVIĆI

04.06.2014. 15:10 By order of a Prosecutor of the Special Department for War Crimes SIPA officers arrested the suspect Blagoje Vlačić - born  on April 16, 1970 in Krivača, Živinice municipality, residing in Zvornik -  in the Zvornik area.