DOBOJ EXHUMATION CONTINUES. THE REMAINS OF 22 VICTIMS UNEARTHED SO FAR

23.06.2014. 13:12 The exhumation process continued at the location of Usora in Doboj municipality under the supervision of the Prosecutor’s Office of BiH.  From the beginning of the process to date complete remains of 18 and incomplete remains of 4 war crimes victims were unearthed.

SUBSEQUENT TO THE PANDORA ACTION, THE PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA ENCOURAGES AND URGES THE CITIZENS AND LEGAL ENTITIES TO REPORT ILLEGALITIES IN THE WORK OF CUSTOMS AND TAX AUTHORITIES AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS

23.06.2014. 12:37 Dear citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina,

PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE OF BIH WILL BE INVOLVED IN THE INVESTIGATION OF THE BURNING OF THE STATE FLAG THAT HAS TAKEN PLACE IN SEVERAL BIH TOWNS.

20.06.2014. 14:00 Following the reports of police authorities on the burning of the flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina in several towns in the country, the Chief Prosecutor decided that the Prosecutor’s Office of BiH will be involved in the investigation of these events as there are elements of the criminal offense of provoking and incitement to ethnic hatred and intolerance within them.

INDICTMENT ISSUED FOR WAR CRIMES COMMITTED IN THE VILLAGE OF KUKAVICE NEARBY ROGATICA

19.06.2014. 14:49 The indictment is issued against four accused persons, former members of the Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina, who are charged with war crime in which more than 20 ethnic Serb victims were killed.

213 BODIES OF VICTIMS FOUND AT THE MASS GRAVE SITE IN TOMAŠICA IDENTIFIED SO FAR. IDENTIFICATION OF THE VICTIMS TO BE COMPLETED IN EARLY JULY

19.06.2014. 14:20 As part of the activities on exhumation and identification of victims from the Tomašica mass grave site near Prijedor, which are being carried out under the supervision of the Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 213 victims have been identified to date, whose complete mortal remains have been found in this mass grave.    

UPON THE ORDER OF THE PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE OF BIH AND AS PART OF THE LARGEST CASE PERTAINING TO THE FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION AND FINANCIAL CRIME, 54 SUSPECTS DEPRIVED OF LIBERTY SO FAR. AROUND 30 OFFICIALS OF CUSTOMS AUTHORITIES AND BIH INDIRECT TAXATION A

18.06.2014. 10:48 Pursuant to the Order of a Prosecutor of the Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina, activities are being carried out in several cities of Bosnia and Herzegovina, as part of the largest post-war investigation of the criminal offenses of corruption.

CHIEF PROSECUTOR MET WITH THE DELEGATION OF THE OFFICE OF THE STATE PROSECUTOR GENERAL OF THE REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA. CENTRAL TOPICS OF THE MEETING PERTAINED TO THE INTERSTATE COOPERATION IN FIGHTING ALL FORMS OF CRIMES

17.06.2014. 15:01 The Delegation of the Office of the State Prosecutor General of the Republic of Slovenia, comprised of the State Prosecutor General of the Republic of Slovenia, Dr. Zvonko Fišer, Supreme State Prosecutor, Mr. Aleš Butala, and the Head of the Specialized Prosecutor’s Office, Mr. Harij Furlan, has visited the Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina and met with the Chief Prosecutor, Mr. Goran Salihović, and his associates, Prosecutors of the Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina.   

BY ORDER OF THE PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE OF BIH A PERSON SUSPECTED OF COMMITTING WAR CRIMES IN THE AREA OF BIHAĆ WAS DEPRIVED OF LIBERTY IN BANJA LUKA

17.06.2014. 14:55 By order of a Prosecutor of the Special Department for War Crimes within the Prosecutor’s Office of BiH SIPA officers arrested Željko Stanarević - born on September 30, 1969 in Bihać, early this morning in Piskavac - Banja Luka.

INVESTIGATORS OF THE PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA ENTERED THE NATIONAL MUSEUM

17.06.2014. 14:46 Today, Investigators of the Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina entered the National Museum in Sarajevo, where they will confiscate and inspect the documentation pertaining to this institution’s business operations and they will check the condition of the exhibits.

EXHUMATION OF A VICTIM KILLED DURING THE PAST WAR CARRIED OUT IN VISOKO

17.06.2014. 14:25 An exhumation was carried out at the location of Čekrčići-Vrela in Visoko municipality. Incomplete skeletal remains of one person were unearthed.