PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE OF BIH AND SIPA CARRIED OUT TWO OPERATIONS IN THE FIGHT AGAINST ORGANIZED CRIME AND ILLICIT TRADE IN EXCISE PRODUCTS

15.07.2022. 15:20  Acting pursuant to the order of the prosecutor of the Prosecutor’s Office of BiH, SIPA police officers, with the support of the ITA BiH as well as the entity police agencies, carried out operations codenamed "Derby" and "Corset", aimed at suppressing organized crime, connected with illicit trade, production and sale of excise products i.e. cigarettes, tobacco and tobacco products in large quantities.

APPEALS FILED AGAINST FIRST-INSTANCE JUDGMENTS IN GLAMOČ AND LOKANJ WAR CRIMES CASES

15.07.2022. 14:14 Prosecutors of the Special Department for War Crimes, after receiving the first-instance judgments, filed appeals against the judgments within the legal deadline.

CUSTODY MOTION FOR THREE SUSPECTS IN THE OPERATION CODENAMED “CUT”

14.07.2022. 15:41 After interviewing the suspects in the presence of their lawyers, the prosecutor of the Prosecutor’s Office of BiH in charge of the case will send a motion to the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina to order impose custody on all three suspects deprived of their freedom in the operation codenamed “Rez” /Cut/.

THE PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE OF BIH COORDINATES THE EXHUMATION PROCESS IN THE AREA AROUND VIŠEGRAD

14.07.2022. 14:14 An investigator of the Special Department for War Crimes is in the field, at the Gornja Crnča site in Višegrad, where he is coordinating the work of authorised persons taking part in the exhumation on the orders of the prosecutor in charge.

REMAINS OF AT LEAST ONE MISSING PERSON EXHUMED IN THE AREA OF ZVORNIK

14.07.2022. 09:28 An investigator of the Special Department for War Crimes of the BiH Prosecutor’s Office coordinated the process of exhumation and search for the remains of missing persons at the site of Planinčići, Zvornik municipality.

INDICTMENT FILED FOR ATTACK ON AUTHORISED SIPA OFFICERS DURING ACTIVITIES OF DEPRIVATION OF FREEDOM

14.07.2022. 09:16 A prosecutor of the Special Department for Organised Crime, Economic Crime and Corruption of the Prosecutor’s Office of BiH filed an indictment against - NEDIM BUKVIĆ, born in 1986 in Doboj, with criminal record, citizen of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

THE REMAINS OF ONE PERSON FOUND AT THE LOCATION OF KAMENIČKO BRDO IN BRATUNAC

13.07.2022. 15:22 An investigator of the Special Department for War Crimes is in the field, at the site of Kameničko Brdo /Kamenica Hill/, Bratunac, where he is coordinating the process of exhuming the remains of an incomplete body.  

MOTION TO EXTEND CUSTODY FOR SUSPECTS IN THE CASE CODENAMED “IRA”

13.07.2022. 14:28 The prosecutor of the Special Department for Organised Crime, Economic Crime and Corruption in charge of the case submitted to the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina a motion to extend custody for three months for the suspects Željko Radovanović and Igor Vilotić.

SUSPECTS IN THE OPERATION CODENAMED “REZ” TO BE HANDED OVER TO THE BIH PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE DURING THE DAY

13.07.2022. 09:31 The prosecutor in charge will interview the suspects, after which he will make a decision on a proposal of custody and prohibition measures and other activities in the case.  

INDICTMENT FILED FOR SMUGGLING EXCISE GOODS - CIGARETTES OF HIGHER VALUE

11.07.2022. 08:49 A prosecutor of the Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina filed an indictment against RANKO TOMAŠEVIĆ, born in 1977 in Trebinje, citizen of BiH.