MEETING HELD IN THE PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE OF BIH BETWEEN ACTING CHIEF PROSECUTOR MILANKO KAJGANIĆ AND AMBASSADOR OF THE REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA TO BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

11.01.2022. 09:07 Acting Chief Prosecutor of the Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina Milanko Kajganić, together with the Head of the Chief Prosecutor’s Office, Adnan Karović, met with the Ambassador of the Republic of Austria to Bosnia and Herzegovina, HE Dr Ulrike Hartmann and Georg Stawa, Counsellor for the Western Balkans.

FOLLOWING PLEA AGREEMENT, PERSON ACCUSED OF CORRUPTION CRIMES SENTENCED TO ONE YEAR IN PRISON

05.01.2022. 15:02 The accused Mirsen Ćano, born in 1975, employed as a customs officer of the Indirect Taxation Authority (ITA) of Bosnia and Herzegovina at the Customs Office in Velika Kladuša, signed a Plea Agreement admitting his guilt and was subsequently sentenced to imprisonment for a term of one (1) year by the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

INDICTMENT ISSUED FOR CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY COMMITTED IN SREBRENICA AREA

04.01.2022. 13:10 A Prosecutor from the Special Department for War Crimes has issued an Indictment against the following person:

SPECIAL DEPARTMENT FOR ORGANISED CRIME, ECONOMIC CRIME AND CORRUPTION FILED INDICTMENTS IN 151 CASES AGAINST 278 INDICTEES IN 2021

04.01.2022. 12:44 The number of indictments this Department filed against indictees is by 16.2 perscent higher than the number of indictees in Section II and Section III in 2020, in which 239 persons were indicted.

MEETING HELD IN THE PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE OF BIH BETWEEN ACTING CHIEF PROSECUTOR OF THE PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE OF BIH MILANKO KAJGANIĆ AND U.S. ACTING ASSISTANT OF THE TREASURY PAUL AHERN AND HIGH-RANKING U.S. OFFICIALS

17.12.2021. 15:50 Acting Chief Prosecutor of the Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Milanko Kajganić, together with his Deputy Diana Kajmaković, met with a delegation of senior officials of the U.S. Administration, who are dealing with counterterrorism, terrorist financing, money laundering and financial crime.

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

09.12.2021. 10:57  Acting on the order of the Prosecutor from the Special Department for War Crimes, in the area of Zvornik and Rogatica, SIPA officers arrested two persons suspected of crimes against humanity committed in Lješevo area - Ilijaš municipality in June 1992.

BY ORDER OF THE PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE OF BIH POLICE OPERATION CODENAMED “CORRIDOR” IS BEING CONDUCTED

08.12.2021. 10:33  Acting on the order of the Prosecutor from the Special Department for Organized Crime, Economic Crime and Corruption, BiH Border Police officers searched several locations used by eight suspects in several cities - Bijeljina, Brčko, Ugljevik and Doboj, due to suspicion that they committed the criminal offense of Organizing a Group or Association for Smuggling or Distribution of Goods on Which Duties Were Not Paid under Article 215 and the criminal offense of Smuggling of Goods under Article 214 of the CC BiH.

CUSTODY PROPOSED FOR SUSPECT N.U. (1976) IN THE CASE CODENAMED “TRICK”

08.12.2021. 10:19 Assigned Prosecutor proposed custody for the suspect for the reasons described in Article 132 (1) (a) and (b) of the CPC of BiH i.e. due to risk of flight and the risk that the suspect could obstruct the investigation, conceal evidence and influence to witnesses or accomplices. 

PURSUANT TO THE REQUEST OF THE PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE OF BIH SEARCHES ARE CARRIED OUT IN LUXEMBOURG

08.12.2021. 10:04  Acting upon a request for mutual legal assistance of a Prosecutor from the Special Department for Organized Crime, Economic Crime and Corruption, partner institutions of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, are searching facilities used by a person under investigation by the Prosecutor’s Office of BiH.

BY ORDER OF THE PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE OF BIH EXTENSIVE OPERATION IS BEING IMPLEMENTED IN THE FIGHT AGAINST ORGANIZED CRIME IN THE AREA OF BANJA LUKA AND GRADIŠKA

08.12.2021. 09:15 Prosecutor of the Special Department for Organized Crime, Economic Crime and Corruption coordinates the activities of police officers from SIPA, RS MoI and Sarajevo Canton MoI, who are conducting large-scale arrests and searches of more than 20 suspects.