Prosecutor of the Special Department for Organized Crime, Economic Crime and Corruption within the Prosecutor's Office of BiH issued an indictment against the following persons:
1. D.A. (1963) from Sarajevo, BiH citizen
2. DŽ.A. (1975) from Tuzla, BiH citizen, and
3. G.V. (1986) from Tuzla, BiH citizen.
The accused are charged to have, during the period from October 2009 to March 2010, with the aim of acquiring unlawful gain, prepared and organized transfer of citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina from the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the territory of the European Union, specifically to France and Switzerland, during the course of which the aforementioned immigrants passed through the territory of several countries including the Republic of Croatia, Slovenia, Italy, France and Switzerland, and in doing so, due to the fact they were not citizens or permanent residents of any of those countries and did not meet the requirements for legal entry and stay in these countries, avoided customs control, which is in violation of applicable laws and regulations.
According to the indictment, the accused D.A. formed an organized crime group which the other accused Dž.A. and G.V. have joined along with a number of other persons known to them. The two were , inter alia, tasked with finding people interested in illegal entry to EU, transport, collection of the agreed amount of money as compensation for the smuggling from the families of the migrants, as well as for handover and transfer of persons in question through EU countries.
The accused have, in the previously described manner, repeatedly organized the transfer of several citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina to other countries for a variety of financial compensations with amounts ranging up to several thousand BAM.
Consequently, the accused are charged with the criminal offense of Organized Crime under Article 250 in conjunction with the criminal offense of Smuggling of Persons under Article 189 of the Criminal Code of BiH and in conjunction with Article 54 the same Code.
The indictment was forwarded to the Court of BiH for confirmation.