The accused Mile Ćorić aka „Mićo“ – born on September 22, 1955, residing in Široki Brijeg, BiH citizen, charged with the criminal offense of Organizing a Group or Association for Smuggling or Distribution of Goods on Which Duties Were Not Paid under Article 215, Paragraph 2 in conjunction with Paragraph 1 of the CC BiH and the criminal offense of Accepting Gifts and Other Forms of Benefits under Article 217, Paragraph 1 of the CC BiH, all in conjunction with Article 53 of the same Code – concluded an agreement on the admission of guilt.
The Prosecutor proposed that, pursuant to the provisions of the Article 53 of the CC BiH on Concurrence, the accused Ćorić be rendered an aggregate suspended imprisonment sentence in duration of two (2) years by the Court of BiH that will not be executed providing that the accused does not commit another criminal offence within the next five (5) years. The Prosecutor also proposed that Ćorić be additionally punished with a fine in the amount of BAM 5.000,00 (five thousand Bosnian Convertible Marks).
The accused is also, in accordance with Articles 110 and 111 of the CC BiH, obligated to pay the amount of BAM 12.000,00 which represent the ill-gotten gain.
The proposed sentence is in line with the role of the accused in commission of the criminal offense.
Mile Ćorić is charged to have, as an authorized person of the BiH Indirect Taxation Authority, agreed and promised to help a person with the return of previously seized smuggled cigarettes aware of the fact that the person in question is involved in cigarette smuggling and has received the amount of 6.000 Euro for the service rendered.
Due to the commission of the criminal offense the accused was suspended by BiH ITA and will be subjected to disciplinary proceedings pursuant to the Book of Rules and the legislation.
By virtue of signing the agreement the accused fully admitted committing the criminal offense he was charged with by the indictment of the Prosecutor’s Office of BiH.
With this agreement the accused confirms that he is aware of the content of the indictment of the Prosecutor's Office of BiH issued on March 18, 2013. He also confirms that the plea statement was given voluntarily, knowingly and with full understanding and undertakes to reimburse the costs of the criminal proceedings in the amount that may eventually be determined by the Court of BiH.
Pursuant to this agreement the accused has waived his right to a trial and the right to appeal the criminal sanction that shall be rendered to him by the Court of BiH.