Acting on the order of the Prosecutor of the Special Department for Organized Crime, Economic Crime and Corruption SIPA officers arrested two suspects in the area of Banja Luka.
Persons deprived of liberty are under investigation in the Case v. Kekerović et al. and are suspected of organized crime, tax evasion and money laundering.
This is a case in which more than 20 individuals and legal entities, suspected of multi-million tax evasion and causing damages to the BiH Budget, are being investigated.
After questioning the suspects, the Assigned Prosecutor filed a motion to the Court of BiH to remand the suspect T. G. - born on June 24, 1971 in Kruševac-Serbia, residing in Banja Luka, a citizen of the Republic of Serbia - in custody.
Remand in custody is requested on grounds stipulated in Article 132 of the CPC BiH. Remand in custody for a period of 30 days is, inter alia, requested due to risk of flight and the risk that if released the suspect could influence the witnesses or accomplices, hinder the investigation and suppress evidence
According to the evidence gathered, the suspect was acting within the framework of an organized criminal group that has obtained unlawful profits in the amount of BAM 1.1 million.
Motion for remand in custody was forwarded to the Court of BiH.
The Prosecutor's Office of BiH, together with law enforcement agencies in BiH, continues the investigation in this matter aiming for indictments.
The case in question is related to multi-million tax evasions totaling to an amount of about BAM 10 million, which is the amount of damages to the budget of our country and is one of the most comprehensive cases in the are of financial crime that is being handled by the Special Department for Organized Crime, Economic Crime and Corruption of the Prosecutor's Office of BiH.