INDICTMENT ISSUED AGAINST EIGHT PRESONS FOR ORGANIZED CRIME AND INTERNATIONAL SMUGGLING OF NARCOTIC DRUGS

A Prosecutor of the Special Department for Organized Crime, Economic Crime and Corruption issued an Indictment against eight (8) persons charged with organized crime and international smuggling of several tens of kilograms of the Skunk Marijuana narcotic drug.

The accused persons are charged with unauthorized international purchase and sale, transfer, smuggling and interceding in further international sale of several tens of kilograms of the Skunk Marijuana narcotic drug, in 2013, as an organized group, together with persons known to them from BiH, Montenegro and Albania, for the purpose if acquiring material gain. The value of the narcotic drug in an illegal narcotics market amounts to several hundred thousand KM.

As alleged in the Indictment, on several occasions, these persons procured various quantities of this narcotic drug from the persons from the territories of Albania and Montenegro, sometimes as much as 20 kilograms of it, and afterwards, in mutual agreement and in agreement with other persons, they repackaged it and hid it in various places in vehicles custom-made for such purposes and then they smuggled the thus hidden drug to BiH and further towards the EU countries.  

They hid the smuggled drug at various locations in Bosnia and Herzegovina, after which they arranged its further sale, delivery and takeover.  

The smuggled narcotic drug was found on several occasions in the course of police activities and it was confiscated from the perpetrators.

A complex investigation in this case was carried out by the Prosecutor’s Office of BiH together with the Republika Srpska Ministry of the Interior as the leader of investigative activities, assisted by other police agencies and by significant international cooperation. A very useful cooperation was achieved with the District Prosecutor’s Office in Trebinje.

These accused persons are charged with the commission of the criminal offense of Organized Crime, as referred to in Article 250, in conjunction with the criminal offense of Illicit Trafficking in Narcotic Drugs, as referred to in Article 195 of the BiH CC.  

The Indictment was issued against the following persons:

1. Marko Božinović, born on 19 August 1976 in Kotor, Montenegro, citizen of Montenegro,

2. Robert Ljiljak aka „Krezubi“, born on 09 May 1977 in Nova Gorica, Slovenia, citizen of Montenegro,

3. Momčilo Mijanović aka “Beli“, born on 12 December 1979 in Trebinje, citizen of BiH,

4. Odisej Fofilos aka „Fofi“ or „Grk“ /“the Greek“/, born on 11 November 1982 in Vareš, citizen of BiH,

5. Vanja Kenjić, born on 07 September 1991 in Sarajevo, citizen of BiH,

6. Veis Husković, born on 11 December 1970 in Mostar, citizen of BiH,

7. Davor Vuković, born on 28 February 1983 in Trebinje, citizen of BiH, and

8. Predrag Ratković, born on 07 August 1981 in Trebinje, citizen of BiH.

This Indictment shows determination of the Prosecutor’s Office of BiH and police agencies in our country to detect and prosecute perpetrators of international smuggling of narcotic drugs, as this offense has serious consequences to the health of our citizens, to the young persons of Bosnia and Herzegovina in particular.

The Prosecutor’s Office of BiH and all authorized police agencies will continue fighting resolutely against the drug mafia structures in the future, for the purpose of establishing of the rule of law and creating a safer environment for all the citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina. 

The Indictment and its evidentiary material were forwarded to the Court of BiH for confirmation.