INDICTMENT ISSUED FOR TAX EVASION IN THE AMOUNT OF AROUND 315 THOUSAND BAM AND FOR MONEY LAUNDERING IN THE AMOUNT OF AROUND 1.9 MILLION BAM

Prosecutor from the Special Department for Organized Crime, Economic Crime and Corruption of the Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina has issued an Indictment against the following persons:

1.    Nada Vesić, born on 03 January 1957 in Berak, in the Municipality of Vukovar, Republic of Croatia, residing in Laktaši, with prior convictions, a citizen of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republic of Croatia, and

2.    Zoran Javorac, born on 03 February 1976 in Banja Luka, where he also resides, a citizen of Bosnia and Herzegovina.  

The accused Vesić is charged with the commission of tax evasion in the amount of approximately BAM 315,000, while working as a Director and a person authorized to represent the legal person of MIR-TRADE d.o.o. /Limited Liability Company/ Jablan Laktaši without any limitations, in the period from 10 January 2005 to 13 May 2005, whereas the accused Javorac is charged, as a Director and an authorized person of ZOKI PROM-EX d.o.o. /Limited Liability Company/ Laktaši, with money laundering in the amount of approximately BAM 1.9 million.   

As alleged in the Indictment, in order to conceal irregularities in their business dealings, these accused persons made false order forms, invoices and dispatch notes, in which they presented fictitious turnover and incorrectly stated that the transactions were exempt from sales tax.  

The Indictment alleges that, with the intention of enabling sales tax evasion and concealing the actual origin of money in question, false accounting and financial documentation was made, namely invoices, dispatch notes, order forms with statements and fictitious statements regarding compensation, although these accused persons were aware that there had been no actual turnover between the legal person of ZOKI PROM-EX  d.o.o. /Limited Liability Company/ Laktaši and the legal person of MIR-TRADE d.o.o. /Limited Liability Company/ Jablan Laktaši.

With the aforementioned unlawful actions, the legal person of MIR-TRADE d.o.o. /Limited Liability Company/ Jablan Laktaši evaded payment of its liabilities arising from sales tax, thereby incurring damage to the budget of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the amount of BAM 314,353.75.

The legal person of ZOKI PROM-EX d.o.o. /Limited Liability Company/ Laktaši laundered money for a larger number of legal persons, through several transaction accounts opened with several banks, in the total amount of BAM 1,910,617.51, thus jeopardizing common economic space of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Due to the aforementioned, these accused persons are charged as follows:  Neda Vasić is charged to have committed the criminal offense of Tax Evasion, as referred to in Article 210, Paragraph 3 of the Criminal Code of Bosnia and Herzegovina, in conjunction with Paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code of Bosnia and Herzegovina, whereas Zoran Javorac is charged to have committed the criminal offense of Money Laundering, as referred to in Article 209, Paragraph 2 of the Criminal Code of Bosnia and Herzegovina, in conjunction with Paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The Indictment has been forwarded to the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina for confirmation.