Prosecutor’s Office of BiH issued an indictment in the case codenamed "Kruna"

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 person:

-   Branko SEKULOVIĆ, born on 31 May 1962 in Priština, with residence in Belgrade - Republic of Serbia, citizen of the Republic of Serbia for whom an arrest warrant was issued on 7 December 2007 by the High Court in Belgrade for the criminal offense of Aggravated Murder under Article 114 (9) of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Serbia, currently in custody pursuant to the decision of the Court of BiH of 22 October 2016.

The accused is charged with having, from 2013 onwards, made unauthorized purchases of information and documents with personal data contained in the Birth/Citizenship Registers of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the transfer of which is forbidden by law.

The accused is charged with unauthorized use of personal data of Mario TRIVAN, a BiH citizen without his knowledge i.e. he concealed his identity, purchased the documents and used them to obtain the identity card of Bosnia and Herzegovina with personal data of Mario TRIVAN and a photograph of the accused.

Following that, he also obtained travel documents for that same identity, which he used to cross the state border of Bosnia and Herzegovina and other countries with which the BiH has established visa-free travel across borders. The individual also obtained a false driver’s license with the same name that he used in legal operations.

With these acts the accused committed the criminal offenses against the state of Bosnia and Herzegovina by endangering the recording system for personal data and personal documents of citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which is administered by the Agency for Identification Documents, Registers and Data Exchange (IDDEEA), thus causing adverse consequences for BiH.

This indictment demonstrates the determination of Judiciary and Police to confront and prosecute criminal offenses related to identity theft and misuse of personal data.

The accused is charged with the criminal offense of Illicit Trade in violation of Article 212 (1) of the Criminal Code of BiH in concurrence with the criminal offense of Unauthorized Use of Personal Data under Article 176 (1) and the criminal offense of Forging Documents under Article 377 (1) of the RS CC.

The indictment was forwarded to the Court of BiH for confirmation.