OFFICIALS OF THE BIH PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE MEET WITH OFFICIALS OF THE BIH INDIRECT TAXATION AUTHORITY

Central topics of the meeting pertained to the joint activities in strengthening tax and fiscal discipline in Bosnia and Herzegovina and prosecution of criminal offenses related to tax and customs evasion.

Ms. Ozrenka Nešković, Deputy Chief Prosecutor and Head of the Special Department for Organized Crime, Economic Crime and Corruption of the Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and her associates, has met with Mr. Miro Džakula, Director of the Indirect Taxation Authority of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and officials of the Indirect Taxation Authority (ITA) of Bosnia and Herzegovina at all levels and from all field offices operating in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The meeting focused on the joint cooperation in detecting, preventing and prosecuting criminal offenses related to tax and customs evasion, as part of the cases prosecuted before the state judicial institutions.

At the meeting, further intensive cooperation of the two respective institutions has been agreed.

These institutions focus on conducting activities aimed at strengthening the collection of tax and customs duties in Bosnia and Herzegovina and preventing any illegality, and building capacities for swift and efficient prosecution of persons responsible for the commission of criminal offenses related to financial crime, as well as on the processes of blocking and confiscation of property and unlawfully acquired property gain, so that the funds obtained illegally as a result of the perpetration of criminal offences could be returned to the budget and to the citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Prosecution of criminal offenses pertaining to financial crime, strengthening of fiscal and tax discipline and confiscation of unlawfully acquired property gain are priority activities of Bosnia and Herzegovina on its path towards European integrations.