BY ORDER OF BIH PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE, ANTI-CORRUPTION OPERATION CODENAMED ‘HUNTER’ CARRIED OUT IN BILEĆA AREA

Several persons were deprived of their liberty, including two police officers of the Border Police of Bosnia and Herzegovina, who are suspected to have been taking advantage of their office and accepting gifts or other forms of benefit, for a longer period of time.

Acting on the order and under the supervision of a Prosecutor from the Special Department for Organized Crime, Economic Crime and Corruption of the Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina, police officers of the Border Police of Bosnia and Herzegovina carried out an operation codenamed ‘Hunter’ in the area of ​​Bileća and its surroundings, which was aimed at detecting and prosecuting an organized criminal group that has been operating in that area for a longer period of time.

The suspects are subject to investigation due to the commission of the criminal offenses of Associating for the Purpose of Perpetrating Criminal Offences, in conjunction with the criminal offenses of Smuggling of Goods, Illicit Trade in Excise Products, Abuse of Office or Official Authority, as well as the criminal offense of Accepting Gifts and Other Forms of Benefit.

These police officers are suspected of taking advantage of their office for a longer period of time, while performing their work tasks during working hours, and enabling other suspects to smuggle excise and other products across the state border, from the Republic of Montenegro to Bosnia and Herzegovina.

After the criminal investigation has been completed and the searches conducted, the suspects will be handed over to the Prosecutor of the Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina in charge of this case, who will then make a decision on further activities.

The Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina, together with its partner institutions and agencies, undertakes intensive activities in the fight against criminal offenses of corruption, especially against the offenses of corruption within the law enforcement institutions.