INDICTMENT ISSUED FOR SMUGGLING ILLEGAL MIGRANTS

 The accused is charged with having, for the agreed amount of money, enabled migrants to illegally stay in the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina by receiving and transporting them. The aforementioned migrants were previously illegally transferred across the border line from the Republic of Serbia to Bosnia and Herzegovina by a person known to them, all with the aim of their further transfer to EU countries.

After the takeover and during the illegal transit of migrants through the territory of BiH, the accused was discovered and stopped by the police officers of the Zenica-Doboj Canton MoI, in a place called Oglavak located in the municipality of Zenica, and 17 illegal migrants, citizens of Pakistan and Bangladesh were found.

 

The accused is charged with having acted contrary to Article 6 of the Protocol against Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, Article 7 of the Law on Border Control and Article 8 of the Law on Foreigners, and with having knowingly, aware that smuggled migrants do not have their own valid travel documents and do not meet the conditions for legal stay in the territory of BiH, with the intention of obtaining property gain through transportation, enabled the stay of smuggled persons in BiH, thereby committing the criminal offense of Trafficking in Persons under Article 189, paragraph 2, of the Criminal Code of BiH.

 

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