INDICTMENT ISSUED AGAINST SEVEN PERSONS IN THE CASE CODE NAMED

The accused are charged with organized crime in conjunction with international trafficking of narcotic drugs and other criminal offences. Unlawfully obtained property gain is estimated at more than BAM 1 Million. 

A Prosecutor of the Special Department for Organized Crime, Economic Crime and Corruption issued an indictment against the accused citizens of BiH, a citizen of Montenegro and a member of the Border Police of BiH, who are charged with corrupt activities and aiding organized crime structures. The accused are as follows:

1.  Dragan Gajić, born in 1987 in Nikšić, citizen of Montenegro, with previous convictions,
2. Blaženko Rašević, born in 1978 in Sarajevo, citizen of BiH and Serbia ,
3. Žarko Joknić, born in 1977 in Foča, citizen of BiH,
4. Vlatko Blažević, born in 1975 in Travnik, citizen of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republic of Croatia,
5. Nikola Jovančić, born in 1990 in Slovenia, citizen of Bosnia and Herzegovina ,
6. Šaban Kudo, born on  3 November 1969 in Foča, citizen of Bosnia and Herzegovina, police officer of the BiH Border Police
7. Selvedin Selimović, born in 1976 in Zenica, citizen of Bosnia and Herzegovina ,

The accused are charged with having, in the period from 2019 to 2022, acted as an organized criminal group led by the first accused Gajić which was communicating and arranging illegal activities via encrypted phones with SKY ECC applications, and with having participated in the international smuggling of large quantities of the narcotic drug "marijuana- skunk", which was repeatedly smuggled in large quantities from the territory of Montenegro to Bosnia and Herzegovina. The BiH Prosecutor’s Office and partner law enforcement agencies managed to discover and identify the codes and usernames used by the accused persons on protected applications.

Narcotic drugs were most often smuggled to BiH in the area of the municipality of Gacko, and the accused member of the Border Police of BiH is charged with corrupt activity of aiding members of an organized criminal group for financial gain, by observing, scouting and reporting on the movements of members of the Border Police. Bosnia and Herzegovina, so that the accused could smuggle narcotic drugs without hindrance outside the border crossings.

After being imported into Bosnia and Herzegovina, the narcotic drug was stored and further transported for smuggling into the territory of Croatia and further towards the EU countries.

According to the collected evidence, the accused persons smuggled at least 3,700 kg of the narcotic drug "marijuana-skunk", of which 1,200 kg were found and seized in separate operations, and in this way they acquired an unlawful property gain of at least EUR 554 850  i.e. BAM 1,081.957.

The accused are charged with criminal offenses of Organized Crime, Illicit Trafficking in Narcotic Drugs, Accepting and Giving Gifts or Other Forms of Benefit, as well as criminal offenses of Arson and Illegal Possession of Weapons or Explosive Substances.

The Prosecutor’s Office will prove the charges by calling 61 witness and expert and submitting more than 350 material pieces of evidence, including evidence obtained through mutual legal assistance.

The indictment was forwarded to the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina for confirmation.