INDICTMENT FILED AGAINST 10 PERSONS IN HIGH-LEVEL ORGANISED CRIME CASE

The Prosecutor’s Office of BiH has filed an indictment against the following defendants:

1.       Jerko Vican *, born in 1974 in Posušje, citizen of BiH and the Republic of Croatia, with criminal record;

2.       Radoslav Milićević*, born in 1964 in Posušje, citizen of BiH and the Republic of Croatia;

3.       Stojan Stanojević*, born in 1964 in Bosanski Šamac, citizen of BiH, with criminal record;

4.       Danijel Savkić*, born in 1984 in Brčko, citizen of BiH, with criminal record;

5.       Milorad Gotovčević*, born in 1991 in Bijeljina, citizen of BiH;

6.       Gojko Marić*, born in 1956 in Grude, citizen of BiH and the Republic of Croatia

7.       Ljiljana Marijanović*, born in 1958 in Beočin, Serbia, at the time of the commission of the criminal offense, an employee of the Indirect Taxation Authority /ITA/ of BiH, Regional Centre Mostar, citizen of BiH and Croatia;

8.       Miro Martić*, born in 1973 in Široki Brijeg, citizen of BiH and the Republic of Croatia, with criminal record;

9.       Mladen Simeunović*, born in 1970 in Brčko, citizen of BiH, with criminal record;

10.   Tanasije Simeunović*, born in 1973 in Brčko, with criminal record.

The defendants are accused of becoming members of an organised group, involved in the illicit trade of more than 300 tons of tobacco and tobacco products, and the placement of these products on the illegal market of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which resulted in a total illicit property gain in the amount of more than BAM 1.3 million, and for which it is reasonably suspected that money laundering was also involved by concealing its real origin.

Moreover, Jerko Vican, as the organiser of the group, is accused of having in five separate cases given bribes in amounts of at least BAM 1,000.00 each to the defendant Ljiljana Marijanović, who was the employee of the ITA of BiH at the time, with the mediation of the accused Mira Martić, all with a view of having the defendant do actions that she was not allowed to do within the scope of her role.

The following criminal offences are included in the indictment:

Organised crime set out in Article 250 of the Criminal Code of BiH, in conjunction with the criminal offences of Illicit trade from Article 212 of the CC of BiH, Illicit trade in excise goods set out in Article 210a of the Criminal Code of BiH, Giving gifts and other forms of benefit set out in Article 218 of the Criminal Code of BiH, Receiving gifts and other forms of benefit set out in Article 217 of the Criminal Code of BiH and Money laundering set out in Article 209 of the Criminal Code of BiH.