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INDICTMENT ISSUED FOR ILLICIT TRADE IN EXCISE PRODUCTS
07.12.2020. 09:05
A Prosecutor of the Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina has issued an Indictment against the following person:
- Marinko Obrenović, born in 1964 in Tuzla, a citizen of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
This accused person is charged with procuring, from persons known to him, a larger quantity of cigarettes without legally prescribed excise stamps on them, which he intended to put into circulation on the illegal market of tobacco products, all for the purpose of acquiring unlawful material gain.
The accused was detected in the area of Bijeljina while he was attempting to commit the said criminal offence and he was prevented from doing so by the authorized officers the Group for the Prevention of Smuggling and Misdemeanours of the Indirect Taxation Authority (ITA) of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The aforementioned accused person is charged with selling products that are not marked with control and tax stamps, in the manner prescribed by the tax legislation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, whereby he committed the criminal offence of Illicit Trade in Excise Products, referred to in Article 210a, paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The Indictment has been forwarded to the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina for confirmation.
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