PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE OF BIH WELCOMES THE ACTIVITIES IN PROSECUTON OF WAR CRIMES IN CROATIA WHICH ARE THE RESULT OF COOPERATION UNDER THE PROTOCOL ON COOPERATION BETWEEN THE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE OF BIH AND THE CROATIAN STATE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE

11.12.2013. 13:48 Having agreed concrete cooperation in the framework of the Protocol on Cooperation in Prosecution of Perpetrators of War Crimes, Crimes against Humanity and Genocide, the Croatian judiciary and the police have detained Ivan Hrkać aka "Čikota", suspected of committing war crimes against Bosniaks in the area of Široki Brijeg in 1993, in the territory of Split.

PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE OF BIH LAUNCHED AN INVESTIGATION FOR FAILURE TO IMPLEMENT THE "SEJDIĆ-FINCI" DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS

11.12.2013. 13:44 Failure to implement the decision in question led to the suspension of IPA funds in the amount of 45 million Euros, thereby causing major damages to all citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina and resulting with resentment of the citizens of our country and the international community.

EXCAVATIONS WITHIN THE EXHUMATION PROCESS CARRIED OUT AT THE LOCATIONS OF TOMAŠICA AND BUĆA POTOK. ONE MICRO-LOCATION SITUATED NEAR THE MAIN MASS GRAVE SITE IS BEING PROBED AT TOMAŠICA

11.12.2013. 13:36 Despite unfavorable weather conditions the efforts on the exhumation sites Tomašica located in the area of Prijedor and Buća Potok located in the Sarajevo municipality of Novi Grad continued without delays.

BY ORDER OF THE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE AND THE COURT OF BIH SEARCHES ARE BEING CARRIED OUT IN UNA-SANA CANTON

11.12.2013. 13:31 Acting on the orders of the Prosecutor of Department III of the Prosecutor's Office of BiH and the Court of BiH the authorized officers of SIPA are, in cooperation with members of the Indirect Taxation Authority and with the assistance of the USC Ministry of Interior, carrying out searches of premises in the area of Bihać and Bosanski Petrovac.

INDICTMENT ISSUED AGAINST SULEJMAN AVDIĆ (1963)

11.12.2013. 13:26 The Prosecutor's Office of BiH issued an indictment against Suleiman Avdić aka "Suljo", charging him with the criminal offense of Tax Evasion or Fraud under Article 210 of the Criminal Code of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

ONE MORE PERSON SUSPECTED OF ORGANIZED CRIME AND TAX EVASION DEPRIVED OF LIBERTY. REMAND IN CUSTODY REQUESTED FOR THE SUSPECT

11.12.2013. 13:21 Within the Kekerović et al. Case the authorized officials of the State Investigation and Protection Agency - SIPA arrested yet another suspect. Following the questioning the Assigned Prosecutor of the Prosecutor's Office of BiH filed a motion to the Court of BiH for remand in custody.

INDICTMENT ISSUED FOR TAX EVASION

11.12.2013. 13:10 Prosecutor of the Special Department for Organized Crime, Economic Crime and Corruption within the Prosecutor's Office of BiH issued an indictment against the following person:
·        B. K. (1962), born in Banja Luka, residing in Laktaši municipality, citizen of BiH and the Republic of Serbia.

THE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE OF BIH FILED AN APPEAL IN THE BUDIMIR ET AL. CASE. THE APPEAL ASKS THE COURT OF BIH TO CONFIRM ITS JURISDICTION AND TO HANDLE THE PROCEEDINGS AT THE STATE LEVEL JUDICIAL INSTITUTIONS

10.12.2013. 14:54 The Prosecutor of the Special Department for Organized Crime, Economic Crime and Corruption filed an appeal against the decision of the Court of BIH by which the Court of BiH declined jurisdiction in the Case v. Živko Budimir et al.. The appeal, inter alia, states that the committed criminal offenses listed in the indictment against Živko Budimir et al. have caused great harm to the judicial system and the international reputation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

EXHUMATION OF VICTIMS KILLED DURING THE PAST WAR IS BEING CARRIED OUT IN ROGATICA MUNICIPALITY

10.12.2013. 14:47 An exhumation was carried out in Rogatica municipality under the supervision of the Prosecutor's Office of BiH.

INDICTMENT ISSUED AGAINST GANI KOVAČI (1960) FOR SMUGGLING OF PERSONS

10.12.2013. 14:38 The Prosecutor of the Special Department for Organized Crime, Economic Crime and Corruption of the Prosecutor's Office issued an indictment against Gani Kovači - born on April 10, 1960 in Podujevo in Kosovo, residing in Mostar, BiH citizen, currently in prison in Zenica serving a sentence of imprisonment of eight (8) years rendered by the first-instance verdict of the Court of BiH on April 8, 2010 for the criminal offense of Organized Crime under Article 250 of the CC BiH in conjunction with the criminal offense of Smuggling of Persons under Article 189 of the CC BiH.