INDICTMENT ISSUED AGAINST JASMIN IBRAKOVIĆ FOR ILLEGAL TRAFFICKING IN NARCOTIC DRUGS. THE ACCUSED WILL ENTER INTO A PLEA AGREEMENT

Prosecutor of the Special Department for Organized Crime, Economic Crime and Corruption of the Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina has issued an Indictment against Jasmin Ibraković, born on 12 January 1980 in Zenica, where he also resides, a citizen of Bosnia and Herzegovina. 

The accused is charged with organizing a group of people, from November to December of 2013, for the purpose of illicit international purchase and sale, transfer, transport, keeping, interceding in further international sale, sending and delivery of the Speed narcotic drug from the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina, all in order to acquire illegal property gain.

In the aforementioned period of time, the accused was purchasing the Speed narcotic drug directly from a person from the Kingdom of the Netherlands known to him, or through a person from Zenica known to him, and then he was distributing it further to buyers from Bosnia and Herzegovina. 

During the search conducted by police authorities of the Republic of Croatia, 1866.65 grams of amphetamine/speed narcotic drug in solid form and 190 milligrams of amphetamine/speed narcotic drug in liquid form were found together with a certain quantity of a substance for mixing up with the narcotic drug. The accomplices to the accused Ibraković were arrested and prosecuted at the Municipal Court in Varaždin.

This person is accused of the continued criminal offense of Illicit Trafficking in Narcotic Drugs, as referred to in Article 195, Paragraph 2 of the Criminal Code of Bosnia and Herzegovina, as read with Article 54 of the same Code, and he will enter into a Plea Agreement admitting his guilt.

Pursuant to the Plea Agreement, the Prosecutor, Defense Counsel and the Accused agree that the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina imposes the criminal sanction of imprisonment for a term of one (1) year upon the Accused, as a principal punishment, and a fine in the amount of BAM 50,000 as an accessory punishment.

The accused also agrees that, as a security measure, his mobile telephones and the SIM cards used for the perpetration and planning of the criminal offense in question be confiscated from him, along with the digital scales for precise measurement and the Speed narcotic drug.   

By virtue of signing the Plea Agreement, the accused has confirmed to be familiar with the content of the Indictment of the Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina. At the same time, he has confirmed to have entered his plea of guilty voluntarily, consciously and with understanding, without any coercion or persuasion, and he has taken upon himself an obligation to bear the expenses of the criminal proceedings in the amount which will be determined by the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which depends on the complexity of the proceedings.  

By signing this Plea Agreement, the accused has waived his right to a trial and right to appeal to the criminal sanction imposed upon him by the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The Indictment and the Plea Agreement have been forwarded to the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina.