The parties discussed the work of the Prosecutor’s Office of BiH and the Trafficking and Smuggling in Persons Section, as well as the cooperation of this section with international partners and institutions in the fight against this type of crime and the criminal prosecution of persons accused of these crimes.

The meeting was also attended by the Head of the aforementioned section in the Prosecutor’s Office of BiH, Prosecutor Ahmed Mešić, as well as representatives of the OSCE Mission to BiH who are undertaking activities in this area.

The Chief Prosecutor emphasized that the Prosecutor’s Office of BiH participates in a number of international activities in the fight against human trafficking and illegal migration, as well as in joint investigative teams formed by EUROJUST involving several countries aimed at detecting and prosecuting the perpetrators of these crimes.

The visitors from the OSCE were informed about the work of the Task Force Combating Human Trafficking and Organized Illegal Immigration, chaired by the Chief Prosecutor, which gathers all institutions and agencies working in this area, because Bosnia and Herzegovina, due to its geographical position, is exposed to illegal migration flows and criminal offenses related to these phenomena.

The parties concluded that institutional cooperation between the Prosecutor’s Office of BiH and the OSCE Mission to BiH in this area will continue in the future through joint projects and activities.