INDICTMENT ISSUED FOR CRIMINAL OFFENCE OF COUNTERFEITING OF MONEY

The Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina issued an indictment against Ivan Pantić*, born in 2003 in Bijeljina, a citizen of Bosnia and Herzegovina. He is accused of having obtained a large amount of counterfeit Euro banknotes in a manner known to him, so he put the counterfeit money into circulation as genuine, ordering the purchase of mobile phones and paying part of the amount with counterfeit banknotes in the denominations of 200 and 100 euros upon delivery, and on two occasions he put the counterfeit money in the total amount of 2,800 euros into circulation as genuine, in the aforementioned manner, thereby committing the criminal offense of Counterfeiting of Money under Article 205 of the Criminal Code of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina confirmed the indictment.

CUSTODY PROPOSED FOR ORGANIZED CRIME SUSPECT IN CASE WITH EVIDENCE FROM SKY APPLICATIONS 

The Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina put forward a Motion with the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina to order custody measure for the suspect Miloš Obradov*, born in 1998 in Pale, a citizen of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The aforementioned suspect is under investigation in the case of Milutin Danilović* et al. and he is charged with acting as part of an organized criminal group, whose members used encrypted applications and participated in the international smuggling of marijuana, heroin and cocaine narcotic drugs, which were smuggled into Bosnia and Herzegovina from several countries in the region and from the EU. The aforementioned suspect is charged with participating in the smuggling of narcotics as a user of the encrypted application on several occasions. The custody measure was proposed for the reasons prescribed by Article 132, paragraph 1, items a), b) and v ) of the Criminal Procedure Code (CPC) of BiH, namely, due to the risk of flight, and the risk that by remaining at large he could hinder the investigation, conceal evidence and influence witnesses or accomplices, as well as that he could repeat the criminal offense and finish the commenced criminal offense. He is suspected to have committed the criminal offense of Organized Crime from Article 250 and the criminal offense of Illegal Trafficking in Narcotic Drugs under Article 195 of the Criminal Code (CC) of BiH. After the hearing, the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina ordered the custody of the suspect.   PERSON ACCUSED OF ATTACK AGAINST OFFICIAL PERSON ON TASKS OF SECURITY SIGNS PLEA AGREEMENT In the presence of his lawyer, the accused Vule Arsić*, born in 1977 in Rudo, a citizen of Bosnia and Herzegovina, signed a Plea Agreement pleading guilty to the crime of Attack against the Official Person on Tasks of Security, Detection and Apprehension of Perpetrators of Criminal Offenses under Article 241b of the Criminal Code of Bosnia and Herzegovina. A one-year prison sentence was proposed for the accused. The accused is charged with threatening and physically attacking an authorized official - a customs officer of the Indirect Taxation Authority (ITA) of Bosnia and Herzegovina on June 30 of this year. The proposed sentence is in accordance with the role and responsibility of the accused in the commission of the criminal offense. By signing a Plea Agreement, the accused waived his right to a trial, as well as his right to appeal the judgment pronounced by the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina on the basis of the Plea Agreement. After the hearing, the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina accepted the Plea Agreement on 30 September.


INDICTMENT ISSUED AGAINST CITIZEN OF REPUBLIC OF TÜRKIYE FOR SMUGGLING OF MIGRANTS

The Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina issued an indictment against Mumun Fandoglu*, born in 1991 in Kardzhali, Republic of Bulgaria, a citizen of Bulgaria and Türkiye, and against Gokhan Cankaya*, born in 1971 in Kayseri, Republic of Türkiye, a citizen of the Republic of Türkiye, both of whom are remanded in custody. They are accused that, on 13 July of this year, according to a prior agreement and with the intention of obtaining property gain, they took over seven citizens of the Republic of Türkiye in rented vehicles in the area of Sarajevo, knowing that the citizens of the Republic of Türkiye do not meet the conditions for legal crossing over the state border of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republic of Croatia, nor for legal entry into the countries of the European Union. They transported the foreign citizens to the immediate vicinity of the state border, namely to a place not designated for border crossing, with the intention of further illegally transferring them from the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the territory of the Republic of Croatia, but they were stopped and prevented from doing so by the BiH Border Police, Gorica Border Police Unit. The aforementioned accused persons are charged with having committed the criminal offense of Smuggling of Persons under Article 189, paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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