INDICTMENT ISSUED FOR ILLICIT TRADE IN EXCISE PRODUCTS

The Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina issued an indictment against Halil Halilagić*, AKA "Halčo", born in 1966 in Goražde, a citizen of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The accused is charged with procuring large quantities of cut tobacco for resale from persons known to him, which he kept in a facility within the house in the municipality of Ilidža in Sarajevo, where, using appropriate equipment, he illegally produced cigarettes for resale, which he then sold to citizens. During the search of the house and buildings carried out by SIPA members, dozens of kilograms of cut tobacco were found and seized, as well as equipment for the production of cigarettes. He is charged with having illegally produced and sold products that are not marked with control and tax stamps in the manner prescribed by the tax legislation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, thereby committing the criminal offense - Illicit Trade in Excise Products under Article 210a paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code of Bosnia and Herzegovina.


INDICTMENT ISSUED FOR CRIMINAL OFFENCE SMUGGLING OF PERSONS

The Prosecutor’s Office of BiH issued an indictment against Slavko Ćup*, born in 1995 in Banja Luka, a citizen of BiH and the Republic of Serbia.
He is charged with having picked up two migrants, citizens of the Republic of Turkiye, in the Sarajevo area on 26 January 2023, with the intention of obtaining unlawful material gain, and with having brought them near the state border in the municipality of Posušje, all with the aim of enabling them to illegally cross the state border and travel to EU countries. When the migrants got out of the vehicle, crossed the state border and entered the territory of the Republic of Croatia, they were stopped and returned by officials of the Border Police of the Republic of Croatia. The accused is charged with having committed the criminal offence of Smuggling of Persons under Article 189, paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code of BiH.

INDICTMENT ISSUED AGAINST THREE PERSONS FOR ILLICIT DRUG TRAFFICKING

The Prosecutor’s Office of BiH issued an indictment against Aleksandar Komnenić*, born in 1967 in Vrbas, a citizen of the Republic of Serbia and the Republic of Croatia, Zlatko Medić*, born in 1967 in Bačka Topola, a citizen of Serbia, and Saša Rađević*, born in 1975 in Gradiška, a citizen of BiH. All three are remanded in custody. They are charged with operating as an organized criminal group for the smuggling of the narcotic drug "Cocaine" and using their connections with persons from the Republic of Serbia, the Republic of Croatia, the Kingdom of Belgium and other countries, to smuggle the narcotic drug "Cocaine" in the territory of BiH. The suspects were deprived of their liberty on 18 January 2026 when in the vicinity of Doboj, a total of 2 kilograms and 295 grams of the narcotic drug "Cocaine" was seized: The value of the seized narcotic drug on the illegal drug market is estimated at dozens of thousands of euros. It was seized by police officers of the State Investigation and Protection Agency - SIPA BiH. The individuals are charged with committing the criminal offense of Illicit Trafficking in Narcotic Drugs under Article 195 of the Criminal Code of BiH.


INDICTMENT ISSUED AGAINST 6 PERSONS FOR ORGANIZED SMUGGLING OF LARGE NUMBER OF ILLEGAL MIGRANTS

The Prosecutor’s Office of BiH issued an indictment against:

1. Đenan Mamela* aka "Đenta", born in 1986 in Sarajevo, with previous convictions, citizen of BiH,
2. Berina Muratović*, born in 2002 in Sarajevo, citizen of BiH,
3. Emina Begović*, born in 1999 in Sarajevo, with previous convictions, citizen of BiH,
4. Ajdin Tabaković*, born in 1997 in Sarajevo, with previous convictions, citizen of BiH,
5. Nihad Dedić*, aka "Gadafi" and "Žuti", born in 1985 in Sarajevo, with previous convictions, citizen of BiH, and
6. Rešad Kovač*, aka "Šore", born 1965 in Sarajevo, citizen of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The accused are charged with having become members of an organized criminal group for smuggling of persons, which operated in the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republic of Croatia, and to have in the first half of 2025 repeatedly participated in the organized smuggling of a large number of migrants, citizens of Syria and Turkiye, who were smuggled from the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the territory of the Republic of Croatia and further to the EU countries for agreed amounts of money. The accused Mamela, Begović and Kovač are also charged with participating in the procurement and sale of firearms, weapon parts and ammunition, the possession and sale of which is not permitted to citizens. The accused Kovač and Tabaković are also charged with unauthorized possession of weapons and ammunition, the acquisition of which is not permitted without obtaining a permit. In addition, the accused Tabaković is charged with unauthorized possession of a substance that has been declared a narcotic drug, and the accused Dedić is charged with sale and possession of narcotic drugs.