DELEGATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM VISITED THE PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE OF BIH AND THE COURT OF BIH. SUPPORT TO THE PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE IN ESTABLISHING THE RULE OF LAW EXPRESSED

31.03.2014. 15:16 The delegation of the officials from the United Kingdom, led by Mr. William Hague, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, has visited the judicial institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina and met with the Chief Prosecutor Goran Salihović and Prosecutors from the Special Department for War Crimes.

THE ACCUSED IVICA PEJIĆ ENTERED INTO A PLEA AGREEMENT ADMITTING GUILT. A SENTENCE OF IMPRISONMENT FOR A TERM OF ONE (1) YEAR AND TEN (10) MONTHS PROPOSED

28.03.2014. 15:33 The accused Ivica Pejić has entered into a Plea Agreement admitting guilt for the committed criminal offense of Illicit Trafficking in Narcotic Drugs, as referred to in Article 195, Paragraph 2, as read with Paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code of Bosnia and Herzegovina, in conjunction with Article 26 of the same Code.

IDENTIFICATION OF VICTIMS FOUND AT THE MASS GRAVE SITE IN TOMAŠICA, PRIJEDOR MUNICIPALITY, RESUMED IN SANSKI MOST

28.03.2014. 15:30 On 26 March 2014, the process of identification of victims found while digging at the Tomašica site in Prijedor Municipality resumed in the Identification Center in Šejkovača, in Sanski Most. 

INDICTMENT ISSUED AGAINST DUŠKO JORGIĆ FOR TAX EVASION

28.03.2014. 15:28 The Prosecutor’s Office of BiH has issued an Indictment against Duško Jorgić, charged with the criminal offense of Tax Evasion or Fraud, as referred to in Article 210 of the Criminal Code of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

CUSTODY PROPOSED AGAINST THE TWO SUSPECTS DEPRIVED OF LIBERTY IN THE ‘JOKER’ POLICE ACTION

28.03.2014. 15:26 A Prosecutor of the Special Department for Organized Crime, Economic Crime and Corruption of the Prosecutor’s Office of BiH has put forward a Motion for Custody with the Court of BiH against the following suspects:

THE ACCUSED KOSTA SIMIĆ ENTERED INTO A PLEA AGREEMENT ADMITTING GUILT

27.03.2014. 15:31 The accused Kosta Simić has entered into a Plea Agreement admitting guilt for the committed criminal offense of Illicit Trafficking in Narcotic Drugs, as referred to in Article 195, Paragraph 2, as read with Paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code of Bosnia and Herzegovina, in conjunction with Article 26 of the same Code.

INDICTMENT ISSUED AGAINST ESAD ČANDIĆ (1960)

27.03.2014. 15:27 A Prosecutor of the Department III of the Prosecutor’s Office of BiH has issued an Indictment against Esad Čandić, born on 16 December 1960 in the place of Šatorovići in Brčko, where he also resides, a citizen of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republic of Croatia, charged with the commission of the criminal offense of Giving Gifts and Other Forms of Benefits, as referred to in Article 218, Paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

PROHIBITING MEASURES PROPOSED FOR SUSPECTS DEPRIVED OF LIBERTY IN THE ACTION WITH THE CODE NAME OF ‘CASANOVA’

26.03.2014. 15:12 A Prosecutor of the Special Department for Organized Crime, Economic Crime and Corruption of Prosecutor’s Office of BiH has submitted to the Court of BiH a Motion for Imposing Prohibiting Measures on the persons suspected of the criminal offenses of Organized Crime, as referred to in Article 250 of the Criminal Code of Bosnia and Herzegovina, in conjunction with the criminal offense of Illicit Trafficking in Narcotic Drugs, as referred to in Article 195 of the Criminal Code of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

AN EXHUMATION OF BODIES OF VICTIMS FROM THE PAST WAR COMMENCED IN BOSANSKA KRUPA MUNICIPALITY

26.03.2014. 15:05 In the Municipality of Bosanska Krupa, an exhumation commenced today under the supervision of a Legal Officer of the Prosecutor’s Office of BiH.

A JOINT ACTION WITH THE CODE NAME OF ‘JOKER’ INITIATED UPON THE ORDER OF THE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE OF BIH. SEARCHES AND DEPRIVATIONS OF LIBERTY ARE ONGOING AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS

26.03.2014. 15:02 Pursuant to the Order of a Prosecutor of the Prosecutor’s Office of BiH, several dozen officers of police, SIPA and the Indirect Taxation Authority of Bosnia and Herzegovina are conducting activities pertaining to searches and deprivations of liberty of several persons suspected of organized crime and customs and tax evasions in the amount of several hundred thousand BAM, which is the amount of the damage to the budget of Bosnia and Herzegovina.