BIH PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE CARRIES OUT ACTIVITIES IN JOINT OPERATION WITH PARTNER INSTITUTIONS OF AUSTRIA AND GERMANY

This is an extensive international investigation into financial crime, and the facilities and premises of a former high-ranking official from the banking sector are being searched in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina, together with the State Investigation and Protection Agency - SIPA, is conducting coordinated activities and searches at two locations in Sarajevo.

The searches are being carried out as part of the international legal assistance and cooperation activities, together with the institutions from Austria and Germany. At the same time, an operation has been launched in these two states as well.

The investigation concerns the suspicions pertaining to the financial crime and money laundering, in relation to the allocation of certain financial remittances and payments in the total amount of about half a million euros.

A former high-ranking official from the banking sector is suspected in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and activities are underway to locate him, deprive him of his liberty and interrogate him as part of the investigation.

An Investigator of the Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina is on the ground, where he coordinates the activities of police officers who conduct searches, and the Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina is in contact and coordination with colleagues from Germany and Austria.

In the interest of the investigation, we are unable to provide more information or details at this time.