Overview of major activities for the week between 10 October and 11 November 2025.
CUSTODY MOTION FOR THREE PERSONS SUSPECTED OF ILLICIT DRUG TRAFFICKING
The Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina submitted a motion that the suspects Sanel Begić* (1997), Adi Abdihodžić* (1983) and Denij Alibabić* (1993), born in Bihać, citizens of BiH, be ordered into custody. The custody was proposed for the reasons described in Article 132 (1) (b) and (c) of the Criminal Procedure Code of BiH. The aforementioned suspects are under investigation for the criminal offence of Organised crime set out in Article 250 in conjunction with the criminal offence of Illicit trafficking in narcotic drugs set out in Article 195 of the Criminal Code of BiH. They are accused that on November 7 of this year, acting as members of an organised crime group, they carried out the international transfer of the narcotic drugs “Cocaine” and “Cannabis sativa L” in the amount of about 3 kg. The narcotic drugs, which they had previously taken over in the territory of the EU countries with the intention to transfer them to Bosnia and Herzegovina, were found at the Izačić border crossing in one of the two cars in which the suspects were.
MOTION TO ORDER CUSTODY AND PROHIBITING MEASURES AGAINST SUSPECTS FOR INTERNATIONAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING
The Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina sent a motion that the suspect F.M.* (1978) be ordered into custody. The custody was proposed for the reasons described in Article 132 (1) (a) and (b) of the Criminal Procedure Code of BiH. For the suspects E.H.* (1971) and R.Š.* (1987), measures were proposed to prohibit contacting and communicating with the suspects, witnesses and legal entities referred to in Article 126a (1) (c). of the Criminal Procedure Code of BiH. The aforementioned persons are suspected of having, together with other persons known to them, participated in the recruitment of several persons, including citizens of the Republic of Türkiye, as well as citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina, including minors, through fraud, abuse of their position of helplessness, threat and use of force and other forms of coercion, all for the purpose of their labour exploitation in the performance of construction works in the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Unlawfully obtained money was injected into legal cash flows with the aim of concealing the origin of the money. They are accused of having committed the criminal offence of International human trafficking set out in Article 186 (1) of the Criminal Code of BiH, Trafficking in human beings set out in Article 210a (2) of the Criminal Code of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Trafficking in human beings set out in Article 145 (1) of the Republika Srpska Criminal Code, as well as the criminal offence of Money laundering set out in Article 209 (2) of the Criminal Code of BiH.