Former Minister and Lager Company Director Acquitted of Criminal Charges
Former Minister of Spatial Planning, Construction, and Environmental Protection of the West Herzegovina Canton (ZHK), Ivan Topić, and the director of the company Lager from Posušje, Dubravka Bašić, were on trial for abuse of office and theft.
The Former Sarajevo Mayor Abdulah Skaka Arrested
Abdulah Skaka, former mayor of Sarajevo and ambassador of Bosnia and Herzegovina to Qatar, was arrested on charges of abuse of position during recruitment and other criminal offenses.
Workers Trapped In A Vicious Circle of Blue Envelopes
Businessman Abdulah Avdagić from Tuzla has been paying employees cash in envelopes for years. The employees claim it is the salary to which no taxes have been paid, the employer claims it is a gift, while the Prosecutor’s Office is investigating allegations of tax evasion.
Father and Five Sons Under Investigation
Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) requested jail for seven persons including a father and five sons accused of smuggling illegal immigrants through BiH to Croatia and onwards to West Europe. The suspects are Arif Čović (54) from Štulice near Cazin and his sons Almir (33), Hasib (31), Đulaga (28), Husmir (27), Ale (22) – all with previous criminal records and also for a Turkish national Secgin Recep Emir (24) from Ada Pazar, Turkey.
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Čović Acquitted of Abuse of Office Charges
Today, a Panel of Judges of the Cantonal Court in Sarajevo acquitted Dragan Čović, the president of the Croatian Democratic Union of abuse of office charges in the case of the Lijanovićs.
Prosperity for Tax Evaders
Even though it had been proved at the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina that three major wholesale firms evaded paying taxes of at least 1.1 million KM between 2003 and 2005, they have not been prosecuted. The firms which handled the money got into trouble, while wholesalers keep growing, sometimes with the help of state loans and public bids they win.
New Indictment against Dragan Čović
The Cantonal Court in Sarajevo has an eight-day deadline to confirm it or toss it out.
SFO Drops Hamović Case
Independent assessment said the case would not likely win in a court of law.
Witnesses not enough to indict SIPA inspector
Although survivors and witnesses, including a professional driver, agree a SIPA car was to blame for a deadly crash about 11 months ago, prosecutors have brought no indictment.