Due to vague rules on expropriation, in Brčko District, private needs are being satisfied and land is being taken away to build access roads to the houses of politicians and voters, all under the guise of public interest.
Police agencies have adopted internal rules thanks to which only one company, KM Trade from Visoko, has been winning tenders for the purchase of uniforms for years. Specific conditions forestall domestic manufacturers and distributors whose uniforms are being worn by police officers from a dozen European countries from applying to tenders.
This year, the citizens of BiH are paying almost BAM 1.5 million for the “post-term severance” of the 81 city and municipal officials. Nearly every second of them resumed their term or job in their own company for which they are paid.
Every fourteenth parliamentarian in the highest legislative body of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina is a former convict, and more than half of them are re-offenders.
Drivers in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina pay a more expensive roadworthy vehicle inspection due to a rulebook illegally passed by the Minister of Transport and Communications. This has increased the profits of private businessmen, including those close to his party.
Authorities in Neum are giving up millions in parking revenues in favor of a local official of the leading party that controls this tourist town on the Adriatic, violating the laws and hiding from the public the actual area of public spaces he rents out to a private individual and the fees he charges.
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