Sead Žilo from Zenica is accused of defrauding Emir Begović from Gračanica to whom he promised to sell surgical face masks during the coronavirus pandemic. Begović made a down payment but never received the masks, as CIN previously reported.
Teacher Velibor Vujić, who after being convicted of sexually harassing a minor student worked at the Vuk Karadžić High School Center in Lopare, was dismissed after CIN’s reports.
Ajša Ramić from Visoko and Naida Mehanović from Sarajevo were arrested in the police operation “Tin” on suspicion of being involved in human trafficking. CIN wrote about Ramić and her partner from the USA taking passports and money from BiH citizens to allegedly procure them U.S. Visas – while they had no cooperation with the U.S. Embassy, and in return, they provided them with falsified documents.
While acquitted of charges of money laundering, the first instance conviction against Kemal Čaušević, the former director of the Indirect Taxation Authority (ITA) for receiving a gift was upheld, for which he was sentenced to five and a half years in prison. The proceeds of BAM 1.7 million shall be confiscated from Čaušević.
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.
The RS Register of Pedophiles will also include persons who are convicted in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina or other states but reside in this Entity. This change was prompted by CIN’s investigation about teachers who are convicted molesters but continued to work in education.
Due to the criminal proceedings being conducted in BiH and Croatia against police chief Zoran Čegar for threats to reporters, the disciplinary proceedings initiated against him by the FUP for the same matter has been suspended.
Following the CIN’s reporting, the teacher from Bijeljina, who was convicted of sexually harassing a minor, was subject to disciplinary action. The Republika Srpska is seeking to amend the Pedophile Register Act.
After CIN’s report, attacks on journalists, and great pressure from the public, one of the heads of the FBiH Police Administration (FUP) was suspended.
The Prosecutor’s Office of the Canton of Sarajevo is checking the allegations about falsified documents the company Prointer ITSS submitted in the 2020 tenders of the FBiH Ministry of Labor and Social Policy, on which CIN reported previously.
For two days, SIPA has been seizing documentation from the Indirect Taxation Authority of BiH in search of evidence in a criminal proceeding against inspectors who had been racketeering shopkeepers.
BiH Presidency Member Milorad Dodik gave a formal statement in the BiH Prosecutor’s Office about the purchase of an expensive villa in Belgrade.
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