Former Head of the Uniformed Police Sector of the Federation Police Administration (FUP), Zoran Čegar, pleads before the Sarajevo Municipal Court on charges of document forgery.
Bosnia and Herzegovina must pay around 18,000 marks in compensation to Dragan Makivić, who spent 189 days in prison after the statute of limitations for enforcing his sentence expired.
In a judicial sale conducted by the District Commercial Court in Istočno Sarajevo, 43 apartments in the “Vučko” hotel complex on Jahorina were sold to cover debts owed by the company “B&B Vučko” to the Investment-Development Bank (IRB). Bijeljina attorney Miloš Stevanović purchased the apartments for over 4.5 million BAM, a price nearly half of their appraised value.
The Brčko District Prosecutor’s Office suspects Alija Denjagić of organizing a five-member group to bribe voters to secure a new mandate for himself.
A story by CIN reporter Azhar Kalamujić about the misuse of public assets in Sarajevo’s Stari Grad Municipality, money laundering, and the personal enrichment of former mayor Ibrahim Hadžibajrić and his family members has won third place in the EU Investigative Journalism Award in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The apartment in Krvavica near Makarska has been temporarily placed under the care of the FBiH Seized Property Management Agency.
The Sarajevo Canton Prosecutor’s Office has charged suspended police official Zoran Čegar with document forgery, alleging he used the forged document to register himself as the owner of property on the Nišići Plateau near Sarajevo.
The Mayor of the Municipality of Trnovo, Ibro Berilo, is suspected of illegal construction in the Bjelašnica area, favoring private construction companies, and receiving gifts. The Sarajevo Canton Prosecutor’s Office launched an investigation after CIN uncovered illegal logging and improper issuance of permits for apartment construction on the Olympic mountain.
The apartments in Jahorina are set to be auctioned to resolve a debt exceeding 12 million marks owed to the Republika Srpska Investment and Development Bank. The debt stems from a loan the B&B Vučko secured using falsified documents.
The warrant against the former judge from Sarajevo has been withdrawn, so her return from Croatia and appearance before the Sarajevo court is expected.
The president and a member of the Management Board of the company Operator – Terminali Federacije were arrested on suspicion of abusing their positions of employment.
Ajša Ramić from Visoko has been sentenced to 16 months in prison for falsely presenting herself as a lawyer, issuing counterfeit public documents, and defrauding her client of thousands of marks. 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 in return, they provided them with falsified documents.
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