A group of award-winning investigative reporters from 20 countries has come together to send a unique request to their elected representatives today – to fully disclose their sources of income and their tax payments.
If only lower echelons of government are punished for corruption, then the rule of law represents repression and a political witch-hunt according to a coalition of civil society organizations from Southeast Europe.
SDA’s Secretary General is suspected of collusion and trading in influence.
Prosecutors allege that a former customs director amassed 1.72 million KM in illegal gains he legalized by investing into real properties in and around Sarajevo.
MPs accepted the resignations of Žiko Krunić and Miroslav Škorić, respectively a chairman and a member of Independent Police Oversight Board. The two handed in their resignations after the state-level Commission on Conflict of Interest established that both of them held senior managerial positions in public corporations whilst serving on the Board.
Three other co-defendants and former officials of Novi Grad municipality also pleaded not guilty. The prosecutors charged them with abuse of office because they had helped Radeljaš receive government land without a public call.
Radeljaš is charged with money laundering and giving bribes, while Hadžić is charged with abuse of office thus allowing for the illegal payment of a million KM worth of compensation to Radeljaš.
Milenko Čičić pleaded guilty to tax evasion and was sentenced by the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) to a year in prison and was fined 100,000 KM.
Žiko Krunić resigned after it was established that he violated the BiH Law on Conflict of Interest.
Work supervisor for Bosnalijek’s apartment complex Izet Arslanagić was sentenced after pleading guilty.
A story which a reporter from the Center for Investigative Reporting in Sarajevo collaborated on has won an award in Moldova.
Žiko Krunić should not have served as both the president of the Independent Police Oversight Board and the director of Ugljevik Mine and Power Plant as announced by the Commission on Conflict of Interest.
The Center for Investigative Reporting (CIN) in Sarajevo is unique in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the first organization of its kind to be established in Balkans. CIN is dedicated to investigative reporting, aimed toward providing fair and unbiased information, based on evidences and solid proof, to BiH citizens who need to make educated decisions.
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