„Politician Assets“ is the most comprehensive database of incomes, movable and immovable property, and careers of more than 220 officials and politicians in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Deputies of the RS National Assembly (NSRS) adopted amendments to the Criminal Code thus making defamation a crime punishable by a fine, and possibly imprisonment. The media community has been warning for months that this law will limit freedom of expression.
Better control and distribution of budget money requires the alignment of the legal framework governing state aid with the relevant legislation of the European Union, it was concluded in the round table discussion organized by CIN with partner organizations GEA from Banja Luka and Futura from Mostar.
Sarajevo Municipal Court accommodated the request of FBiH delegate Jasenko Tufekčić to buy out his eight-month prison sentence for BAM 24,000. Proceedings against him were initiated after CIN discovered that he was abusing transportation allowance and per diems.
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.
As a result of an irresponsible attitude of authorities, children suffering from cystic fibrosis in FBiH do not have a medicine that can improve their quality of life and prolong it.
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.
The conference titled “Freedom of Speech, Expression, and Media under siege” took place in Sarajevo, and brought together reps of the international community, authorities, and civil society, as well as journalists and lawyers to discuss the right to free expression and the protection of journalists.
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 first-instance verdict annulled the documents based on which police officer Zoran Čegar in 2018 registered as the owner of the estate in Barice near Sarajevo.
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