Every sixth representative elected to the Brčko District Assembly in the last elections has been convicted of a criminal offense. Most of them will now have the opportunity to question the work of the prosecutor’s office that indicted them, from their seats in the assembly.
The Association of Performers and Musicians (Asocijacija izvođača i svirača – AIS) has failed to pay millions of marks to performers in Bosnia and Herzegovina collected for the broadcasting of their music, while some individuals within the organisation have allegedly misappropriating these funds.
Managers of the State Police Support Agency used official vehicles for private trips to their hometowns in Bužim and Tomislavgrad, even though they were not entitled to do so. Some of these trips were justified with travel orders containing inaccurate information. The positions of director and deputy director were also used for official travel across Europe, Asia, and North and South America.
Although he had previously given the impression of a transparent politician, the mayor of Trnovo failed to declare a 212,000 BAM apartment on Bjelašnica Mountain and his wife’s 100,000 BAM investment in a fund.
Kemal Čaušević, former director of the ITA BiH, convicted of receiving bribes, failed to return the illegally acquired 1.72 million BAM to the state within the stipulated deadline. As a result, forced collection proceedings have been initiated, which may involve the sale of his properties. However, the process could be complicated by lawsuits from his family members, who claim a portion of his frozen assets.
Social service centers in Bosnia and Herzegovina are failing to adequately protect children following contentious divorces of parents. They disregard procedures and fail to exercise the authority vested in them to make decisions in the best interest of the children.
The business partner of former Municipality of Stari Grad mayor Ibrahim Hadžibajrić secretly furnished two luxury apartments in a new building near the Markale market, the final design of which was approved by the mayor’s closest associate, Alma Destanović. Hadžibajrić and Destanović are facing trial for illegally issuing a construction permit for the construction of this building.
Over the past two decades, Bosnian politicians have signed 1,187 pardons, thereby reducing, erasing, or forgiving sentences imposed by the courts.
The steel manufacturer ArcelorMittal Zenica has breached nearly all the environmental permit conditions set by FBIH authorities at the end of 2022. Content with the thousands of jobs and lucrative business deals the company brings to local enterprises, authorities have turned a blind eye, neglecting the serious health risks to Zenica’s residents.
From 2018 to 2024, eighteen judges have been penalized due to negligence in their work, which led to the statute of limitations on the enforcement of judgments and the conduct of criminal proceedings in a total of 27 cases. They received warnings and fines of around BAM 20,000.
In courts in Bosnia and Herzegovina, between 230 and 340 criminal cases become time-barred each year due to the expiration of the legally set deadline for the completion of court proceedings and enforcement of the verdict. In these instances, it is unclear whether the accused are truly guilty or whether the convicted have served their sentence.
Over the course of six years, courts in Bosnia and Herzegovina have paid out BAM 58.8 million for compensations to court-appointed attorneys. Nearly BAM 10 million were paid to ten attorneys, although more than 1,440 were engaged in ex officio defenses.
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