Public administration

Official Perks: Lavish Lunches, Shameless Bills

Almost one in ten marks spent on official meetings, lunches, and dinners reviewed by CIN journalists went on alcohol. Such spending is not illegal, but auditors...

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Official Perks: Lavish Lunches, Shameless Bills

Almost one in ten marks spent on official meetings, lunches, and dinners reviewed by CIN journalists went on alcohol. Such spending is not illegal, but auditors...

Denijal Tulumović, an MP in the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina, told reporters that he did not really need the severance payment but felt he had earned it after 39 years of work in healthcare (Photo: Dženat Dreković / CIN)

Millionaire from Živinice Takes Severance, Then Continues Working in State Parliament

Denijal Tulumović, a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina, received a severance payment of almost 35,000 BAM upon retirement. He is the...

The Closed Circle of State Limousine Dealers

Over the past thirteen years, the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina has sourced all of its official vehicles exclusively...

State Clemency For Crime

Over the past two decades, Bosnian politicians have signed 1,187 pardons, thereby reducing, erasing, or forgiving sentences imposed by the courts.

Bulletproof Vests Sitting In The Storage While Policemen Risk Their Lives Working Unprotected

22.11.2023.

Sarajevo policemen work without protection while expensive body armor collects dust in a warehouse. This is the outcome of a public procurement worth BAM 861 thousand,...

Notarized Crime

21.7.2023.

At least six notaries in BiH were convicted in the past seven years for misconduct in public office, falsification of documents, and endangering security. Based...

The Zenica Government Treat For The World’s Ore Traders

12.7.2023.

The Zenica-Doboj Canton favored the company Adriatic Metals, awarding them concessions in Vareš thus depriving the budget of nearly five million marks. In return,...

“Post-term severance” for businessmen in politics

17.3.2023.

“Post-term severance” granted to 68 Entity officials at the end of their term of office. Unless they in the meantime find new jobs or retire, they will receive at...

45 Judges And Prosecutors Disciplined In Two Years

27.2.2023.

CIN updated its database of “Disciplinary punishments against judges and prosecutors” adding the disciplinary proceedings decisions that HJPC imposed on judges,...

Teacher Molesters Among Students Again

26.12.2022.

At least thirteen educators have been convicted of sexually molesting school students, and more than half of them continued to work with children after the verd...

Lamb Alla Police

30.11.2022.

Police officer Elvedin Džigum from Bosanski Petrovac has been taken money from truck drivers for years to turn the blind eye to their traffic violations. The Police...

The Double Life Of Officer Čegar

24.10.2022.

The head of the FBiH Uniformed Police, Zoran Čegar, was accused of fraud in Croatia. Part of his property in Bosnia and Herzegovina was acquired illegally. CIN reveals...

Non-Business Travels of the Academy Director

6.10.2022.

Director of the Sarajevo Police Academy Damir Vejo engaged in unauthorized use of a business vehicle of the Academy and entered incorrect data in the travel log....

A Dry Hole Soaking Up Sarajevans’ Money

2.9.2022.

The former manager of the “Otoka Olympic Swimming Pool” wasted tens of thousands of BAM of the Sarajevo taxpayers’ money on the search for water that was not found....

Citizens Pay A High Cost for a Term of Inactivity

22.8.2022.

Almost BAM 16 million of public money has been paid for the salaries and allowances of 80 officials of the Parliamentary Assembly of BiH, the Council of Ministers,...

Citizens’ Data Misused To Establish The Party

24.3.2022.

Personal data of at least ten citizens were abused to register “Nezavisna građanska lista” (An Independent Citizen’s List) from Goražde. The party’s founders used...