Illegal gravel operations have eroded the river beds in the Republika Srpska. Firms and individuals who are not licensed to dig gravel have not only appropriated this public good, but also threaten the security of local communities living near these rivers. Officials are aware of this issue, but are doing nothing to solve it.
Tihomir Brajković owns three small hydropower plants in Bosnia and Herzegovina. He plans to build another six. He was convicted of tax evasion, yet having received a license to exploit natural resources he now collects renewable energy subsidies worth millions.
In the Sarajevo region, Arab nationals have bought at least 15.3 million square meters of properties. Apart from land, they deeded 524 condos to their companies.
Five heads of Sarajevo Municipalities and the city’s Mayor failed to report all property to the Sarajevo Cantonal Government that they and their families own. A government watchdog may file a criminal complaint against them for that matter.
Due to loopholes in construction oversight and lenient sanctions, foreign investors in BiH are building at least five complexes without permits.
The chairman of the Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Council of Ministers, Zoran Tegeltija, sold Republika Srpska’s property without Cabinet approval to a company managed by his soon-to-be son-in-law Milan Keserović.
Doling out grants to non-governmental organizations has become a lucrative business for their founders and local politicians in Brčko District. Politicians buy votes in this way, while their friends from associations spend money without oversight.
Governments, prime ministers, ministers and presidents have doled out nearly 184 million KM from the budget reserve over the past five and a half years. With taxpayer money they sponsored party events and supported associations headed by party colleagues.
Legislator Omer Škaljo cast the decisive vote to constitute the governing majority in Zenica-Doboj Canton. He was rewarded with the directorship of the Zenica Health Care Insurance Fund after the vacancy procedure was altered in his favor.
Even though he did not meet the terms of the call for applications, former Cantonal minister Muharem Fišo is about to privatize an apartment on sale by the Association of Antifascist and World War II Veterans.
The Center for Investigative Reporting in Sarajevo (CIN) has made a documentary film about Bosnian citizens who left to fight under the ISIL flag.
Unlike its neighbors, Bosnia and Herzegovina allows convicts to buy out their sentences. So, some Serbian and Croatian convicts who hold Bosnian citizenship come here to avoid prison.
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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