The path to indemnification of damages caused by a notarial error is an uncertain one. Proving is difficult, and even when clients succeed, notaries look for ways to avoid payment.
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 on the verdicts, which are not yet final, two notaries got out of the service.
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, illegal stone mining and road reconstruction left the locals with a devastated picnic area and stream.
Multiple scams involving fake biofuels have erupted in northern Europe in recent years. A new investigation shows several cases were linked by a Bosnian company that sold thousands of tons of fraudulent fuel across the European Union.
Aparthotel Vučko in Jahorina has been keeping a “parallel ledger” to hide the real income from apartment rentals and restaurant operations, thus avoiding paying tax and tourist tax for guests.
Falsified documents, deceived partners, and millions in debt – these all were the controversies that for decades followed the construction and operations of the Vučko Hotel complex in Jahorina managed by father and son Prović. The municipal authorities made it possible for them to misappropriate state land, while the Entity authorities gave them millions in loans, which are now being repaid by Bosnia and Herzegovina. At the same time, the Prović family hid millions in profit.
State deputy and former FBiH minister Šemsudin Dedić has been receiving his salary from the public budget throughout his career. Not investing much in real estate, he managed to save almost 340,000 BAM.
Businessman Abdulah Avdagić from Tuzla has been paying employees cash in envelopes for years. The employees claim it is the salary to which no taxes have been paid, the employer claims it is a gift, while the Prosecutor’s Office is investigating allegations of tax evasion.
The biggest river polluters in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina are beyond the reach of the inspection authorities because the ministry has been postponing deadlines for the installation of water treatment systems, thus preventing inspection authorities to impose sanctions on them, while the polluters keep polluting the rivers and land where farmers grow crops and feed livestock without sanction.
Nedeljko Čubrilović, president of DEMOS and Minister of Transport and Communications in the Government of Republika Srpska, has an apartment in Serbia with his wife Miloja, which he failed to declare in his asset declaration report. His son Đuro Čubrilović, a member of the Banja Luka City Assembly, also failed to declare two business premises he owns in this city.
“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 least BAM 1,6 million from the budget. Politicians who are successfully engaged in private business are also entitled to this perk.
CIN updated its database of “Disciplinary punishments against judges and prosecutors” adding the disciplinary proceedings decisions that HJPC imposed on judges, prosecutors, and expert associates.
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