Incentives

Alms For The Disabled, Bonanzas For Private Individuals

Employers in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina receive millions of dollars for employing individuals with disabilities in their companies. However, some of...

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How Biofuels Scams Have Undermined A Flagship EU Climate Policy

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...

Citizens finance harmful private businesses

Originally conceived as a lifeline for endangered natural resources, “clean electricity” plants have become a counter and a source of safe and easy income for private...

Subsidies for Debt and Fraud

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...

Grants in Brčko to Friends and Voters

Doling out grants to non-governmental organizations has become a lucrative business for their founders and local politicians in Brčko District. Politicians buy votes...

Money for Veterans Disappeared in an Arab-Owned Raspberry Orchard

12.9.2019.

Ilidža councilor Kemal Habibija took advantage of another person’s property to collect 50,000 KM from government coffers for a co-op he established with his family...

Weak Scrutiny Over Subsidies

18.6.2018.

Nearly 1 billion KM has been spent on subsidies in BiH over the past seven years. That sum was allocated and spent with little scrutiny and resulted in numerous...

Agricultural Grants for False Square Meters

22.5.2018.

Farmers in the Federation of BiH received grants based on appraisals done by expert witnesses who falsely date the time of construction and the number of barns and...

Faulty Appraisals of Expert Izić

19.5.2018.

With faulty appraisals, expert witness Nedžad Izić helped farmers get grants they were not entitled to and secured millions in loans for private companies. The grants...

Subsidies in Lijanović’s Pockets

19.1.2018.

Cantonal Court in Tuzla sentenced Jerko Ivanković Lijanović, the former FBiH Minister of Agriculture, for illegal distribution of grants to a prison sentence and...

Subsidies to Get Rid of Cattle Breeding

4.8.2017.

Authorities have failed to protect FBiH cattle breeders so that they either use fraudulent means to obtain subsidies or they just quit agriculture.

Subsidizing Minister Lijanović’s Business

24.10.2015.

During Jerko Ivanković Lijanović’ four-year term, the FBiH Ministry of Agriculture has allocated 2.8 million KM to persons and firms connected to the minister’s...

Budget Reserve for Medical Treatment and Education of Politicians

4.4.2014.

Almost 90,000 KM from the budget reserve went to office holders or their children for medical treatment and education.

Loans to Employers, Debts to Citizens

12.8.2013.

Sarajevo Canton has given employment loans to firms for years, but some spent the money without employing anyone. Employment Bureau officials say that these programs...

Non-Profits Collect Millions from Government Budgets

1.8.2012.

Majority of funding was allocated to sport, culture, religious, and humanitarian organizations.

Privileges for Kaldera: the Governments Guarantees Trade in Power Before the Power Stations Are Built

27.7.2012.

Hidroelektrane of Bistrica is behind schedule building small hydropower stations on the Bistrica and Janjina rivers in East Bosnia and its Laktaši-based majority...

Grants Without a Call for Bids

10.4.2012.

FBiH auditors have warned for years that during the Vahid Hećo's term at the Ministry of Energy, Mining and Industry, the criteria for grant disposal were not clear....