The Basic Court of Brčko District, Bosnia and Herzegovina, has found Goja Bogičević of Brčko guilty of inflicting minor bodily harm and damaging property.
Bogičević was convicted of assaulting a journalist and cameraman from the Centre for Investigative Reporting (CIN) in the Brčko District while they were filming footage for a story.
In its ruling of 18 August 2025, the Court imposed a single fine of 900 BAM and ordered her to compensate CIN for damages amounting to 456.30 BAM. During the proceedings, she admitted guilt.
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Bogičević has also been ordered to cover the court costs of 320 BAM.
The verdict is final and cannot be appealed.
At the end of February 2025, CIN journalist Renata Radić-Dragić and cameraman Dženat Dreković were working on a story about Brčko politician and businessman Zoran Kokanović, who owns residential and commercial properties as well as betting shops. As they were filming one of the properties in Brčko’s Ilićka neighbourhood, a group of people came out of the building, including Goja Bogičević and her family members.
Shouting as they went, they tried to stop the crew from filming their property. Although the journalists identified themselves and explained what they were filming and why, the Bogičević family refused to listen and physically attacked them.
Police arrived at the scene, and the attackers were taken to the Brčko District Police Station. Five months later, the Brčko District Prosecutor’s Office filed an indictment against Goja Bogičević, charging her with inflicting minor bodily injuries and damaging the equipment of CIN’s journalist and cameraman.
