Retail Endowment
Čapljina-based HDZ and former municipal officeholders incorporated a private firm then they gave it land, public buildings and government funds. The municipality had to pay the owner of the expropriated land and is now considering litigation against the firm.
Criminal Complaint Against Kelmendi
Montenegrin Police Authority submitted a criminal complaint against Naser Kelmendi and Gzima Hajdinaga with the primary prosecutor in Ulcinj on Dec. 26 last year. Hajdinaga is accused of abuse of office and Kelmendi for constructing without a license.
Special Prosecutor Abandons Investigation into Milorad Dodik
Special Prosecutors’ Office of Republika Srpska (RS) does not have enough evidence to charge Milorad Dodik, the president and the former RS prime minister and it dropped its investigation against him and six other the entity officeholders who were suspected of abusing authority to damage the RS budget in millions of KM.
Free Defense for Officeholders and Entrepreneurs
Some officeholders and entrepreneurs charged with financial fraud and money laundering use services of court-appointed lawyers because their assets are frozen. But, if they are acquitted and their assets returned, they still don’t pay. Courts pay their lawyers with taxpayers’ money.
Businessmen Make Profit by Trading Concessions
Concessioners in the RS are selling concessions to build small hydroelectric power plants, and the government does little to stop them. Although businessmen claim that they sell for small amounts, the experts say that the profits from the deals top several times the amount of money invested.
Prosecutors Drag out Bankruptcy Fraud Investigations
Prosecutors take as long as five years to investigate workers’ complaints about management complicity in bankrupting companies and about crimes during the bankruptcy procedures. While they delay company assets are transferred to new owners, and workers are stripped of jobs, salaries and pensions.
Energoinvest Sold Debts in Secret for a Fraction of Value
Documents show that Energoinvest lost out on millions of KM because of the suspect way it went about trying to recover long-standing debts.
God on Heaven, Business on Earth
The RS government gave loans to businesses of the Zahumlje and Herzegovina Diocese. However, most of the businesses in which the church has ownership interests are producing losses, and some are behind in their workers contributions.
Penalties to Parties Don’t Match Ill-gotten Gains
This October, Central Election Commission of Bosnia and Herzegovina (CIKBiH) levied 82,700 KM combined in fines to 33 political parties for violations of the Law on Financing Political Parties during 2009.