Ćopić Arrest Hurts Local Farmers
Police say factory was owned by alleged money launderer but farmers are caught in the middle.
Indictment Against Ćopić Reveals Money Laundering Network
The RS Special Prosecutor’s Office charged Bosnian-born Serbian businessman Zoran Ćopić with laundering money for reputed drug lord Darko Šarić. Other important names show up
Big Landowners on Credit
Thanks to millions in loans from banks connected to the RS government, the family of entity President Milorad Dodik has acquired property worth 9.6 million KM. In the two years before the grace period to repay the loan recently ended, their orchard firm has been losing money.
Tobacco Factory Erased From the Regulatory Plan of Banja Luka
The new regulatory plan envisions offices and accommodation units where the Tobacco Factory is now in Banja Luka. Even though workers complained that the Factory’s buyer failed to honor privatization obligations, the RS only recently requested termination of the contract.
Prosecutors File Indictment against Zoran Ćopić
Special Prosecutor’s Office of Republika Srpska (RS) filed an indictment against Balkan businessman Zoran Ćopić today.
Special Prosecutors are Fragmenting Big Crime
Though it was set up expressly to process the most serious cases of financial crimes which call for sentences of at least five years, the Special Prosecutor’s Office of the RS has failed to prove charges of that scope. Courts have acquitted officials or sentenced them to jail terms of only three months to two years.
CIN Published Politicians Asset Cards
The Center for Investigative Reporting in Sarajevo (CIN) published on its web page www.cin.ba asset declarations of politicians in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH).
Asset Declarations of BiH Politicians
After the Central Election Commission in BiH withdrew the politicians’ asset declarations from its web site—at the request of the Personal Data Protection Agency in Bosnia and Herzgovina–CIN decided to publish them.
Political Parties on Trial
The leading Bosnian political parties pay off bills neither to business partners nor to the state and no court verdict guarantees payment of debt.