Happy birthday
Bright future after two years of investigations for CIN
Prosecutors drag their feet when politicians accused
Financial police complain that when they find abuse of office and illegal expenditures by officials, their reports gather dust in prosecutors’ offices.
Running under a cloud
Political party leaders don’t see any problem with running candidates under suspicion of public corruption. The voters can decide if they don’t like a candidate and courts will eventually rule on the validity of charges.
Corruption allegations don’t stop careers or campaigns
Years after financial police issue a report about widespread corruption by 21 officials of Srednjobosanski Canton, nothing much has been done and nine of the suspects are running for public office again.
Cantonal government spends for a jail never used
A Federal Financial Police report shows the chain of events that led to the construction of what should have been a jail that sits empty near a school full of children.
21 names on an overlooked list
The 21 officials Financial Police of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina identified in a 2003 report on public corruption in SBK Canton and listed in order of position and severity of suspected offenses. Nine are candidates for office on Oct. 1.
Politicians don’t fear Financial Police allegations
Nearly all the suspects named in a 2003 FBiH Financial Police report on corruption that CIN contacted had trouble remembering any criminal complaint.
Canton corruption case lost in pile of cases
Busy prosecutor’s office says it has only 10 prosecutors to handle 6,000 live cases, and so a 2003 report by Federation Financial Police long goes unacted upon.
Tax officials investigating import of cattle and meat to BIH
Newspaper reports that tax officials will crack down on importers trying to pay less in import taxes by artificially lowering the value of the products they are bringing in