Land Clearing at the Gates to the Bjelašnica Olympic Center
Trnovo municipality arranged for the illegal cutting of 3.5 hectares of forest where it planned to build sport courts, apartment complexes and a hotel. Most of the wood the municipality sold or gave away to private firms. Reporters could not track down what happened with the remainder.
Court Fees Diverted to Purchase Flats for Judges
For the past 20 years, three former judges of the Municipal Court in Lukavac have occupied apartments illegally paid with taxpayer contributions. No one has been punished because the statute of limitations expired in the case.
Abdić Under Investigation Because of Grant Misuse
Una-Sana Canton Prosecutor’s Office is investigating grant misuse worth millions which the mayor of Velika Kladuša municipality, Fikret Abdić, funneled to an NGO and a firm run by his advisers. CIN reported on the matter two years ago. Abdić is currently in jail.
You Got the Job, Now Give Back the Money
Today, at the Court of BiH, testimony of the BiH Prosecutor’s Office witnesses began in a case involving the former Security Minister Dragan Mektić, two Ministry employees, and a businessman charged with mismanagement of money from a project financed by the European Union.
Parliamentarians Immune to Catching the “Cost-savings” Virus
Members of the national Parliament and the FBiH House of Peoples blew an opportunity to trim their salary and thereby contribute these savings to the fight against COVID-19. Only the MPs from the FBiH House of Representatives adopted the initiative. No such motion in Republika Srpska was even proposed.
Lawmakers Denied Money They Used for Buying Votes
Lawmakers in the Brčko District’s Assembly lost access to budget funds they had earlier used to buy votes by financing local associations. This money has been redirected to fight COVID-19.
Politicians Conceal Yachts, Condos, Offices and Land
High ranked politicians continue to conceal their property by ignoring the law which mandates that they must declare to relevant institutions everything they own.
IDDEEA Director’s Assistant’s Cheated on Her Allowances
SIPA officials filed a report with the BiH Prosecutor’s Office against IDDEEA Director’s Assistant Azra Muftić for fraud in office.
Hospitals on Ventilators
Health care providers in BiH have at least 222 ventilators and another 160 are expected to arrive to help the medical system cope with the coronavirus pandemic.