After CIN Story Officeholders Revealed Hidden Property Holdings
In the wake of CIN’s story about undeclared assets of Sarajevo leaders and their families, the Sarajevo Mayor and the heads of Sarajevo Old Town and Trnovo municipalities have revealed those properties in their 2020 declarations.
Firefighters Requested Boots, Got Fire Swatters Instead
The bigger part of the money from a cross-border project on development of firefighting capacity in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) and Montenegro was spent on seminars and similar activities. There was not enough money left to buy much-needed protective boots for firefighters.
Conditional Permits for “Smiljevići” Landfill
Amendments to the FBiH water legislation have allowed “Smiljevići” landfill in Sarajevo to acquire water and environmental permits even though it has yet to meet all the required conditions.
Contingency Funds in the Fight Against Coronavirus
Some governmental authorities in BiH have already used up their contingency reserve funds in the fight against coronavirus. Last year they used money earmarked for emergency and unanticipated events to help out citizens’ associations, sport clubs, and for competitors on TV shows.
Business Elite Siphons Off Fees for Water
Over the past 16 years, the Sarajevo Cantonal authorities have done little to reign in the unauthorized use of thermal spring water by a hotel complex and spa resort in Ilidža at a cost of millions of KM in fees.
Your Very Own Prosecutor
During a raid, police found around 350,000 KM in the safe of Canton Sarajevo Prosecutor Džemal Karić, who admitted that some of the money was from Alija Delimustafić, as a thank you for helping dismiss the court cases against the businessman’s brothers.
Promised Land for Illegal Gravel Extractors
Illegal gravel operations have eroded the river beds in the Republika Srpska. Firms and individuals who are not licensed to dig gravel have not only appropriated this public good, but also threaten the security of local communities living near these rivers. Officials are aware of this issue, but are doing nothing to solve it.
Subsidies for Debt and Fraud
Tihomir Brajković owns three small hydropower plants in Bosnia and Herzegovina. He plans to build another six. He was convicted of tax evasion, yet having received a license to exploit natural resources he now collects renewable energy subsidies worth millions.
Judge Milena Rajić Removed from Office
High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council in Bosnia and Herzegovina (HJPC BiH) removed from office a judge of the Municipal Court in Sarajevo for negligence in the performance of duties.