CIN Organized a Roundtable about Budget Reserve Spending
Participants in the roundtable were introduced to a database about budget reserve spending in the past five and a half years. Results have shown that money was not paid out in transparent manner, while the rules for allocation and oversight mechanisms are inefficient. Representatives from the government, political parties, civil society organizations and auditors discussed how this area can be improved.
Government Officials Spend Millions of KM Without Oversight
Governments, prime ministers, ministers and presidents have doled out nearly 184 million KM from the budget reserve over the past five and a half years. With taxpayer money they sponsored party events and supported associations headed by party colleagues.
CIN Celebrates 15 Years of Work
As a pioneering team of investigative reporters, the Center for Investigative Reporting in Sarajevo has uncovered numerous corruption scandals and exposed crime and other abuses.
Health Care Bartered for a Vote
Legislator Omer Škaljo cast the decisive vote to constitute the governing majority in Zenica-Doboj Canton. He was rewarded with the directorship of the Zenica Health Care Insurance Fund after the vacancy procedure was altered in his favor.
Former Minister Got a Good Deal on Veterans’ Apartment
Even though he did not meet the terms of the call for applications, former Cantonal minister Muharem Fišo is about to privatize an apartment on sale by the Association of Antifascist and World War II Veterans.
Watch a documentary film The Terrorist
The Center for Investigative Reporting in Sarajevo (CIN) has made a documentary film about Bosnian citizens who left to fight under the ISIL flag.
Lijanović Acquitted of Money Laundering Charges
BiH Prosecutor’s Office lost a case in which it charged Jerko Ivanković Lijanović, his brother and six other persons for damaging the BiH budget and acquiring illegal gain in the amount of 13,5 million KM.
Buying Freedom Across Borders
Unlike its neighbors, Bosnia and Herzegovina allows convicts to buy out their sentences. So, some Serbian and Croatian convicts who hold Bosnian citizenship come here to avoid prison.
International Award for Investigative Journalism Goes to CIN
CIN reporters Mubarek Asani and Ermin Zatega have won first award for a story about toxic waste disposal in Tuzla.