The RS Council of Peoples Illegally Provided Post-Term Payouts
For years, the RS Council of Peoples had violated the law and the Constitution by issuing a resolution that made certain officials eligible for a payout. After a CIN reporter exposed those illegalities, the RS Constitutional Court abolished the perk.
Corrupt Public Officials Buy Freedom Cheaply
Those sentenced to short prison sentences in BiH can buy their way out. Corrupt officials and others have been quick to do this then return to jobs where they broke the law in the first place.
After CIN Published its Story Milica Marković Lost a Right to Condo
The Supreme Court of Republika Srpska denied Milica Marković the right of ownership over a five-room condo in Bijeljina that was paid with fuel oil from stockholding supplies outside the procedure. CIN reported the story at the end of last year.
Former Police Commissionaire Ramo Brkić Arrested
Ramo Brkić, former police commissionaire of Una-Sana Canton, was arrested in Slovenia after being at large for three years. He fled the country after the Court of BiH sentenced him to 11 years in prison for production and trade in narcotics and the abuse of office and other corruption charges.
CIN Reporter Azhar Kalamujić Wins an International Award
The competition organized by Montenegrin foundation Duško Jovanović attracted 29 regional entries. A story about the illegal activities of Sarajevo judges, lawyers and court staffers to take possession of abandoned condos and houses in Sarajevo has won the first prize.
Asset Disclosure of Judges and Prosecutors is in Public Interest
Representatives from judiciary, international community and human rights institutions agreed that the judiciary ought to be more transparent and disclose property of judges and prosecutors.
Judges and Prosecutors: Public Office, Classified Assets
For years, judges and prosecutors have refused to make their asset declarations public. Despite numerous obstructions, resistance, and objections, the Center for Investigative Reporting in Sarajevo has collected some records and is publishing them.
Municipal Court’s Discouraging Ruling Against Journalists
Even though the Center for Investigative Reporting in Sarajevo based its reporting about My Clinic and General Hospital on the institutions’ official documents, the Municipal Court in Sarajevo handed down a ruling stating that these records were not trustworthy.
Indictment Against Senaid Begić Approved
Municipal Court in Zenica approved indictment against Senaid Begić, the FBiH legislator and a former director of Zenica-Doboj Canton Health Care Fund and Omer Avdaković, the head of Fund’s finances, on charges of abuse of office and fraud in office. CIN has already written about it.