Kelmendi: a Businessman on a Living Wage
Naser Kelmendi has acquired property worth 6 million KM on a salary that averaged 360 KM a month and a number of money-losing firms in Sarajevo.
Workers on a Powder Keg
Employees of two weapons factories in BiH say that their directors ordered them to violate safety rules for disassembling and transporting explosive devices. Binas in Bugojno is storing some 221,000 explosive devices in warehouses, some in very bad condition.
Double Breaks for Once-Guilty Officials
FBiH President Živko Budimir violated the law by clearing the criminal records of three people who already had won pardons.
Explosive Devices Disappeared in a Fictitious Report
A year and a half after a Bugojno firm, Binas, received government money to destroy explosive devices, dozens of tons were found in its warehouses.
A Chance for Judiciary to Recover a Failing Grade
Mate Šimić, a car dealer from Grude, was arrested again after the BiH Prosecutor’s Office changed a prosecutor on the case under the police pressure.
The Former Head of UIO BiH Owns a Million in Assets
During the seven years he was at the top of Indirect Taxation Authority, Kemal Čaušević bought nine apartments and offices plus 20,000 square meters of land. His income during that time does not come close to the cost of the investment, but he told reports that he’s been making money since 1986.
From Advisor to Civil Servant
Advisors join ministries for a term, but some eventually land a civil service post and a job for life. Some of those posts were specially created.
Advisers Related by Party and Blood Line
At least 3.7 million KM a year is being allocated to pay state and entity level advisors. There is no vacancy for this office. Instead, politicians choose their own advisors often among their party colleagues or kin.
Foreign Drivers Race through Bosnia with Impunity
Cars with foreign number plates have accumulated fines worth 17.3 million KM in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Just 3.2 million KM of that sum has been collected. Police is unable to enforce the payments abroad.