19.7.2006
The International Criminal Court for the former Yugoslavia was set up in The Hague in 1993, and a decade later, the state court of Bosnia
Managers of the State Police Support Agency used official vehicles for private trips to their hometowns in Bužim and Tomislavgrad, even though they were not entitled to do so. Some of these trips were justified with travel orders containing inaccurate information. The positions of director and deputy director were also used for official travel across Europe, Asia, and North and South America.
Husein Nanić, the former director of the Police Support Agency of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), and his deputy Miše Ćavar misused official vehicles for personal travel.
Over eight years, they covered nearly 300,000 kilometers in official cars, traveling to their hometowns in Bužim and Tomislavgrad, despite…
The International Criminal Court for the former Yugoslavia was set up in The Hague in 1993, and a decade later, the state court of Bosnia
Dušanka Mihajlović from Mlječanice shot and wounded her husband in 1992. During yet another of their ongoing arguments, her husband Vlado grabbed her hair and
Branko Dobranić was convicted of sexually abusing teen-age relatives but judges went easy on him in sentencing. Activists say abusers frequently get lenient treatment from police, prosecutors and judges.
New laws are not enough to stop domestic violence. The laws need to be strengthened and police, prosecutors and judges must work harder to enforce them, activists say.
The murder of one unhappy wife at the hands of her husband shows why domestic violence still flourishes. Women, especially if their husbands have money, find little sympathy for their complaints and if they rebel even their own relatives see it as reasonable that they should be punished. Legally, husbands who hurt their wives are dealt with leniently.
For seven years, prosecutors got tips and information from outraged workers and former officials urging them to act against criminal activity within Elektrobosna. Federation financial police found that the complaints had merit. Yet, with the company now in financial collapse, no prosecutor ever went to court in the case.
Bosnian state court authorities say they vindicated former international Judge Gerald Gahima of the War Crimes Chamber of any wrong-doing in his native Rwanda, but they won’t say how they had the authority to decide law in another country or just how they went about making their determination of innocence.
On Friday, representatives from more than 30 countries will meet in Brussels to discuss a request by the BiH government for €43 million to continue funding the State Court of BiH, which oversees the War Crimes Chamber and for a new prison.
A new chapter in the century long saga of Elektrobosna opened when a Bosnian businessman living in Germany wrestled control of the bankrupt company this year from the Croatian businessman financial police suspect tried to gut it. CIN looks at the power struggle that helped turn one of Bosnia”s brightest hopes into a financial disaster.
A list of major owners and creditors of Elektrobosna.
Elektrobosna once employed 3,000 workers and brought prosperity to Jajce. Workers felt taken care of when company managers paid for medical care. Now injured workers find they must pay for their own care.
Before the war, Elektrobosna employees had plenty of safety equipment. Today, serious injuries can result from lack of items as inexpensive as a 10KM pair of work gloves.
The International Criminal Court for the former Yugoslavia was set up in The Hague in 1993, and a decade later, the state court of Bosnia
Dušanka Mihajlović from Mlječanice shot and wounded her husband in 1992. During yet another of their ongoing arguments, her husband Vlado grabbed her hair and
Branko Dobranić was convicted of sexually abusing teen-age relatives but judges went easy on him in sentencing. Activists say abusers frequently get lenient treatment from police, prosecutors and judges.
New laws are not enough to stop domestic violence. The laws need to be strengthened and police, prosecutors and judges must work harder to enforce them, activists say.
The murder of one unhappy wife at the hands of her husband shows why domestic violence still flourishes. Women, especially if their husbands have money, find little sympathy for their complaints and if they rebel even their own relatives see it as reasonable that they should be punished. Legally, husbands who hurt their wives are dealt with leniently.
For seven years, prosecutors got tips and information from outraged workers and former officials urging them to act against criminal activity within Elektrobosna. Federation financial police found that the complaints had merit. Yet, with the company now in financial collapse, no prosecutor ever went to court in the case.
Bosnian state court authorities say they vindicated former international Judge Gerald Gahima of the War Crimes Chamber of any wrong-doing in his native Rwanda, but they won’t say how they had the authority to decide law in another country or just how they went about making their determination of innocence.
On Friday, representatives from more than 30 countries will meet in Brussels to discuss a request by the BiH government for €43 million to continue funding the State Court of BiH, which oversees the War Crimes Chamber and for a new prison.
A new chapter in the century long saga of Elektrobosna opened when a Bosnian businessman living in Germany wrestled control of the bankrupt company this year from the Croatian businessman financial police suspect tried to gut it. CIN looks at the power struggle that helped turn one of Bosnia”s brightest hopes into a financial disaster.
A list of major owners and creditors of Elektrobosna.
Elektrobosna once employed 3,000 workers and brought prosperity to Jajce. Workers felt taken care of when company managers paid for medical care. Now injured workers find they must pay for their own care.
Before the war, Elektrobosna employees had plenty of safety equipment. Today, serious injuries can result from lack of items as inexpensive as a 10KM pair of work gloves.
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