27.7.2022
In five years, at least nine lawyers in Bosnia and Herzegovina were convicted of abuse of position, abuse of trust of clients, and document forging. Six were banned from practicing law.
Every sixth representative elected to the Brčko District Assembly in the last elections has been convicted of a criminal offense. Most of them will now have the opportunity to question the work of the prosecutor’s office that indicted them, from their seats in the assembly.
A convicted drug dealer, a vote trafficker, and a forger will soon have the opportunity to judge the work of the Prosecutor’s Office in Brčko – the institution that has proven their criminal acts. These convicted individuals are now members of the newly elected Brčko District Assembly, where the prosecutor will be required to submit an annual report on the work of the prosecution.
Abdulah Iljazović from Naša stranka, Pejo Mendeš from the Hrvatska seljačka stranka, and…
In five years, at least nine lawyers in Bosnia and Herzegovina were convicted of abuse of position, abuse of trust of clients, and document forging. Six were banned from practicing law.
Emina Begić, a lawyer from Bugojno, is accused of abusing clients’ trust, embezzling their money, and forging documents. Although the Bar Association can suspend her until the trial is over, she is still working.
The company “Prointer ITSS” applied for a public tender to manage the systems fed with personal data of almost one million citizens in the Federation of BiH, submitting forged documentation.
After the failed million-dollar project, the Management of Tehnički remontni zavod Hadžići [the Hadžići Technical Overhaul Institute], a company majority-owned by the FBiH Government, sold three properties to private individuals at a price lower than estimated.
Retired miner Blago Prskalo donated valuable real estate in Mostar, Zagreb, and Makarska to his daughters Mirjana Perić and Bernadica Čović. This is how the Čović couple acquired the property after the investigations and court disputes against the HDZBiH president.
After winning three European titles, members of the BiH national diabetic futsal team are revealing a long-kept secret: it was not based on a fair play because the players had false diagnoses.
State delegate Asim Sarajlić failed to declare in his asset declaration an apartment he has on the Croatian coast in the tourist town of Žaborić near Šibenik.
Mirko Šarović, president of the Serb Democratic Party (SDS) and state MP, and his wife Stojanka own six valuable properties in Belgrade, Serbia which he never declared in his asset declaration. While he denies having them, his wife says the opposite.
Female students from Bosnia and Herzegovina are increasingly testifying about the immorality of professors who they accuse of multiple sexual harassments. However, public universities and the BiH judiciary ignore their testimonies and turn blind eye to revealing the truth that would bring the persistent harassers to justice.
In 14 months, Fahrudin Radončić, president of the Party for Better Future of BiH (SBBBiH) bought a yacht and an apartment with a garage in Podgorica for a little over four million BAM.
Former president of the SDP BiH, Zlatko Lagumdžija, bought an apartment in Rovinj, Croatia, with a storage room and a parking space, as well as a house that he paid a little over a million BAM. For nearly the same amount, he sold a weekend house with land in the elite Sarajevo neighborhood of Poljine to an Arab company.
Member of the Federation Parliament Salmir Kaplan sold the apartment he bought at a preferential price from the institutions of the Sarajevo Canton. This transaction has earned him nearly BAM 20,000. CIN previously wrote that, although he had an apartment in Sarajevo, he received almost BAM 25,000 from the budget for accommodation.
In five years, at least nine lawyers in Bosnia and Herzegovina were convicted of abuse of position, abuse of trust of clients, and document forging. Six were banned from practicing law.
Emina Begić, a lawyer from Bugojno, is accused of abusing clients’ trust, embezzling their money, and forging documents. Although the Bar Association can suspend her until the trial is over, she is still working.
The company “Prointer ITSS” applied for a public tender to manage the systems fed with personal data of almost one million citizens in the Federation of BiH, submitting forged documentation.
After the failed million-dollar project, the Management of Tehnički remontni zavod Hadžići [the Hadžići Technical Overhaul Institute], a company majority-owned by the FBiH Government, sold three properties to private individuals at a price lower than estimated.
Retired miner Blago Prskalo donated valuable real estate in Mostar, Zagreb, and Makarska to his daughters Mirjana Perić and Bernadica Čović. This is how the Čović couple acquired the property after the investigations and court disputes against the HDZBiH president.
After winning three European titles, members of the BiH national diabetic futsal team are revealing a long-kept secret: it was not based on a fair play because the players had false diagnoses.
State delegate Asim Sarajlić failed to declare in his asset declaration an apartment he has on the Croatian coast in the tourist town of Žaborić near Šibenik.
Mirko Šarović, president of the Serb Democratic Party (SDS) and state MP, and his wife Stojanka own six valuable properties in Belgrade, Serbia which he never declared in his asset declaration. While he denies having them, his wife says the opposite.
Female students from Bosnia and Herzegovina are increasingly testifying about the immorality of professors who they accuse of multiple sexual harassments. However, public universities and the BiH judiciary ignore their testimonies and turn blind eye to revealing the truth that would bring the persistent harassers to justice.
In 14 months, Fahrudin Radončić, president of the Party for Better Future of BiH (SBBBiH) bought a yacht and an apartment with a garage in Podgorica for a little over four million BAM.
Former president of the SDP BiH, Zlatko Lagumdžija, bought an apartment in Rovinj, Croatia, with a storage room and a parking space, as well as a house that he paid a little over a million BAM. For nearly the same amount, he sold a weekend house with land in the elite Sarajevo neighborhood of Poljine to an Arab company.
Member of the Federation Parliament Salmir Kaplan sold the apartment he bought at a preferential price from the institutions of the Sarajevo Canton. This transaction has earned him nearly BAM 20,000. CIN previously wrote that, although he had an apartment in Sarajevo, he received almost BAM 25,000 from the budget for accommodation.
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