Disciplinary Proceedings Initiated Against Judge Radmila Mandić
The Office of the Disciplinary Counsel of the High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council (ODC HJPC) has opened a case file on Radmila Mandić, a judge of the Municipal Court in Široki Brijeg due to possible misconduct in rendering a first-instance judgment in a defamation case filed by the company Lager against the Centre for Investigative Reporting (CIN).
Former Minister and Lager Company Director Acquitted of Criminal Charges
Former Minister of Spatial Planning, Construction, and Environmental Protection of the West Herzegovina Canton (ZHK), Ivan Topić, and the director of the company Lager from Posušje, Dubravka Bašić, were on trial for abuse of office and theft.
Indictment Filed Against The Owner And The Executive Manager Of Lager
USKOK filed an indictment against nine persons, among whom Milenko Bašić, the owner of the BiH company Lager, and Dragan Stipić, the executive manager of the company, accusing them of paying bribes to the Mayor of Knin and the State Secretary Josipa Rimac in order to obtain permits for the construction of a wind farm.
Stockpiling concessions
By favoring of authorities, the company Lager from Posušje was awarded concessions for the exploitation of natural resources in BiH, but it does not fully honor its obligations and it owes concession fees.