State Court Issues International Arrest Warrant for Senad Sabic

Sabic has been charged with bribing Bosnian state court judge Azra Miletic and was found guilty under a second instance verdict for illicit drug trafficking. He was placed under prohibitive measures, which included a ban on meeting certain individuals.

The start of the trial against Sabic, Ramo Brkic and Azra Miletic, accused of corruption in the judiciary, was postponed twice in December 2015 due to Sabic’s failure to appear in court.

At the time, Sabic’s defense attorney Husein Music said his client couldn’t be reached over the phone. He also said he had indirectly obtained information that Sabic had found a job abroad.

Sabic was arrested in February 2015, following the opening of the investigation in the case. He was released and allowed to defend himself at liberty.

Sabic also failed to appear in court on November 6, 2015, the day of his sentencing. The appeals chamber found Sabic guilty of producing and selling drugs and sentenced him to ten years in prison.

Sabic’s defense said he failed to appear at the pronouncement of the verdict because he wasn’t feeling well.

His last appearance at the Bosnian state court was on November 4, 2015, when he attended a hearing in the case charging him with offering a bribe to state court judge Azra Miletic along with Ramo Brkic. Miletic allegedly accepted the bribe.

According to the charges, Brkic and Sabic promised a certain amount of money to Miletic in order to influence the outcome of a second instance trial in which they were facing charges for illicit drug trafficking and abuse of an official position.

Another chamber rendered the verdict in their case after Miletic had been suspended from her post.