Nino Bilajac, Author at Detektor

We can reveal how a former chief of the Slovak counterintelligence service has found refuge in Bosnia and Herzegovina after serving two-thirds of his prison term. He is the third Slovak security official to have found our country a safe haven from the judicial authorities in their own EU state.

Peter Gasparovic, who was sentenced in Slovakia for corruption, fled to Mostar while on parole and has sought asylum there, becoming the third senior Slovak security official to have taken refuge in Bosnia in the last few years.

Two years after the start of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, people in Kyiv and the surrounding areas say they feel forgotten by the international public after the global focus shifted towards Gaza. But despite the persistent hardships, they insist they won’t succumb to conflict fatigue.

This month we mark the second anniversary of the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and our crew has a report from Kyiv about how the local population is struggling to keep morale high and about the consequences of enduring such a long period of terror.

Before the second anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Detektor team visited Kiev, where the fight against Russian media disinformation about events in this area is considered part of the war, since untruths can be almost as destructive as weapons. Experts in the fight against disinformation warn that the intensification of Russian disinformation is […]

Just before the second anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a Detektor crew visited Kyiv, where the fight against Russian media disinformation is considered part of the war. Experts in the fight against disinformation warn that the intensification of Russian disinformation activity can be a precursor to more aggressive action by Russia, a fact which warrants caution in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

In December, our crew visited the capital of Ukraine and some of the execution sites that have become notorious around the world after the crimes committed there by Russian forces. We’ll be talking about Ukrainians’ efforts to seek justice for war crimes, and about parallels with Bosnia and Herzegovina. 

On the eve of the second anniversary of the full scale Russian invasion, Ukrainians are experiencing feelings that citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina have long been familiar with: the fear of new escalations and destabilisation, the search for justice and the complicating fact that many perpetrators are out of reach, and the feeling that the world has turned its attention elsewhere.

For several weeks we infiltrated a pyramid scheme that ravaged the wallets of Bosnian and Herzegovinians who believed in a dream of easy money. We preserved disappearing evidence and uncovered previously unknown details about the mastermind behind this scheme.

Bosnians who believed promises of quick payouts for little work got their wallets emptied in eMagnetix’s pyramid scheme. Investigative reporters from Detektor, in collaboration with Raskrinkavanje, infiltrated the scheme and found that its organiser also registered fake companies in Austria, Italy and Slovakia.

Nino Bilajac

Episode 159: Slovak convicts exchange prison in the EU for villas with swimming pools in Bosnia and Herzegovina

How A Convicted Head Of Slovak Counter-Intelligence Ended Up In Bosnia’s Mostar

After Two Years of War, Ukrainians Struggle to Defy Conflict Fatigue

Episode 158: After Two Years of War, Ukrainians Struggle to Defy Conflict Fatigue

Detektor – Magazin: How Ukrainian disinformation hunters explain Russian interests in the Balkans

Ukraine’s Experience Combatting Russian Disinformation Urges Caution in BiH

Episode 157: In Ukraine as in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Fear for the Future and Hope for Justice

Echoes of Bosnian war in Ukraine: Fear of the future and a longing for justice

Episode 155: ‘Dream Jobs’ Become Nightmares for Bosnians Lured by Hungarian’s Online Pyramid Scam

‘Dream Jobs’ Become Nightmares for Bosnians Lured by Hungarian’s Online Pyramid Scam

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