Wednesday, 4 february 2026.
Canadian Crypto Fugitive Slips Dragnet in Serbia, Surfaces in Bosnia
Case files obtained by BIRN and the fifth estate document the globe-trotting lifestyle of a Canadian maths whizz who went to ground in 2021 allegedly with tens of millions of...
‘No Paperwork Required’: Sarajevo Firm’s Dubai Property Offer a Red Flag
A Sarajevo-based firm is offering apartments for sale in Dubai and claiming clients can pay in cash or cryptocurrency without having to prove the origin of their funds.
Avoiding Jail, Bosnian Serb War Criminal Joins Russia’s Ukraine Invasion
Novak Stjepanovic was sentenced to 13 years in prison in Serbia for war crimes in Bosnia in 1992, but he had already skipped the country to join Russian forces fighting...
Moscow’s Balkan Recruits: Russia’s Drive to Enlist Serb Fighters for Ukraine War
BIRN journalists obtained access to private Telegram groups where recruiters lure Serb mercenaries from Bosnia and Serbia to join Russian forces in Ukraine with promises of lucrative contracts and veterans’...
Two iPhones and an Unwrapped SIM: Accused Russian Saboteur’s Bosnia Sojourn
BIRN pieces together an alleged Russian agent’s arrival, illegal departure and ill-fated return to Bosnia and Herzegovina, where he was arrested last year on a Polish warrant accusing him of...
‘Neum’s Law’: Bosnia’s Destructive Appetite for Date Mussels
BIRN follows the brazen trade in date mussels from the Adriatic seabed to restaurant tables across Bosnia and Herzegovina despite an 11-year-old ban to protect the seabed from their destructive...
Offer Declined: Bosnia and a Billion Dollars of Chinese TNT
A US arms firm explored importing 122,000 tons of Chinese TNT into Bosnia via a local arms producer it part owns. The deal never went ahead, but the amount on...
Questions Asked of Bosnia’s Failure to Investigate Lawmaker for War Crimes
It remains unclear why war crimes prosecutors in Bosnia have never investigated Bosnian Croat lawmaker Dragan Konta despite a 2017 court ruling identifying him as the military police commander at...
Disruptors: Inside Russia’s Balkan Training Camps for Moldovan ‘Destabilisation’
A joint investigation by BIRN’s Bosnia and Hercegovina outlet Detektor and Moldovan CU SENS sheds new light on the training camps run by Russian operatives in Bosnia and Serbia that...