14. September 2022.
During the debate, ‘(Anti)Corruption in Focus’, organised by Bosnian BIRN and Transparency International in Sarajevo, members of eight political parties presented their anti-corruption strategies.
Corruption
11. March 2022.
In early November 2021, two workers from Cengiz were killed and one was injured when a crane into the River Bosna at a construction site for a highway that is to run through Bosnia and Herzegovina. Their deaths raised the question of how both Turkish and domestic workers are treated, as well as the workplace safety standards of the Turkish construction company.
Our analysis shows that despite dissatisfaction among the public and workers and verdicts highlighting poor workplace safety, Cengiz has hardly suffered any consequences and continues to be awarded valuable contracts. Cengiz rejects the allegations against it.
28. January 2022.
The Kosovo Judicial Council has suspended a judge in Kacanik after BIRN filmed him illegally negotiating with the parties outside court.
24. January 2022.
Following a request by BIRN BiH for more transparency in the justice system, the State Prosecution has started publishing redacted factual descriptions from confirmed indictments on its website.
10. January 2022.
Based on the Pandora Papers leaks, Albanian prosecutors are to probe 3.6 million euros that the company that built the electricity interconnection line to Kosovo paid to a small UAE-baed consultancy from 2013 to 2019.
18. October 2021.
The Chinese manufacturer of a ‘transport’ ventilator bought by Bosnian officials to treat COVID-19 patients had said publicly, repeatedly, that its product was not for critically-ill patients, but the purchase went ahead anyway, BIRN BiH and Singapore-based The Initium can reveal.
4. October 2021.
Bosnian engineering giant Energoinvest, which built the electricity interconnection line between Albania and Kosovo, paid millions of euros to a small UAE-based consultancy headed by an Albanian businessman with political connections, documents show.
14. July 2021.
The head of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s security agency has been arrested after an investigation into his suspected abuse of office, Sarajevo Cantonal officials confirmed on Wednesday.
4. December 2020.
Bosnia’s State Prosecution has filed an indictment against the Federation entity, Prime Minister, Fadil Novalic, and several others in a corruption case concerning overpriced ventilators.
2. December 2020.
OSA Director Osman Mehmedagic and Cyber-Security Department chief Muhamed Pekic have pleaded not guilty to charges of abuse of office – done allegedly to obtain information about an anonymous whistleblower who had filed a report alleging corruption.
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