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.
Organized crime
9. January 2020.
As the migrant smuggling business booms in Bosnia, the number of people convicted of this crime rose in 2019 compared to the year before.
22. October 2018.
The Bosnian court sentenced former Federation entity MP and agriculture minister Jerko Ivankovic Lijanovic to 12 years in prison for organised crime, money laundering and tax fraud.
5. February 2018.
The EULEX prosecutor in the trial in Kosovo of Naser Kelmendi – who was found guilty of running a drugs operation but not of murder – says witnesses brave enough to testify received death threats.
27. November 2017.
Over the past 18 months, Bosnian state judicial bodies have still not yet found efficient ways to confiscating illegally-acquired assets acquired from people convicted of organised crime.
8. February 2017.
Despite the fact that some cases involve the organised exploitation of minors, the Bosnian authorities have failed to find a workable solution to the widespread problem of children begging on the streets.
18. November 2016.
Bosnian Serb ex-soldier Milenko Krsmanovic was jailed for three years for inciting the killing of a lawyer in an attempt to stop him appearing as a witness in his war crimes trial.
16. November 2016.
Travelers to Europe from non-EU Balkan states will have to undergo new online security checks before they can proceed, if the Commission’s plan is adopted.
17. October 2016.
Recent weapons seizures in the Sarajevo area highlight how Bosnians still possess hundreds of thousands of illegal firearms from the 1990s war which pose a threat to public safety and national security.
13. October 2016.
European auditors said the European Commission has provided relatively little funding for projects in the field of freedom of the media and the fight against organised crime and corruption in Western Balkan countries.
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