The President of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ranko Debevec, and the former director of the Intelligence and Security Agency (OSA) of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Osman Mehmedagić, were arrested in the action of the State Protection and Investigation Agency (SIPA), it was confirmed for BHRT by the Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Debevec and Mehmedagić were arrested for the criminal offense of abuse of office, by order of the Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Ranko Debevec has been in the position of President of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina since December 14, 2016.
On December 12th, pursuant to Section 7031(c), the Department of State is publicly designating Mehmedagic for his involvement in significant corruption. Mehmedagic collaborated with criminal networks and abused his public position to enrich himself. As part of this action, his wife Amela Mehmedagic Sehovic is also designated. Previously, the Department of Treasury designated Mehmedagic pursuant to E.O. 14033 for being complicit in, or having directly or indirectly engaged in, corruption related to the Western Balkans, including corruption by, on behalf of, or otherwise related to a government in the Western Balkans, or a current or former government official at any level of government in the Western Balkans, such as the misappropriation of public assets, expropriation of private assets for personal gain or political purposes, or bribery.
