Due to connections with organized crime and evidence obtained from the Sky and Anom apps, the Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina has so far included around 30 members of law enforcement agencies in its investigations and indictments.
In response to our query, the Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina stated that due to ongoing investigations, they cannot reveal any further details.
“The Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina is conducting investigations in multiple organized crime cases, as well as in cases involving evidence from the Sky and Anom encrypted applications. These investigations include multiple employees from various law enforcement and security agencies in BiH. In the Sky cases so far, investigations and indictments have targeted around 30 individuals from law enforcement agencies,” the Prosecutor’s Office stated in their response to Klix.ba.
Between 2021 and the end of 2025, the team of prosecutors assigned to the “Sky” cases, in close cooperation with police and security agencies across Bosnia and Herzegovina, conducted around 33 operations, resulting in the arrest of 175 individuals.
Prison Sentences and a Multi-Million Seizure
Over the same period, 18 indictments were filed, covering 105 individuals. Out of the 105 accused, 18 have entered into plea agreements.
One of the most shocking aspects is the level of infiltration of organized crime into state institutions and law enforcement agencies, demonstrated by the fact that the investigation covers a total of 30 employees from police and security agencies.
Among the 10 individuals who have been officially indicted so far are: police officers from the Border Police of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BP BiH), officials from the State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA), officers from the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Republika Srpska (MUP RS), officers from the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Herzegovina-Neretva Canton (MUP HNK), officers from the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Sarajevo Canton (MUP KS), a former advisor to the Ministry of Security of BiH, and two lawyers.
“The suspects include active police officers, including high-ranking officials from various law enforcement agencies, as well as a judge and a journalist,” the Prosecutor’s Office of BiH previously stated.
The total length of the prison sentences imposed to date amounts to 34 years and four months, with individual sentences ranging from one to five years in prison.
In addition to prison sentences, accessory fines were imposed in the total amount of 79,000 BAM, while illegally acquired assets worth approximately 42,900 BAM and 14,000 EUR were directly seized.
The official balance of seizures and frozen assets includes:
Cash and Bank Accounts: Cash was seized and bank accounts were frozen in a total amount of approximately 6,000,000 BAM.
Real Estate (Multi-Million Value): Assets including over 109 properties have been frozen, consisting of residential and commercial buildings, apartments, houses, land plots, garages, and other real estate.
Luxury Watches: Five expensive wristwatches valued at approximately 100,000 BAM were seized, as well as two exceptionally valuable watches with an estimated worth of as much as 615,000 EUR.
Vehicles and Machinery: Over 93 vehicles were confiscated (some of which are valued at more than 200,000 EUR), along with two expensive pieces of construction machinery.
Narcotics: In addition to financial assets, the police also seized 1,670 kg of the narcotic drug cannabis (marijuana) during these operations.
What is the Sky App?
As a reminder, the Sky app served as the main communication channel in criminal circles. For years, it was considered the safest and a completely unbreachable message exchange channel in the world.
The myth of the unbreachable app was shattered in March 2021 when the police forces of France, the Netherlands, and Belgium, in cooperation with Europol, managed to hack the company’s central servers.
The police then intercepted and decrypted over a billion messages.
After France and the Netherlands dismantled the Sky application system, which served as the primary communication channel in criminal circles, Europol, through international legal assistance, began sending packages of decrypted data to the Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Klix.ba writes.
