On December 25, 2025, the Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina filed an indictment against a total of 18 individuals, 12 individuals and six legal entities, on suspicion of organized crime and money laundering, using evidence collected through the encrypted SKY Ecc application.
Money laundering of organized crime
According to the indictment, in the period from 2017 to 2024, with the aim of acquiring illegal material gain, the accused injected large amounts of money into legal financial flows that they knew originated from organized crime and illicit drug trafficking, primarily cocaine from South America to Europe.
The money was allegedly legalized through the regular business activities of several legal entities, but also through the purchase and construction of real estate, as well as the purchase and so-called “mining” of cryptocurrencies.
Agreements via SKY application and money transfer in BiH
According to the Prosecutor’s Office of BiH, the defendants, as users of the encrypted SKY Ecc application, made mutual agreements regarding the commission of criminal offenses. The total amount of money exceeding 6,000,000 BAM was transferred across the border to Bosnia and Herzegovina on several occasions, hidden in vehicles and in other ways, after which it was put into legal circulation through the activities of the defendants.
Blocking of assets and cryptocurrencies
As part of the investigation, the Prosecutor’s Office of BiH and partner institutions blocked and temporarily seized several real estate, vehicles, high-value items, as well as cryptocurrencies suspected of being acquired through criminal offenses.
The defendants are charged with the criminal offense of organized crime under Article 250 in connection with the criminal offense of money laundering under Article 209 of the Criminal Code of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
