Following the communication and cooperation of the Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with partner institutions of Canada, the location, identification and extradition of a BiH citizen suspected of crimes against humanity was located.
“After landing in BiH, the suspect Nikola Koprivica, born in 1954 in the municipality of Sokolac, will be brought to the acting prosecutor who will interrogate the suspect, and then decide on further activities in the case,” Prosecutor’s Office of BiH said.
The suspect, who has been in Canada for several years, is under investigation and is charged with participating in the shooting of more than 40 Bosniak victims from Novoseoci near Sokolac, who were killed in other suspects, as personal and direct perpetrators of war crimes. autumn 1992, at the Ivan Polje location.
An indictment has been filed in this case and court proceedings have recently begun in the Court of BiH.
The Prosecutor’s Office of BiH thanks the Canadian partner institutions, primarily the Canadian Border Service Agency, for their help in locating and extraditing the suspect, as well as efforts in the fight against impunity for war crimes – the Prosecutor’s Office of BiH said.
