The Special Department of the Federal Prosecutor’s Office for the accused Ranko Debevac and Osman Mehmedagić requested the imposition of travel bans and witness bans, while the Defenses opposed these proposals.
Prosecutor of the Special Department of the Federal Prosecutor’s Office Jovo Karić said that the last review of the bans against the accused Debevac and Mehmedagić was on October 28, 2025. He proposed that a travel ban be imposed on Debevac, that his travel documents, which had already been seized, be confiscated, that he be prohibited from issuing new ones, and that he be prohibited from traveling with his ID card.
A ban on witness bans was requested against Debevac and Mehmedagić.
“Debevec has Spanish citizenship, owns real estate in Spain. He has the possibility of leaving the country and being unavailable. He is aware of the criminal procedural actions he is charged with. There is a fear that they will influence witnesses during the proceedings,” Karić explained.
Kerim Čelik, Debevec’s defense attorney, drew attention to the fact that this is not about real estate, but about an apartment that is co-owned with his wife. He stated that the Prosecution, in its proposal for determining measures, testifies and presents its own interpretation of the witness’s testimony, which is inadmissible.
“It submitted a CD with evidence, before the witnesses were heard before the Court. We oppose such a proposal. It is pointless to explain well-founded suspicion through witness statements,” Čelik added.
He stated that in principle he does not oppose the proposal to ban meetings with witnesses, but that they reject the Prosecution’s reasons. He believes that the travel ban removes Debevec’s possibility of receiving medical treatment abroad and traveling to visit his daughter. He added that this is manipulation and discrediting Debevec. He proposed that the Court reject the Prosecution’s proposal as unfounded.
Debevec reiterated that it is clear to everyone that this is about one half of the apartment, which he and his wife bought with credit in 1999. As he said, humiliating actions are being taken against his personality.
“I ask the Court to return my travel documents so that I can receive treatment and rest. With a firm promise that I will not think of fleeing, because I want to prove my innocence before this court,” said Debevec, adding that if this were a serious criminal offense, then a single judge would not be in charge.
Attorney Nermin Mulalić said that Mehmedagić does not know most of the witnesses and that there is no danger of contact. He believes that meeting with witnesses should be sanctioned, whether such measures exist or not.
“How can a restraining order be implemented if he does not know the witnesses,” said Mulalić, explaining that the accused can walk past the witnesses without even being aware of it.
Debevec, the suspended President of the Court of BiH, is charged with abuse of office or authority, forgery of an official document, receiving a reward or other form of benefit for trading in influence, unauthorized wiretapping and audio or optical recording, and for false representation and violation of the Law on Gender Equality of BiH.
According to the second count of the indictment, Debevec is accused of ordering an employee of the Court of BiH, assigned to the position of associate for the protection of classified information, to delete or destroy data on issued orders and decisions in the files from the official books of the Court.
Mehmedagić, the former director of OSA, is charged with forgery of an official document, as well as abuse of office or authority, while Milisav Pijuk, an employee of the Court of BiH, is included with Debevec in the count of the indictment charging them with unauthorized wiretapping and audio or optical recording, for false representation and violation of the Law on Gender Equality of BiH.
At the beginning of the hearing, Judge Ajla Papović-Mujan returned the envelope with the submitted evidence to the Prosecutor’s Office with a proposal so that the Court would not be acquainted with them at this stage of the proceedings.
The decision on the measures will be made at a later date.
