Police officers of the State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA), within the case codenamed “MAT”, are carrying out operational activities in accordance with the requests of the Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the orders of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The activities include searches of premises and temporary seizure of items related to four natural persons and three legal entities, at a total of six locations in the Banja Luka and Kostajnica areas, SIPA announced.
As they stated, the operation is being carried out in coordination with the Special State Prosecutor’s Office and the Police of the Republic of Slovenia, which are simultaneously carrying out activities on the territory of Slovenia.
These activities are the result of the work of a joint investigative team consisting of SIPA, the Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Special State Prosecutor’s Office and the Police of Slovenia. During the investigation, in accordance with the Criminal Code of BiH, the Criminal Procedure Code of BiH, and the Law on the Prevention of Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorist Activities of BiH, a series of operational measures and actions were taken in order to document the grounds for suspicion of the commission of the criminal offenses “Organized Crime” in connection with “Money Laundering”.
According to the information collected, the aforementioned criminal offenses were committed to the detriment of legal entities from the Republic of Slovenia in the amount of approximately five million BAM, SIPA stated.
The searches are being conducted with the assistance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Republika Srpska.
Upon completion of today’s operational activities, the public will be informed in a timely manner about the results, the statement said.
