Police officers of the State Investigation and Protection Agency of Bosnia and Herzegovina /SIPA/ in the Lukavac area conducted searches at several locations and arrested one person suspected of organized crime related to money laundering.
Searches as part of the “Plaza” operation were carried out yesterday at five locations, and a safe in a bank in Tuzla was also searched, SIPA announced.
Items were found that can serve as evidence in the further course of the criminal proceedings – mobile phones, cash of greater value, certain documentation, as well as other items that can be linked to the commission of criminal acts.
The action is being implemented on the basis of conducted investigations and collected evidence on the activities of an organized crime group that transported and distributed cocaine in large quantities from South American countries to Western European countries and beyond.
This group laundered money in the multi-million amounts that it acquired through these criminal activities, and during the execution of the criminal acts, the members of the group communicated through the “Sky” application.
The searches were carried out according to the order of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina and under the supervision of the Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina, in cooperation with the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Tuzla Canton.
The arrested person will be interrogated in the official premises of Sipa, and the acting prosecutor of the Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina will decide on the further status of the person, it was stated in the announcement.
