The Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina has filed an indictment against ten individuals in a high-level organized crime case. The defendants are charged, among other things, with smuggling more than 300 tons of tobacco and tobacco products, which resulted in a material gain of more than 1.3 million BAM.
The indictment was filed against Vican Jerko (1974), Milićević Radoslav (1964), Stanojević Stojan (1964), Savkić Danijela (1984), Gotovčević Milorad (1991), Marić Gojko (1956), Marijanović Ljiljana (1958), and at the time of the commission of the criminal offense, employees of the ITA BiH, RC Mostar, Martić Mira (1973), Simeunović Mladen (1970), and Simeunović Tanasi (1973).
“The defendants are charged with having become members of an organized group involved in the illegal trade of more than 300 tons of tobacco and tobacco products, and the placement of these products on the illegal market of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which resulted in a total illegal property gain in the amount of more than 1.3 million BAM, and for which there is a reasonable suspicion that money laundering was also carried out by concealing the true origin,” the Prosecutor’s Office stated.
They also added that Vican Jerko, as the organizer of the group, is charged with having given bribes in five separate cases in amounts of at least 1,000 BAM to the defendant Marijanović Ljiljana, then an employee of the ITA BiH, with the mediation of the defendant Martić Mira, all in order for the defendant to perform actions that she was not allowed to perform within the scope of her function.
The indictment includes the criminal offenses of Organized Crime, in connection with the criminal offenses of Illicit Trade, Illicit Trade in Excise Products, Giving Gifts and Other Forms of Benefit, Receiving Gifts and Other Forms of Benefit, and Money Laundering.
