Police officers of the State Investigation and Protection Agency of Bosnia and Herzegovina (SIPA) in the area of Lukavac conducted searches in several locations and arrested one person suspected of organized crime related to money laundering.
After the deprivation of liberty and the search, the suspect was handed over to the BiH Prosecutor’s Office.
This suspect is under investigation by the Prosecutor’s Office of BiH in the context of the case with evidence from the Sky and Anom applications and is suspected of being in charge of bringing into the territory of BiH, as part of an organized criminal group, cash that originates from criminal activities and illicit traffic in narcotic drugs.
Evidence was collected that indicates that this suspect illegally brought at least 1.5 million euros from the countries of Western Europe into the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and that the money was further invested in economic operations in legal entities, i.e. companies whose owners are other members of an organized group.
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.
Objects that can serve as evidence in the further course of criminal proceedings were found – mobile phones, cash of greater value, certain documentation, as well as other objects 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.
