BOSNIA AND

HERZEGOVINA
Information exchange and
law enforcement agencies
LEGISLATION AND PRACTICE
Jinan, China, June 2013.

BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA IN

GENERAL
POPULATION:
4 377 000 (Census
1991.)
Territory area-51129
km2
INTERNAL
ORGANISATION:
Federation BIH
Republika Srpska
Brko District

JUDICAL SISTEM
BIH JUDICAL SYSTEM
CONSISTS OF ENTITY
AND BRKO DISTRICT
LEVEL AND STATE
JUDICAL LEVEL.
JUDICAL SYSTEM AT
THE STATE LEVEL
INCLUDES THE
PROSECUTORS OFFICE
OF BIH AND THE COURT
OF BIH

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

ENTITY MAP

Organized Crime - serious threat

to security

Organized Crime,
especially its most
complex forms,
criminal networks
operating in several
states, are a serious
threat to security in
the Western Balkans.

INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL
GROUPS
A number of cases, in particular those related to
criminal offences of Illegal immigrant and drug
smuggling, revealed that perpetrators are
international criminal groups that dont even
speak the same language (crime syndicates
involved citizens of Turkey, Bulgaria, Serbia, BiH,
Croatia).

ORGANIZED CRIME RELATED DANGERS

Drugs - danger for children and youth - the

most vulnerable population
Illegal immigrant smuggling danger to border
security and the reputation of our country
abroad.
Counterfeiting of Money danger to financial
and monetary system.
Functioning Organized Criminal Groups
danger to public safety i.e. safety of all citizens

COMBATING ORGANIZED CRIME

Throughout the past 10 years the
Prosecutors of the BiH Prosecutors Office
have detected and criminally prosecuted
more than 10 organized criminal groups
operating in all parts of BiH.
The results are a number of rendered
imprisonment sentences the total duration
of which exceeds several dozen years, and
forfeiture of proceeds of crime amounting
to millions of BAM.

INFORMATION EXCHANGEPRECONDITION FOR

SUCCESS
Modalities of cooperation between
police
agencies
and
judicial
institutions were developed in the
recent years.
A number of Memorandums on
Cooperation
were
concluded,
direct communication channels
and liaison officers set up.
In the last few operations carried
out per order of the Prosecutors
Office of BiH a number of police
agencies participated with several
hundreds of police officers .

COOPERATION WITH
COUNTERPARTS
Considering
the
fact
that
BiH
is
surrounded by states who speak the same
language
and
share
a
historical
background,
the
cooperation
with
countries in the region was constantly
strengthened
A number of joint police-prosecution
operations
were
carried
out
simultaneously
in
several
countries,
resulting with the arrests of several
dozens of persons and a number of raids
conducted on multiple locations.
There are cases where one group of the
accused was prosecuted in BiH and the
other group in a neighboring state.

REGIONAL AND
INTERNATIONAL
COOPERATION

The Prosecutors Office of BiH is

intensively strengthening its
cooperation with judicial and
police agencies in the region
and the rest of the world.
There are more and more cases
involving
criminal
offenders
from several different countries.
It is therefore necessary to
maintain
permanent
contact
and
cooperation
with
institutions such as Interpol,
Europol, Eurojust etc.

Financial Crime
- danger to economic and monetary stability

From its inception the

Prosecutors Office of
BiH
was
granted
jurisdiction to detect
and prosecute criminal
offences
of
Money
Laundering, Tax and
Customs Fraud, as well
as Failure to Pay Taxes.

Criminal Offence of Money

Laundering
These criminal offences occur when there exist
efforts to pump the money generated
through commission of a crime into legal
financial flaw, most often through purchase of
real estates, companies or vehicles

Criminal Offences of Money

Laundering
Criminal offences
out of the economic
related area are
extremely
dangerous because
they undermine the
economic stability
of the state, and
are particularly
dangerous for postconflict countries in
transition

Criminal Offence of Money

Laundering
The Prosecutors
Office of BiH has
detected cases of
major manipulations
and money laundering
amounting to several
million BAM.
We shall continue with
such efforts in the
future as well.

How to fight organized and

economic crime?
This particular fight requires activities from
all structures of authority i.e. judicial and
police institutions, legislative and executive
authorities.
There are many tasks and obligations on our
path to EU that relate to strengthening of
police and judicial mechanisms to combat
organized crime, because Europe wants its
future member countries to be safe countries
with the established rule of law that shall be
above politics or individuals.

Fight against organized crime

- future strategic directions
Police and Judicial
agencies equipped
with modern technical
equipment for crime
detection
Harmonization of
legislation ensuring
that it keeps track of
institutions
combating crime

Fight against organized and economic

crime
- future strategic directions
Hiring young
experts to fight
sophisticated forms
of crime
Hiring economic
experts and
investigators to
detect economic
crimes.

Fight against organized and economic

crime
- future strategic directions

Joining European judicial

and police associations
EUROPOL and
EUROJUST and using
quality analytic data
bases.
-Development of
analytic crimeintelligence data base in
BiH

Fight against organized and

economic crime
- future strategic directions
Develop
cooperation with
police and
judiciary of the
countries in the
region.
Develop
cooperation with
international
associations
combating crime

Fight against organized and

economic crime
- future strategic directions

Improvement of technical
resources available for the work of
police and prosecutors
Strengthening of specific
capacities in police and judiciary
Increase of human resources
Better cooperation with regional
and international law enforcement
agencies

Thank you for your

attention!

Goran Salihovi
Chief Prosecutor
Prosecutors Office of BiH
Kraljice Jelene 88
71 000 Sarajevo
Bosna i Hercegovina
+387 33 707 400
info@tuzilastvobih.gov.ba
www.tuzilastvobih.gov.ba