Bobar Bank Affair: Prohibitory Measures Imposed on Arrested Individuals

Deciding on the BiH Prosecutor's Office's motion to impose pre-trial detention on suspects Slavica Injac, Snežana Vujnić, Petar Cacanović, Ana Mirosavljević, Dragan Radumilo, Sonja Kurtuma, Saša Tomić, Batrić Đurišić, Zdravko Dubov, and Igor Prodanović, arrested in Operation Avalanche, the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, on April 1, 2016, issued a decision rejecting the motion of the Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and imposed the following prohibitory measures on the suspects:

- Prohibition from leaving their place of residence – residential address (with the obligation for authorized officials to randomly check at least once daily whether the suspects are complying with this measure);
- Prohibition from travelling (with the temporary confiscation of travel documents and prohibition of issuing new travel documents, as well as the prohibition of using identity cards to cross the state border of Bosnia and Herzegovina);
- Prohibition from meeting – prohibition of mutual contact in any way, and contact through intermediaries with all employees of Bobar Bank, the Investment Development Bank, the Banking Agency of Republika Srpska, and all employees of all legal entities of Bobar Group and related entities ("Bobar Autosemberija" d.o.o. Bijeljina, "Elvaco d.o.o. Bijeljina, "Bobar group" d.o.o. Bijeljina, TP "Progres" a.d. Bijeljina, "Univerzal" a.d. Bijeljina, "BMD" d.o.o. Janja, holding "DRINATRANS" Zvornik, a. d. "Teslić-prevoz" Teslić, "Bobar Inženjering" d.o.o. Bijeljina, "Bobar osiguranje" d.o.o. Bijeljina, "SEPTEM MONT" d.o.o. Zvornik, "GRAFOKOMERC" a.d. Trebinje, "Taubering elektrik" d.o.o. Foča) and approaching them within a distance of 100 meters, as well as other persons who may be connected to this criminal proceeding. The suspects are also prohibited from contacting all representatives of print and electronic media regarding matters related to this criminal proceeding.

The imposed prohibitory measures may last as long as necessary or until a different decision by the Court, and the justification of these measures will be reviewed every two months.

In case the suspects violate the imposed prohibitory measures, pre-trial detention may be imposed on them.

Slavica Injac, Snežana Vujnić, Petar Cacanović, Ana Mirosavljević, Dragan Radumilo, Sonja Kurtuma, Saša Tomić, Batrić Đurišić, Zdravko Dubov, and Igor Prodanović are suspected of committing organized crime under Article 383.a paragraphs 2 and 4 of the Criminal Code of Republika Srpska (CC RS), in conjunction with the criminal offense of abuse of official position or authority under Article 347 paragraph 4 of the CC RS, the criminal offense of forgery or destruction of an official document under Article 379 paragraph 1 in conjunction with Article 24 of the CC RS, the criminal offense of failure to report the preparation of a criminal offense under Article 361 paragraph 1 of the CC RS, and the criminal offense of abuse of authority in economy under Article 263 paragraph 1 point 5 in conjunction with Article 25 of the CC RS.