Bosanska Gradiška: Border policeman lied to a female traveler that she committed an offense, then took 250 euros in bribe

The prosecutor of Department III of the Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina has filed an indictment against Milenko Krunić, born on November 24, 1976 in Bosanska Gradiška, a citizen of BiH, employed as a border police officer at the Gradiška border crossing, reports the Patria news agency.

 

The accused is charged with, on May 25 this year, while working as a police officer of the Border Police at the Gradiška border crossing during regular border checks upon exit from BiH, unlawfully demanding and accepting a gift in order to perform certain activities and actions within his authority that he would have had to perform anyway.

He is charged with, during the control of citizens who were returning to Austria after visiting BiH, and for the purpose of obtaining illegal gain, telling them that they had committed a serious offense because they did not report to the police authorities during their weekend stay in BiH, and telling them that the penalty for that offense is 500 euros per person, after which he demanded a gift in the amount of 250 euros in order to allegedly arrange for the said persons not to be prosecuted before a misdemeanor judge.

After that, the female traveler, who believed that he could do that, gave him the amount of 250 euros, which she placed in the passports, which the said person then took and kept.

The accused is charged with, as an official person in the institutions of BiH, demanding and accepting a gift in order to perform an action within his authority that he would have had to perform, thus committing the criminal offense of accepting a gift or other forms of benefit. The indictment has been forwarded to the Court of BiH, announced from the Centar Municipality.