Operation "Avalanche" continues: One person arrested

Acting on a request from the State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA), officers of the Border Police of Bosnia and Herzegovina this morning at the Karakaj border crossing deprived of liberty another suspect in the case code-named „Avalanche“, who had been on the run until now.

 The person deprived of liberty is identified by initials D.J. (1975) due to reasonable suspicion that he committed the criminal offense of organized crime in connection with the criminal offenses of abuse of position or authority, abuse of authority in the economy, money laundering, forgery or destruction of official documents, failure to report the preparation of a criminal offense, and forgery or destruction of business or commercial books or documents (Criminal Code of Republika Srpska).        

The person deprived of liberty, after being taken over from the Border Police of Bosnia and Herzegovina, will be brought to the official premises of SIPA for criminal processing, after which he will be handed over to the Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina for further proceedings.