Omerhodžić: We will do everything before Moneyval so that BiH does not end up on the blacklist!

The House of Peoples of the PSBiH did not discuss amendments to the Criminal Code that regulate the jurisdiction of the state and entities for certain criminal offenses. This brings BiH one step closer to the decision of the Council of Europe Committee for the Fight against Money Laundering and the Financing of Terrorism to place our country on the so-called blacklist, writes the Patria News Agency.

Samir Omerhodžić, a member of the BiH delegation to Moneyval, says they are traveling next week from Monday to Friday to the session of this body and will be able to speak more on this topic only after the session is concluded. We remind you that Moneyval has already extended the deadline for the adoption of the Criminal Code twice, but there has never been the will from the smaller BiH entity.

- They often ask what we can expect, but I don't have an answer to that question. We are going next week, we will be present at the session from Monday to Friday, and we will see. What you know about the non-adoption of the Criminal Code is all I know. Therefore, I would not comment on it, nor prejudge any solution. We will see what the mood will be in Moneyval and the Committee and the Secretariat and other country representatives – says Omerhodžić.

He added that there has been a lot of talk about this problem, but he does not want to say anything in advance.

- There is fear, anything can happen, but I will not talk about it until we have the opportunity to present our arguments about it, to try to do what is within our power – added Omerhodžić.

The fate of Bosnia and Herzegovina is now in the hands of Moneyval member states, and it is threatened with being placed on the blacklist of countries, along with Ukraine, Iran, and North Korea, in the area of money laundering and terrorist financing.