(Patria) - Today (20.11.2024) a coordinated international operation 'Euphrates' was realized, involving significant cooperation between Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of Serbia, and the European Union, in which, in addition to police officers from SIPA, police officers from the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Serbia, the Federal Republic of Germany, Poland, the Republic of Austria, the Netherlands, and Great Britain participated.
Work on this international case has been conducted for a longer period under the organization of EUROJUST and EUROPOL.
As part of this international operation, police officers from the State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA) apprehended three individuals in the Sarajevo and Tuzla areas, due to grounds for suspicion that they committed the criminal offenses of 'Organizing a group or association for the commission of the criminal offense of migrant smuggling' and 'Human trafficking', as prescribed by the Criminal Code of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Following criminal processing, the apprehended individuals will be handed over to the further jurisdiction of the Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina within the legal deadline.
There are grounds for suspicion that the apprehended individuals smuggled over 750 migrants of Syrian origin to the Federal Republic of Germany and Great Britain, via the Western Balkan route.
More individuals, including the organizer of the group, were apprehended today on the territory of the aforementioned countries.
Searches of residential and auxiliary buildings and movable property were carried out at three locations, during which items that could serve as evidence in criminal proceedings were discovered and temporarily confiscated.
The aforementioned activities were carried out by order of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina and under the supervision of the Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina, in cooperation with police officers from the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Sarajevo Canton and Tuzla Canton, and with the Service for Foreigners' Affairs.
Activities in the mentioned case were supported by the EU4FAST project.
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