Indictment filed against Uzunović and others in a case involving the company 'Bosnalijek' Sarajevo as the injured party

(Patria) - According to the collected evidence, the illegal property gain in this case, along with corrupt criminal offenses, and the damage caused amounts to more than 10.8 million KM.

The Prosecutor of the Prosecutor's Office of BiH, in a case of high corruption and organized crime, has filed an indictment related to the criminal offenses of organized crime, abuse of position or authority, concluding a harmful contract, and money laundering, which were committed between 2005 and 2016, and for which 11 individuals and 4 legal entities are charged.

The indictment states that the first-accused Uzunović Nedim, as the organizer, together with several other persons, with whom he is connected by family ties or otherwise, acting as an organized group, according to mutual agreements, planning and execution of criminal offenses, in order to achieve illegal property gain, and contrary to the interests of the company Bosnalijek d.d., carried out financial transactions through several off-shore companies, registered in the British Virgin Islands and Seychelles, in favor of accounts of companies in Latvia, Cyprus, and other countries for alleged marketing or consulting services that were not performed.

The indictment states that the first-accused Uzunović Nedim, as the beneficial owner of off-shore companies and the director of the Representative Office of the company Bosnalijek d.d. in Moscow, with the intention of concealing the real source, nature, and origin of the money and illegally introducing it into legal financial flows, deposited large sums of money into accounts he controlled, as well as accounts of persons close to him, which were subsequently used for various purposes, including the purchase of real estate, stocks, vehicles, and other assets.

According to the collected evidence, the accused damaged the company Bosnalijek d.d. Sarajevo by the amount of 10,849,609.43 KM, and acquired illegal property gain for themselves in the amount of 9,984,508.01 KM, with which money they further disposed and used in economic operations, purchased movable and immovable property in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republic of Croatia, placing money they knew was obtained by committing a criminal offense into legal financial flows.

The Prosecutor's Office of BiH and partner institutions and agencies that participated in the investigation in BiH and abroad, especially the State Investigation and Protection Agency, have documented hundreds of foreign and domestic financial transactions in large amounts, and a prohibition of disposal has been imposed on certain funds and assets during the proceedings, and within the indictment, the confiscation of multi-million illegal property gain will be sought, in individually determined amounts.

The accused are:

1. NEDIM UZUNOVIĆ, born in 1976 in Mostar, citizen of BiH,
2. EMIN HADŽIOMEROVIĆ, born in 1948 in Kotor Varoš, citizen of BiH,
3. JASMINA UZUNOVIĆ, born in 1979 in Banja Luka, citizen of BiH,
4. SEAD UZUNOVIĆ, aka "Sejo", born in 1952 in Konjic, citizen of BiH,
5. MUNIR ĆUKLE, born in 1970 in Konjic, citizen of BiH,
6. NADIJA ĆUKLE, born in 1978 in Sarajevo, citizen of BiH,
7. ALMA TURAJLIĆ, born in 1985 in Banja Luka, citizen of BiH,
8. AZIZ ŠUKALO, born in 1958 in Foča, citizen of BiH,
9. VEDAD TUZOVIĆ, aka "Vedo", born in 1976 in Sarajevo, citizen of BiH,
10. BOGDAN JOKOVIĆ, born in 1958 in Belgrade, citizen of BiH and the Republic of Serbia,
11. ANEL VRTIĆ, aka "Crni", born in 1976 in Sarajevo, citizen of Bosnia and Herzegovina,
12. Legal entity "SERRETA INVESTING" d.o.o. Sarajevo,
13. Legal entity "LIBERO 5" d.o.o. Konjic,
14. Legal entity "TURIST BEST" d.d. Konjic, and
15. Legal entity "EMKO GRAĐENJE" d.o.o. Rogoznica.

The prosecution will prove the allegations of the indictment by calling 24 witnesses, an expert witness,
as well as submitting hundreds of pieces of evidence, including documents from international legal assistance obtained from the judicial institutions of Latvia, Cyprus, Croatia, Slovenia, etc.

The indictment has been forwarded to the Court of BiH for confirmation.