Indictment filed in "Twins 1" case for prostitution and money laundering

An indictment has been filed against 3 individuals in the case codenamed “TWINS 1“. The accused achieved significant illegal financial gain, reports Patria News Agency.

The prosecutor from the Special Department for Organized Crime, Economic Crime, and Corruption has filed an indictment against: Alija Karahasanović, born in 1980 in Heidelberg, SR Germany, a citizen of BiH, Atilla Aksoy, born in 1978 in Mannheim, SR Germany, a citizen of Turkey, and Jasmin Hodžić, born in 1991 in Tuzla, a citizen of BiH.

The accused are charged with contacting young women in BiH and Croatia during 2015, 2016, and 2017, who were in difficult financial and social situations, and inducing, persuading, and encouraging them to provide sexual services for money, as well as organizing the provision of such services in Austria and Germany.

The indictment states that the accused created profiles of the women on websites in the German-speaking area, communicated with potential clients in German on their behalf, and arranged dates, times, and locations for the provision of sexual services.

The victims in this criminal offense were in a difficult situation, considering they were young individuals who were in countries and cities they did not know, did not speak the language in the German-speaking area, and their services were advertised on websites that translate to “buy me“.

The accused took a significant amount of the money obtained from the victims, and the investigation has determined that through the commission of criminal offenses over a longer period, illegal financial gain exceeding 350,000 euros was achieved, of which a significant amount was taken by the accused.

The accused are also charged with using the money obtained from the commission of criminal offenses to purchase expensive cars and for personal use.

The accused are charged with the criminal offenses of:

- International inducement to prostitution under Article 187 of the Criminal Code of BiH.

- Money laundering under Article 209 of the Criminal Code of BiH.

- Possession and enabling the use of narcotic drugs under Article 239 of the Criminal Code of FBiH.

This indictment is one segment of the activities within the “TWINS“ and “PISMO“ operations, and work on the cases continues.