Mamić Case: SIPA Searches Facilities in Ljubuški and Tomislavgrad for Money Laundering

Officers of the State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA) began searches this morning (January 25, 2016) at three locations in the areas of Ljubuški and Tomislavgrad, pursuant to orders from the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The activities are being conducted with the aim of finding and temporarily seizing documentation and other items that may serve as evidence that the criminal offense of "Money Laundering" has been committed, reports the Patria news agency.

Searches are underway of business and residential premises used by a person with the initials M.M., and the activities are being undertaken at the request of the Republic of Croatia for international legal assistance.

Due to the protection of the investigation, no further details are available, but Croatian media report that checks are being carried out on three bank accounts: the private account of Mario Mamić, the business account of his company Sport Servis MM from Ljubuški, and the account of 32-year-old Marko Kravić, his wife's brother, who is the responsible person in that company.

According to media reports, Mario Mamić has just over 300,000 euros in an account at a bank in Bosnia and Herzegovina, which was paid to him by his company Sport Servis MM, which also received payments from the offshore company Rasport Management AG from Switzerland, through which, according to USKOK's allegations, money was being siphoned from Dinamo.