Prosecutor's Office of BiH indicts ten persons for illegal tobacco trade, money laundering, bribery

(Patria) - The Prosecutor's Office of BiH has filed an indictment including the accused:

1. Vican Jerko*, born in 1974 in Posušje, citizen of BiH and Republic of Croatia, previously convicted
2. Milićević Radoslav*, born in 1964 in Posušje, citizen of BiH and Republic of Croatia
3. Stanojević Stojan*, born in 1964 in Bosanski Šamac, citizen of BiH, previously convicted
4. Savkić Danijel*, born in 1984 in Brčko, citizen of BiH, previously convicted
5. Gotovčević Milorad*, born in 1991 in Bijeljina, citizen of BiH
6. Marić Gojko*, born in 1956 in Grude, citizen of BiH and Republic of Croatia
7. Marijanović Ljiljana*, born in 1958 in Beočin, Serbia, at the time of the commission of the criminal offense an employee of the Indirect Taxation Authority of BiH, Regional Center Mostar, citizen of BiH and Croatia
8. Martić Miro*, born in 1973 in Široki Brijeg, citizen of BiH and Republic of Croatia, previously convicted
9. Simeunović Mladen*, born in 1970 in Brčko, citizen of BiH, previously convicted
10. Simeunović Tanasija*, born in 1973 in Brčko, previously convicted.

The accused are charged with being members of an organized group involved in the illegal trade of more than 300 tons of tobacco and tobacco products, and the placement of these products on the illegal market of Bosnia and Herzegovina, thereby achieving a total illegal property gain of more than 1.3 million KM, and for which it is reasonably suspected that money laundering was also committed by actions of concealing the actual origin.

Furthermore, Vican Jerko, as the organizer of the group, is charged with giving bribes in 5 separate cases in amounts of at least 1,000.00 KM each to the accused Marijanović Ljiljana, then an employee of the Indirect Taxation Authority of BiH, through the mediation of the accused Martić Miro, all in order for the accused to perform actions that she was not allowed to perform within her function.

The indictment includes the following criminal offenses: Organized Crime under Article 250 of the Criminal Code of BiH, in conjunction with the criminal offenses of Illegal Trade under Article 212 of the Criminal Code of BiH, Illegal Trade of Excise Products under Article 210a of the Criminal Code of BiH, Giving Gifts and Other Forms of Benefit under Article 218 of the Criminal Code of BiH, Receiving Gifts and Other Forms of Benefit under Article 217 of the Criminal Code of BiH, Money Laundering under Article 209 of the Criminal Code of BiH.