International operational action "Balkan Cartel" underway

(Patria) - Police officers of the State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA) this morning, July 9, began the implementation of an international operational action codenamed "Balkan Cartel". The action is being carried out under the orders of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the investigation is being conducted against two natural and one legal person.

Searches of residential buildings, auxiliary facilities, and movable property at one location in the Mrkonjić Grad area are underway due to grounds for suspicion that the suspects in this case have committed the criminal offense of "Money Laundering" under Article 209 of the Criminal Code of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The Prosecutor's Office of BiH announced that law enforcement agencies from five countries are participating in the operation, and one state prosecutor is in The Hague, coordinating investigative activities with colleagues from EUROJUST.

"The operation, which is being carried out in the fight against organized crime and money laundering, involves a total of five countries (Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Slovenia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina), and is aimed at identifying and prosecuting suspected natural and legal persons who are under investigation for illegal financial transactions and money laundering, which have been carried out in multiple countries," stated the Prosecutor's Office of BiH.

The individuals who are the subject of the operation in BiH are suspected of the criminal offense of money laundering under Article 209 of the Criminal Code of BiH.

"Activities in the area of BiH were carried out by SIPA and the Federal Police Administration, searches were conducted at a total of five locations, and BAM 400,000 has been blocked on the accounts of one legal and one natural person," announced the Prosecutor's Office of BiH.