The companies founded by Radončić suspected of evading 11 million KM of taxes

(Patria) - The Prosecutor's Office of BiH handed over to the Cantonal Prosecutor's Office in Sarajevo a case against Avaz d.o.o. and other related companies whose founder was Fahrudin Radončić.
The case refers to the evasion of direct taxes in the amount of app. 11 million BAM and was formed on the basis of the findings of the Federal Tax Administration BiH.

'On November 15, 2021, the Prosecutor's Office of BiH submitted the said case to the Prosecutor's Office of KS in the phase of reporting against several persons. Certain checks will be carried out', the Cantonal Prosecutor's Office in Sarajevo told the Investigation. Among the reported persons are several directors and responsible persons who managed the companies founded by Radončić, the most prominent name among them being Fehim Škaljić, former SBB representative in the Parliamentary Assembly of BiH.

In 2018, the Federal Tax Administration audited the operations of Avaz doo, then Avaz-roto press and other related companies, and it was concluded that, by means of suspicious accounting entries, these companies evaded about 8 million BAM of direct taxes, while the final debt, including default interest, climbs to 11 million BAM. After the findings of the Tax Administration, these companies submitted a complaint to the Federal Ministry of Finance, but HDZ Minister Jelka Milićević, as a second instance body, has not yet made a final decision in this case. In the meantime, the documentation was submitted to the Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the case was assigned to Prosecutor Merisa Nurkić.

However, even in that institution, which until recently was headed by the prosecutor Gordana Tadić, who is close to HDZ and SBB, no prosecutorial action has been taken in three years.
Only after the removal of Gordana Tadić from the position of chief prosecutor, her successor Milanko Kajganić decides to break a deadlock and move things forward. As these are direct
taxes, Kajganić transferred the case to the jurisdiction of the Sarajevo Canton Prosecutor's Office.

Information on the findings of the BiH Federal Tax Administration in Avaz and related companies was published by Slobodna Bosna three years ago. The founder of Avaz then stated that the Tax Administration carried out the audit 'political order', and Avaz's legal representative Almina Pilav responded as follows: 'In the text in which you claim that the 'Avaz' group embezzled 11 million KM, the only correct statement is that the BiH Federal Tax Administration has been inspecting the operations of the companies in the 'Avaz' group for several months. It is very interesting, and this has been pointed out before, the inspection followed after the wife of the director of OSA Mr. Osman Mehmedagić asked on her Facebook profile why the Federal Tax Administration bypasses Tešanjska 24a in Sarajevo, which is the address of Avaz.

Even more indicative is the fact that the officials of the Tax Administration were sent to Avaz, after the ministers of SBB in the FBiH Government refused to vote for the appointment of Šerif Isović to the position of director of the Federal Tax Administration, without the parallel appointment of his deputy, as prescribed by law, wrote lawyer Pilav.

Almina Pilav did not want to comment on the specific allegations by Slobodna Bosna, referring to the 'Law on Tax Administration of FBiH which in Article 3, paragraph 4 prescribes what is considered a tax secret'.

Avaz's tax secrets were soon taken over by the Prosecutor's Office of BiH. The then chief prosecutor Gordana Tadić was immediately given a space in Avaz and other Radončić's
'proxy media', where she was refered to as 'goddess of justice'. In return, the 'tax secret’ of the company founded by Fahrudin Radončić remained deep in the drawers of the Prosecutor's  Office of BiH. However, after the dismissal of Gordana Tadić, the case 'saw the light of day'.