Press conference in front of the ITA BIH building on the occasion of the new disciplinary prosecution of whistleblower Emir Mesic

Banja Luka, 02. November 2021. – On Wednesday, November 3, 2021, starting at 11:30 am, a new disciplinary hearing will be held in the proceedings against the protected whistleblower Emir Mesic, an employee of the Indirect Taxation Authority of BiH who has been subject to disciplinary action since he reported corruption in this institution.

On that occasion, the applicant, together with his lawyer and representatives of Transparency International BiH, will give statements to the media at 11:00 am in front of the main entrance to the ITA headquarters in Banja Luka (address: Bana Lazarevića bb) .

Whistleblower Emir Mesic has been suffering repressive measures at work since he pointed out numerous embezzlements with the payment of parking at customs terminals at the end of 2018. . Although Mesic has been granted the status of a protected whistleblower, the Agency for the Prevention of Corruption and Coordination of the Fight against Corruption (APIK) has so far not taken any action to protect the whistleblower from retaliation, despite warnings from the Human Rights Ombudsman. The ITA BIH has so far initiated three disciplinary proceedings against the whistleblower Mešić, in which several irregularities have been noticed so far.

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