The Republic Prosecutor’s Office of the RS forwarded the Bobar Bank case to the Prosecutor’s Office of BiH

The Republic Prosecutor’s Office of the Republika Srpska informed Transparency International Bosnia and Herzegovina (TI BiH) that the Chief Republic Prosecutor had delegated the Bobar Bank case to the Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina, because as stated in the letter from the Republic Prosecutor’s Office, international crime.

TI BiH previously sent a request to the Republic Prosecutor’s Office of RS to initiate a procedure for resolving conflicts of jurisdiction between the District Prosecutor’s Office in Bijeljina, which was initially charged with missing almost 10 million KM from the Bank’s vault, as well as a large number of disputed loans. which declared itself incompetent, explaining that it was not organized crime.

Given the fact that in the previous period, due to the transfer of this case between the prosecutor’s offices, no one actually dealt with investigations in the Bobar Bank case, TI BiH again sent inquiries to the Republic Prosecutor’s Office and the Prosecutor’s Office of BiH to determine whether the Republic Prosecutor’s Office conflict of jurisdiction, and whether the media allegations that the Prosecutor’s Office of BiH initiated investigative activities in this case are correct. While the Republic Prosecutor’s Office confirmed that the case had been forwarded to the Prosecutor’s Office of BiH, the Prosecutor’s Office of BiH refused to provide information, explaining that it would jeopardize the goals of preventing and detecting crime.

TI BiH notes that it is especially important that one of the competent prosecutor’s offices in BiH finally start acting in this case, informing the public as soon as possible about the details of the indictment, as well as the persons against whom the indictment was filed. As a reminder, even after more than half a year, thanks to the negligence of the investigative bodies, the public does not know who the people involved in the crime in Bobar Bank are and what crimes they are charged with, and the fact that the RS Special Prosecutor’s Office even considered it not organized crime. it best shows the extent of the systemic ignoring of this affair so far.

Answer of the Republic Prosecutor’s Office of RS

Response of the Prosecutor’s Office of BiH

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