2 minutes agoBosnian Security Minister Arrested for Corruption
Periskopi(a year ago)
(a year ago)Bosnian Security Minister Nenad Nessic was arrested Thursday along with six others on charges of organised crime, including money laundering, abuse of office and bribery, the state prosecutor's office said in a statement. State prosecutor and Bosnia's Republika Srpska Ministry (RS) have [...]
Bosnia's Republika Srpska State Prosecutor and Interior Ministry (RS) have investigated alleged corruption at the public company Roads of RS, where Nessic was the general manager from 2016-2020.
The company's current general manager, Milan Dakik, was also arrested, as were Mladen Lucia, brother of a former minister.
None of the company were immediately available to comment. Prosecutor failed to name four others arrested, Reuters reports
Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik, who is on trial at the Bosnian state court for rejecting international envoy's peace envoy Christian Schmidt's decisions, accused the prosecutor's office of a campaign of persecution against Serbian government officials.
