BiH: arrested eight men. There is a suspected trade in people!

Eight men were arrested on Thursday in the Banja Luka area on suspicion of human trade and the action was carried out by members of the State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA), which were supported by Republika Srpska police.

The raid was derived at the order of the Court of BiH and at the request of the State Prosecutor’s Office and focused on members of an organized criminal group, which, according to available information, was involved in the smuggling of illegal migrants.

The media reported that Dusko Maletic, Nebojsa Radic, Sinisa Novakovic, Zlatko Garic, Dalibor Stupar, Dragan Radic, Lazar Kresojevic and Lazar Vasic were arrested.

This action has shown that SIPA continues to act in the territory of the RS despite the threats of the authorities of the entity that it will ban the work of state judicial bodies and security agencies.

These announcements came after BiH President RS President Milorad Dodik sentenced a one -year prison sentence for disrespecting the decision of the High Representative of the International Community.

At the end of February, the RS National Assembly passed a series of laws to introduce the prohibition of the work of the Court and Prosecutor’s Office of BiH and SIPA in the territory of entities. The Constitutional Court of BiH immediately suspended these laws until the adoption of the right of their compliance with the State Constitution.

Dodik nevertheless repeatedly threatened that the RS police would prevent all the future SIPA actions, but that did not happen.

On Thursday, the RS MUP confirmed that they were also involved in the surgery of dealerships to people, but they avoided mentioned that they were actually assisted by SIPA members on the basis of a state court order.

This was the fourth SIPA action in the RS area since the entity Parliament has passed on disputed laws.