Court spokesman Refik Hodzic confirmed that Judge Malcolm Simmons, who chaired the panel of judges which yesterday sentenced Jelavic, informed the national Interpol office so that Interpol offices in other countries would know about the international arrest warrant.
All police agencies in Bosnia have been unsuccessfully searching for Jelavic since the sentencing, when a warrant for his arrest was issued.
The spokesman of the Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA), Admir Katica, said Bosnia's umbrella police service was also engaged in the search.
Bosnian media speculated today that Jelavic had escaped, most probably to Croatia, and that he counted on the fact that the Croatian authorities would not extradite him given that he also has Croatian citizenship.
When the Bosnian State Court released him pending trial earlier this year, Jelavic paid 250,000 euros bail and handed over his Croatian and Bosnian identification documents as guarantee that he would not run away. He handed over his Croatian passport although the media said he could easily have fled to Croatia bearing just his Croatian ID.