BOSNIAN FEDERATION INTELLIGENCE SERVICE PROBES INTO DISCLOSING OF CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENT

SARAJEVO, Sept 10 (Hina) - The director of the Bosnian Federation's intelligence service (FOSS), Munir Alibabic, requested an investigation into who disclosed to the media a confidential document on the existence of an organised crime network in Bosnia which includes numerous former officials of the Party of Democratic Action (SDA). #L# A Sarajevo daily, "Oslobodjenje", on Tuesday cites Alibabic who said he believed that a senior official of the federal government was involved in the affair, and the director of the "Ljiljan" weekly, Mensur Brdar, could also find himself being investigated since it was his paper in which a copy of the document with a "confidential" stamp on it was first published. The FOSS director said this was a very serious case which jeopardised an operation which had been going on for months and in which police forces from several countries participated. Based on gathered evidence, FOSS agents estimate that up to 300 people are involved in the international criminal network who practically stole a significant amount of money Bosnia had received for defending itself during the war. The secret document mentions the names of former SDA senior officials such as Edhem Bicakcic and Hasan Cengic. (hina) lml