SARAJEVO - OHR Sarajevo, June 17 (Hina) - The Office of the International High Representative to Bosnia-Herzegovina (OHR) on Thursday called on authorities in that country to deal more seriously with the problem of organised crime,
particularly in Sarajevo. The motive for this move of the OHR is last week's arrest of Ramiz Delalic, alias Celo, after he had attacked and beat up a traffic policeman. The call has been forwarded to all media for release. Delalic is currently in prison and an investigation is likely to be launched against him because of this act of his aggressive behaviour. The OHR, however, asks that the investigating procedure should cover all other complaints and charges pressed against him since 1990 but which have not so far been processed completely. Delalic's criminal record comprises accusations of murder, theft, robbery and violence. The most known case is that Delalic allegedly ki
Sarajevo, June 17 (Hina) - The Office of the International High
Representative to Bosnia-Herzegovina (OHR) on Thursday called on
authorities in that country to deal more seriously with the problem
of organised crime, particularly in Sarajevo.
The motive for this move of the OHR is last week's arrest of Ramiz
Delalic, alias Celo, after he had attacked and beat up a traffic
policeman. The call has been forwarded to all media for release.
Delalic is currently in prison and an investigation is likely to be
launched against him because of this act of his aggressive
behaviour. The OHR, however, asks that the investigating procedure
should cover all other complaints and charges pressed against him
since 1990 but which have not so far been processed completely.
Delalic's criminal record comprises accusations of murder, theft,
robbery and violence. The most known case is that Delalic allegedly
killed a Serb in a wedding's column in Sarajevo in 1992 which the
Serb Democratic Party (SDS) used as a pretext for launching the war
in Bosnia-Herzegovina.
During the war, Delalic was the commander of a brigade of the
Bosnian Army, the headquarters of which was in Sarajevo. He closely
cooperated with notorious Musan Topalovic, responsible for
killings of many non-Moslem (non-Bosniak) civilians from the start
of war to October 1993 when he was killed in the conflict with the
military police.
After the war, Delalic set up a coffee house, and local media label
him as a leader of organised crime in Bosnia.
Sarajevo Cantonal Interior Minister Ismet Dahic said there were
three gangs in Sarajevo responsible for organised crime, but police
had no sufficient support to cope with them.
The OHR and the UN mission in Bosnia are firmly confident that the
problem of organised crime in Sarajevo has been too long ignored,
read a statement issued on Thursday.
The OHR and the UN mission announced they would attentively follow
the investigation and a possible court trial in the Delalic case.
They also proposed to the judicial authorities to adopt a law which
will enable the anonymous testimony and thus create conditions for
opening more cases of organised crime.
(hina) ms