SWEEPING OPERATION AGAINST TWO ORGANIZED CRIME GROUPS, ARRESTS AND SEARCHES UNDER WAY

SARAJEVO, NOVEMBER 11 /SRNA/ - A large-scale operation is under way in several cantons of the Federation of BiH /FBiH/ against two organized crime groups suspected of organized crime, illegal drug production and trafficking and money laundering.

The operation is being carried out by the police administration of the Zenica-Doboj Canton Interior Ministry, the Federal Police Administration, the Intelligence-Security Agency of BiH and the Zenica-Doboj Canton Prosecutor's Office, the Federal Prosecutor's Office said on Wednesday morning.

Searches are being conducted at multiple locations in the Zenica-Doboj, Sarajevo and Central Bosnia cantons, as well as in Republika Srpska.

Arrest warrants have been issued for the suspects and are being carried out.

The operation includes detaining people linked to the offenses, searching homes and other buildings and property, and temporarily seizing vehicles and other items that could be used as evidence in criminal proceedings.

Several dozen people are targeted by the operation. The measures taken are aimed at documenting the crimes, gathering evidence and establishing all the circumstances linked to the activities of the two groups.

The operation is being conducted under the supervision of the federal prosecutor in charge of the case at the Special Department of the FBiH Prosecutor's Office, on orders from the Special Department of the FBiH Supreme Court.