US sanctions former Bosnian safety chief

The U.S. authorities imposed sanctions Wednesday on the previous head of Bosnia’s state safety company, accusing him of misusing state assets for the good thing about his political get together and collaborating with legal networks to counterpoint himself.

The Treasury Department alleged that Osman Mehmedagic misused his place to instruct a state-owned telecom firm to gather mobile exercise of politicians not affiliated with the SDA get together.

Treasury mentioned in a press release that Mehmedagic additionally “has used his place, threats and connections” to sway candidates from an alliance of events that defeated his get together on the whole elections final October to help the SDA throughout ensuing coalition talks.

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“There can also be credible data that Mehmedagic has collaborated with legal networks to counterpoint himself and his political get together,” the assertion added.

Following the announcement of sanctions, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken mentioned in a press release that Mehmedagic’s transgressions “mirrored a bigger sample of habits” by ethnonationalist political events in Bosnia, together with the SDA, which “have weaponized key justice and safety sector establishments to misuse assets in help of political targets and to guard legal organizations with whom they’re related.”

The United States imposed sanctions Wednesday on former Bosnian safety chief Osman Mehmedagic. (Matteo Nardone/Pacific Press/LightRocket by way of Getty Images)

Mehmedagic was changed as head of the state safety company final month after greater than 7 years on the submit.

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Also Wednesday, the Treasury Department levied sanctions on Edin Gacanin, born in Bosnia however raised within the Netherlands, accusing him of being “one of many world’s most prolific drug traffickers.”

Treasury mentioned Gacanin was the chief of the Tito and Dino Cartel, “which incorporates his relations and his pals” from Bosnia and in addition engages in cash laundering.

The sanctions towards Gacanin, it added, have been intently coordinated with the U.S Drug Enforcement Administration, the European Union’s Europol company, and the governments of The Netherlands, France and Belgium.

Any property or curiosity belonging to the sanctioned people within the United States is blocked and have to be reported.