Almost every week in BiH, some hardened criminal from abroad is also located, and experts say that the reasons are multiple, such as insufficient cooperation between domestic police bodies, porosity boundaries and the like.
There are such examples in Pretek, and the Last enrolled Syrian MFA (24), who rose to Norway, and was arrested by members of the Canton Sarajevo police administration in cooperation with the Intelligence and Security Agency (both) BiH.
Numerous people from the warrant have been hidden in BiH, including members of the warranted mafia clans, and never explained how they entered BiH, and whether, possibly, someone helped them.
Safet Mušić, Security Expert, says BiH has become an attractive refuge for various criminals from abroad primarily due to the porosity of their borders and low inter-institutional surveillance.
“Safety and judicial systems are burdened with the slow exchange of information and limited capacities for international cooperation, which allows convicts or fugitives to be easily covered,” Mušić points out.
According to him, the Balkans, including BiH, remains the space of intensive intelligence and criminal “pods” of different regional and global actors, which further complicates control.
“In addition, the complicated political structure and the fragmented competence of security services in BiH make it difficult for coordinated actions. All this is a state-owned point and a suitable fleet shelter and members of international criminal networks,” Mušić emphasized for “independent newspapers”.
Denis Hadžović, president of the Center for Security Studies, says that sufficient capacity is not devoted to or has support from the state in the fight against organized crime.
“The dismissed police system, which is underwintering, leaves such faces for hiding from the law enforcement agencies, indicate that smugglers are still more advanced than our police.
He also points to the mistrust of citizens in police structures in BiH.
“Citizens must report any suspicious action and a person, but such information does not reach the police, a little due to the fear of citizens, and few and due to the loss of confidence in the judicial and police system,” Hadžović emphasized.
Armin Kržalić, professor at the Faculty of Criminalism, Criminology and Security Studies, University of Sarajevo, points out that the case of arresting Syrijac shows that institutions exist and work.
“I would praise the coordination between the intelligence-security agency and police agencies. Because, if we were asked how that person has managed to pass in to BiH and our services revealed. From a strategic point of view, that is very positive,” Krjalić emphasizes.
According to him, the case of the arrest of the runaway Syrian showed that institutions exist and work.
“Certainly, this and similar cases show the importance of cooperation between institutions. The task of the assembly is collecting and distributing safety information on time. This example may have shown that the exchange works,” Krjalić told “independent newspapers.
