Ranko Debevec, the President of the Court of B&H, stayed at the end of 2017., more precisely from November 25th to December 2nd, in Spain, where he owns an apartment in Malaga. As it was established, Debevec never reported that apartment in his property card, although he was obliged to do so by law.

Criminal charges

A few months ago, the portal pressmedia.ba announced that the President of the Court of B&H, when applying for this high state position, did not even report that he possessed dual citizenship.

These allegations, based on the criminal report, are already being investigated by the Prosecutor's Office of B&H. In March last year, Debevec was reported to have a dual identity in Spain, allegedly numerous properties, as well as that he have been employing in the Court of B&H people outside the law ... All these irregularities are slowly coming to light.

So far, the public has not had concrete evidence that Debevec uses another name in Spain, however, this dilemma is completely solved by plane tickets, copies of which were presented to "Avaz" journalists.

Namely, the tickets were reserved at the Lufthansa airline, and were paid 532 euros. Debevec, under the name Ranko Debevec Kaveson, flew to Malaga from the airport in Zagreb, in the company of Alma Ć., an employee of the Court of B&H with whom he was in an emotional relationship at the time. They had connecting flight from the Frankfurt airport, and then in the late hours they arrived by plane in Malaga, that is, at the destination - the town of Torremelinos, where Debevec has an apartment.

In the same company, ie with Alma Ć., Debevec traveled in the summer months as well, allegedly by car and accompanied by the officers of the Directorate for Coordination of Police Bodies, and as evidenced there are pictures of a couple „in love“ from the beach in Malaga.

Leaving aside the "emotional" aspect of this story, the fundamental questions remain as to who bore the costs of travel, airfare, vacation, or to be more precise, whether Debevec and Alma Ć., as employees of the Court, had per diems for those days or they took the days off. In addition, the competent authorities should check whether state resources and the budget have been misused in all respects.

The Directorate for Coordination of Police Bodies of B&H still hides data on when and how many times the officers of the Directorate drove the President of the Court of B&H to Spain and whether he made announcements for other persons with whom he traveled that they are not members of his family.

No data available

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of B&H, although we referred to the Law on Freedom of Access to Information, refused to give us information on whether the President of the Court of B&H, as the holder of a diplomatic passport, announced travel for certain person from the Court of B&H, employe of this institution, when he travelled to Spain.

- This is official correspondence which, in accordance with the legal regulations of B&H, cannot be the subject of assignment to third parties - it is stated in the response from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of B&H.

The reaction of the Prosecutor's Office and the HJPC is awaited

After the discovery of our newspaper that Debevec, through his closest associate, sent questions and answers to the candidate intern for taking the professional exam, the reaction of the Prosecutor's Office of B&H is expected in order to verify all these allegations.

Also, the reaction of the Office of the Disciplinary Prosecutor is expected to form a third case against Debevac after the information published in the media about the misuse of state resources.