Members of the Ministry of the Interior of the Sarajevo Canton, under the direct supervision of the acting prosecutors of the Sarajevo Cantonal Prosecutor's Office, have been carrying out an action code-named "Contact" since the early morning hours.
According to the Sarajevo police, the action is the result of several months of investigation and intensive work on shedding light on and documenting several criminal acts for which members of an organized criminal group are suspected, and some of whom are members of the Sarajevo Canton police.
So far, a total of 31 people have been detained in the official premises, of which six are police officers of the Police Directorate of the SC Ministry of the Interior.
As the "Avaz" portal has learned detained from sources close to the investigation, police officers Mustafa Karšić, Jasmin Fetić, Jasmin Mustajbašić, Muamer Selimović, Smail Vladavić and Murafid Jašarević were detained.
The persons who are the target of this action are suspected of joining a group that faked traffic accidents in the past period in order to collect damages from insurance companies, and with the help of police officers of the Sarajevo Canton MUP - said the SC Prosecutor's Office.
It is suspected that the police officers, who were under special investigative actions, in addition to knowing about the fake accidents, also took bribes for traffic violations in the Sarajevo Canton. In that way, several insurance companies were damaged.
By order of the Municipal Court in Sarajevo, their phones were tapped and monitored for almost several months.
