Other crimes

IAEA offers to help BiH prevent illegal transport of radioactive substances

24/04/2008

SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) -- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Mohamed ElBaradei is urging BiH to prevent the illegal tran...
EU's Rehn urges Serbia to choose accession or "self-imposed isolation"

11/03/2008

BRUSSELS, Belgium -- EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn told Serbia it has come to a fork in the road, following Kosovo's declaration of independe...
BiH police raid organised crime gang

16/01/2008

SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) -- Police arrested four alleged members of an organised crime group during two raids in Sarajevo's elite Cigla...
Croatia to chair UN Counter-Terrorism Committee

08/01/2008

Croatian diplomats consider its Security Council mandate to be extremely challenging and important. Additionally, Croatia is chair of one of the most difficult but high-profile panels, the Counter-Terrorism Committee.
Montenegrin Parliament to hold special session about journalist's murder

16/01/2007

PODGORICA, Montenegro -- Parliament Speaker Ranko Krivokapic announced on Monday (January 15th) that he has scheduled an extraordinary session of the...
Russia protests attack on diplomats in Macedonia

30/10/2006

SKOPJE, Macedonia -- Russia has sent a protest note to the Macedonian government over an incident in which four Russian diplomats were assaulted in a...
Bosnian court convicts wartime Serb minister

29/10/2006

SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) -- A Bosnian court has sentenced Momcilo Mandic, who once served as a cabinet minister under Radovan Karadzic,...
Thugs assault Montenegrin writer, kill driver

26/10/2006

PODGORICA, Montenegro -- One of Montenegro's most prominent writers was beaten up by several unidentified individuals, who also killed his driver-bod...
Croatia, ODIHR seal accord on combating hate crimes

24/10/2006

DUBROVNIK, Croatia -- Representatives of the interior ministry and the ODIHR sealed an accord Monday (October 23rd) for co-operation in the fight aga...
Serbia's lack of official data and expertise helps money launderers

23/10/2006

Legislation may be in place, but without consistent and reliable data, the fight against economic crimes in Serbia is severely hampered, says an OSCE report.
Macedonian police arrest alleged members of regional kidnapping gang

23/10/2006

SKOPJE, Macedonia -- Police have smashed a regional gang suspected of a series of kidnappings for ransom, according to local media reports Sunday (Oc...
Zagreb hosts international conference on counterfeiting

13/10/2006

ZAGREB, Croatia -- Experts say counterfeited currency will become a more serious problem for Croatia next year, when the euro becomes the official cu...
Bulgaria extradites Macedonian alleged human trafficker to US

24/04/2006

SOFIA, Bulgaria -- The government has extradited a Macedonian national and alleged leader of a major human trafficking ring to the United States. Naf...
RS's Dodik seeks special FBiH panel to investigate suspected war crimes against Sarajevo Serbs

18/04/2006

BANJA LUKA, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) -- Republika Srpska (RS) Prime Minister Milorad Dodik said on Monday (17 April) that a special commission mu...
Rehn urges Bulgaria to show results in fight against organised crime, corruption

14/04/2006

Citing "serious concerns" about the rule of law in Bulgaria, EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn urged the country to step up its efforts Thursday.