SITUATION AND TRENDS OF CORRUPTIVE OFFENSES IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA Cover Image

STANJE I KRETANJE KORUPTIVNIH KRIVIČNIH DJELA U BOSNI I HERCEGOVINI
SITUATION AND TRENDS OF CORRUPTIVE OFFENSES IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

Author(s): Mile Matijević
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Criminal Law, Corruption - Transparency - Anti-Corruption
Published by: Sveučilište/Univerzitet "VITEZ"
Keywords: Crime; corruption; crime statistics; detection; clarification; evidence; judgment;

Summary/Abstract: Corruption offenses represent a form of criminal activity that is very difficult and rarely reveal, clarify and prosecuted. The statistics of the courts is a very small number of convictions for these crimes. However, the public perception is already a large number of these criminal acts, criminal acts, which causes confusion and different understanding of the true extent of the crime and the strength and ability of competent authorities to effectively actin criminal and criminal procedural corruption combating crime. Raises the real question, what's going on in connection with procedural criminal activity regarding disclosure, and proving these offenses.The paper will provide available statistical indicators of the situation and trends of corruption crimes in Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as in relation to the jurisdiction of individual organs (state, entities, regional and local authorities). Statistical monitoring of the overall, so this form of crime provide a partial answer to the question about the "real" presence of corruption offenses. On the basis of analysis of cases "corruption" crimes shall be given to possible score on the relevant circumstances and the difficulty of discovering, explaining and proving these offenses. It will also point to the need for serious investigation of "dark figure" of crime that goes into all aspects of social life, the economy, and other activities. We will address the real problems in the discovery, but also the shortcomings in the functioning of the competent services that are directly and indirectly responsible to act in connection with the forms of this crime.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 5
  • Page Range: 5-22
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian
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