Badovinci: Man Arrested Over Attempt to Smuggle €40,000
Police arrested a 30 year old man from the Sabac area at the Badovinci border crossing after he tried to carry 40,000 euros hidden in his car into Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Officers of Serbia’s Ministry of Interior have arrested a 30 year old man, identified by the initials B. N., from the Sabac area on suspicion of money laundering. The arrest took place at the Badovinci border crossing on the frontier with Bosnia and Herzegovina. The ministry announced the arrest on the evening of September 15.
According to the statement, the suspect tried to carry 40,000 euros from Serbia into Bosnia and Herzegovina. The cash was hidden inside the car he was driving. The operation was carried out by officers of the Criminal Police Directorate and the Anti-Corruption Service, working together with the Border Police Directorate.
The ministry says the suspect evaded customs controls and knew where the money had come from.
“Evading customs control measures, he tried to carry 40,000 euros from Serbia into Bosnia and Herzegovina, hidden in the car he was driving, even though he knew that the money came from criminal activity,” the Ministry of Interior said in its statement.
The suspect has been ordered held for up to 48 hours. Along with the criminal complaint, he will be brought before the Special Department for the Suppression of Corruption at the Higher Public Prosecutor’s Office in Novi Sad, rather than the basic prosecutor’s office with jurisdiction over the place of arrest.
The ministry describes the arrest at Badovinci as part of a wider campaign it is running against corruption and financial crime. The suspect is presumed innocent until a final verdict is reached.
