SIPA

In January 2014, the State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA) police officials registered 370 calls to the Crime-Stoppers hotline, out of which 142 were assessed as not serious.

In this period, citizens submitted 71 useful information on planned or committed criminal offences and their perpetrators, based on which the same number of reports was made.

The majority of information referred to the criminal offences of “Abuse of Official Position” (12), “Illicit Trafficking in Narcotics” (9).

Out of the total number of useful information, 71 of them, along with the reports, were forwarded for further processing to competent police authorities in BH and SIPA acted upon nine information.

Within this reporting period, 62 pieces of feedback were received from the competent police authorities related to the information previously submitted via the Crime-Stoppers. Based on these information, it was determined that three reports on criminal offences and their perpetrators were submitted to the competent Prosecutor’s Offices and seven report were submitted for further evaluation.

In addition, SIPA’s police officials gave 133 recommendations to the citizens who contacted them via the anonymous and free Crime-Stoppers telephone number - 080 020 505.