SIPA

On 17 April 2014, acting upon orders by the Court of BH and Prosecutor’s Office BH, police officials of the State Investigation and protection Agency (SIPA), in an operation code-named “Imperijal”, searched residential and business buildings at seven locations in Una-Sana Canton, aimed at supressing impermissible use of copyrights. These activities were carried out in cooperation with members of the Una-Sana Canton Ministry of Interior.

The searches were carried out due to grounds for suspicion of the perpetration of the criminal offence set out in Article 243 of the Criminal Code of BH “Impermissible Use of Copyrights”. During the searches, 7.000 sound and image recording media, suspected to be pirate, four computer units, four printers, two scanners, 11 burners, 665 printed covers and other items that could be used as evidence in further procedure were found and seized.

During the search of a residential building in Cazin, a hidden workshop for the production of pirate sound and image recording media was found.

A report on the procedure upon an order by the Court BH and a report on the perpetrated criminal offence and perpetrators against four individuals will be submitted to the Prosecutor’s Office BH.