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J) Europe and Central Asia
Despite the existence of information-sharing agreements and recent legislation (i.e., the “Law on Legal Assistance among Entities and Brcko” that was imposed by the High Representative (Apr 23) and passed by the BiH (Bosnia and Herzegovina) Parliament (Jul 3)) regulating contacts, provision of evidence, and information sharing and testimony between court systems, legal and law enforcement cooperation is primarily informal and ad hoc. Mutual legal assistance is severely limited by judicial bureaucracy, and serious legal and bureaucratic obstacles to the effective prosecution of criminals remain in place. In November, an Una Sana Cantonal investigative judge released two Bosnian citizens, taken into custody by the SBS, who were wanted on an Interpol narcotics-related warrant issued at the request of Austrian authorities. Neither the Republika Srpska (RS) nor the Federation has made significant progress in addressing the legal environmen ... [Read More]
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