Deputy Chief Prosecutor files criminal complaint against Bosnia’s top prosecutor

According to judicial sources, the complaint was also sent to the High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council (HJPC), the Office of the Disciplinary Prosecutor, the Parliamentary Commission for the Fight Against Corruption, the Office of the High Representative (OHR), the EU Delegation, and the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Pasic declined to comment on the criminal filing.

In the complaint, he claims that between January 22 and November 3, 2025, Kajganic and Mijovic “abused their official positions” to shield Dodik, Viskovic, and Stevandic from prosecution. The case was initially assigned to Mijovic, who, under Kajganic’s order, was joined by a joint investigative team in January 2025. The team subsequently initiated and expanded an investigation, with the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina approving a request for detention and issuing warrants for the three suspects.

Pacic alleges that Kajganic and Mijovic later reached an agreement to dismantle the investigative team in June 2025, leaving Mijovic as the sole prosecutor. He further claims that the pair decided to withdraw arrest warrants and lift detention orders, actions he describes as clear overreach of authority.

According to the complaint, on July 4 and 9, Mijovic unlawfully interrogated the suspects inside the Prosecutor’s Office without notifying law enforcement, despite valid court orders for their detention and arrest warrants. The suspects were then allowed to leave the premises freely, Pasic alleges.

He further accuses Kajganic and Mijovic of deliberately undermining internal oversight to pave the way for terminating the investigation. On October 30, Mijovic, with Kajganic’s consent, formally suspended the investigation into Dodik, Stevandic, and Viskovic without completing the necessary prosecutorial procedures or notifying the injured party, the Office of the Attorney General of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Pasic asserts that these actions effectively protected the suspects from prosecution despite evidence supporting the charges. As part of his filing, he attached correspondence previously sent to the HJPC warning of ongoing interference with prosecutorial independence.