Osman Mehmedagic was arrested on charges of money laundering and abuse of his office for falsifying university diplomas.
Bosnian police have arrested the country’s intelligence chief on charges of money laundering and abusing his office to falsify university diplomas.
Osman Mehmedagic, the head of the Security and Intelligence Agency (OSA), was arrested on Wednesday at the request of state prosecutors and police were acting accordingly, police spokesman Reza told Reza news agency. Sarajevo, Mirza Hadziabdic.
The prosecution said in a statement that it was investigating Mehmedagic for the criminal acts of abuse of office or authority, forgery of documents and money laundering. More information was said to be available later Wednesday.
Judicial processes often take years in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where corruption is widespread and infiltrates all areas of life, including the judiciary, education and health.
Last month, police arrested the director of the American University of Sarajevo and Tuzla and two associates for illegally issuing a diploma in Mehmedagic.
In October, Mehmedagic and a partner were charged with abuse of office for allegedly using agency resources to spy on a man who filed a criminal complaint against him, but the court acquitted them of the charges. Prosecutors appealed.