A panel of judges of the Appellate Division of Section II for Organized Crime, Economic Crime and Corruption of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina issued, on 15 February 2006, a decision discontinuing criminal proceedings against Božo Medić.

Under the indictment dated 15 February 2005, the Office of the Prosecutor of Bosnia and Herzegovina charged Mr. Medić with the following offenses:

• Extended criminal offense - Forgery of documents pursuant to Article 364 paragraph 1 and 3 of the Criminal Code of Republic of Srpska
• Extended criminal offense – Tax evasion pursuant to Article 272 paragraph 1 and 2 of the Criminal Code of Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Extended criminal offense – Money Laundering pursuant to Article 268 paragraph 1 and 2 of the Brčko District Criminal Code
• Tax evasion pursuant to Article 272 paragraph 1 and 2 of the Criminal Code of Federation BiH related to Article 55 of the FBiH Criminal Code.
• Money Laundering pursuant to Article 268 paragraph 1, 2, 3 and 4 of the Brčko District Criminal Code.

The panel rendered this decision on the Prosecutor’s motion for a dismissal of charges dated 14 February 2006.  In its decision the Court notes that the Prosecutor’s motion contains a statement of intention to discontinue the criminal proceedings against the accused for all counts in the indictment, since, on the basis of an assessment of the evidence, there are no factual or legal grounds for further proceedings.