The Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina filed an indictment charging a total of 21 natural and legal persons with conspiracy to commit criminal offences, corrupt criminal offences and illegal trade in dozens of higher education diplomas, mainly economic, legal, technical-engineering, health professions, management and other profiles of education, reports the Sarajevo Times.

The extensive investigation of the Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA) in the past two years collected thousands of pieces of material evidence, heard more than 130 witnesses, including representatives of the academic community, and carried out special investigative actions in which representatives of police structures were directly engaged in exposing illegal sale and issuance of diplomas.

According to the collected evidence, at least 49 higher education diplomas were issued, the annulment of which will be sought in the procedure provided for by law. The Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina and SIPA collected evidence that persons who illegally bought diplomas did not participate in the process of education at higher education institutions, and for the purchase of illegal diplomas they usually paid amounts of several thousand euros.
Full report on the Sarajevo Times site