The office of the Disciplinary Prosecutor of the High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council of B&H (HJPC), headed by Alena Kurspahić-Nadarević, is still conducting a disciplinary investigation against Ranko Debevec, President of the Court of B&H, in connection with allegations of abuse of office and corruption.

Although three disciplinary cases have been filed against the head of the Court of B&H, and the report that he committed the criminal offense of abuse of office or authority under Article 220 of the B&H Criminal Code and several corrupt acts, filed with the Prosecutor's Office of B&H in the middle of last year,still no disciplinary proceedings have been initiated nor has a disciplinary lawsuit been filed.

We would like to remind you that Debevec was also reported for inappropriate contact with the accused director of ISA, Osman Mehmedagić, who is being tried in the Court of B&H.

The prosecution requested financial reports

On October 22nd, 2020, the Prosecutor's Office of B&H which performs checks from the criminal report, sent all the evidence that Debevec did not report property in the Kingdom of Spain or that he has Spanish citizenship to the Office of the Disciplinary Prosecutor of B&H.

The letter clearly states: "In no financial report did Ranko Debevec, the President of the Court of B&H, reported property in the Kingdom of Spain or that he has Spanish citizenship."

The reason why the Prosecutor's Office requested financial reports, from which it can be concluded that Debevec committed the criminal offense of abuse of position and authority under Article 220 of the B&H Criminal Code and several corrupt acts, is the verification of allegations from the criminal report against the head of the State Court.

Checking the allegations from the report, which states that Debevec committed several criminal acts while performing the function in the Court of B&H, all with the aim of obtaining illegal property gain, the prosecutors came across information that the President of the Court hid for years.

The Prosecutor's Office of B&H, through investigative actions in B&H and through international cooperation, determined that the President of the Court of B&H did not report the property he owns in Spain, as well as the dual citizenship of this country.

It was established that Ranko Debevec was registered as a citizen of the Kingdom of Spain under the name Ranko Debevec Kaveson by a decision made on April 12th 1999.

It has also been established that he owns a valid driving license issued by the Kingdom of Spain on 21st of February 1995. with a validity period until 3rd of April 2024., and is the holder of a travel document issued by the Kingdom of Spain on April 2nd 2019.

According to the Prosecutor's Office of B&H, Ranko Debevec Kaveson acquired the citizenship of the Kingdom of Spain on the basis of residence. According to operational data, in order to obtain Spanish citizenship, Ranko Debevec formally renounced the citizenship he had at that time.

According to the information of the Prosecutor's Office of B&H, Ranko Debevec Kaveson used the travel document of the Kingdom of Spain when crossing the border of the Kingdom of Spain on April 14th, 2018., then on June 23rd, 2018., June 27th, 2018. and June 30th, 2018. at the Barcelona (El Prat) Airport.

Also, his property in Malaga was discovered, which he did not report, about which the Prosecution, after the checks, informs the Office of the Disciplinary Counsel giving them clear evidence.

It is an apartment of 99 square meters in Torremolinos (Torremolinos - Malaga), which was purchased in 1999., with a cadastral value of 75,682.71 euros. It was determined that Debevec also owns a parking space of 12 square meters in Torremelinos, purchased in 2016. with a cadastral value of 1,379.77 euros. He did not report any real estate in his property card, although, according to B&H law, he had to.

Bank account holder

In addition, Debevec is also the owner of a bank account in "CaixaBank", which was opened on June 25, 2018.

Inspecting the personal file, it was determined that Ranko Debevec provided incomplete and inaccurate information when applying for the position of prosecutor, judge and president of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina and when filling in the application form for judges, prosecutors and associates, in which he did not state the fact that he also uses Ranko Debevec Kaveson name, and that he also has another citizenship, which indicates that he committed a disciplinary offense prescribed by Article 56, item 19 of the Law on the High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council of Bosnia and Herzegovina - according to the information of the Prosecutor's Office of B&H.

It was also pointed out that based on the Law on Protection of Classified Information of Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the capacity of President of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ranko Debevec has access to classified information of all levels and that according to the Law on Intelligence and Security Agency of Bosnia and Herzegovina issues orders to the Agency for secret surveillance and searches, and that Ranko Debevec also has another identity and a travel document of another state that he uses.