Having completed the trial in the case of the accused Ljubomir Kalaba, on 30 April 2026 the Court of BiH delivered and pronounced a Trial Judgment finding the accused Ljubomir Kalaba guilty of the criminal offense Abuse of Office or Official Authority under Article 220(1) of the Criminal Code of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and sentenced him to one (1) year of imprisonment.

The accused was found guilty that, while acting as an official person in the institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina, performing the duties of director of the Veterinary Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina, although aware that the legal requirements set forth in the Law on Veterinary Medicine in Bosnia and Herzegovina for issuing binding instructions to the "MI RAKITNO" d.o.o. Posušje were not met, and also aware that by using his official authority he would cause material damage to this business entity in the aforementioned business operations, but wanting to do so, on 13 February 2020 issued an instruction on the temporary ban on issuing and signing veterinary health certificates for the approved "MI RAKITNO" d.o.o. facility, on the basis of which he prohibited the Administration for Inspection Affairs of the West Herzegovina Canton from issuing veterinary health certificates with the code KZV-TR-14 for the approved export facility "MI RAKITNO" d.o.o. Posušje, Vrpolje bb/Rakitno, in which way he made it impossible for the business entity to export and sell the already prepared fresh/chilled beef to the Republic of Turkey, scheduled for 14 February 2020, in the amount of 41,785.78 kg, so that, due to the duration of the said ban, and despite the efforts of "MI RAKITNO" d.o.o., to preserve the meat in a proper and healthy condition over the following period by keeping it at the appropriate temperature regime, but it eventually became spoiled as a result of prolonged standing, in which way the accused Ljubomir Kalaba caused material damage to "MI RAKITNO" d.o.o. Posušje in the form of non-payment of the contracted sales price/value of the goods in the amount of 407,829.21 BAM and the paid administrative costs for the write-off and destruction of these goods in the amount of 3,844.29 BAM, which represents damage in the total amount of 411,673.50 BAM.

An appeal from the Judgment may be filed with the Appellate Division Panel of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina within 15 days of the day when a written copy of the Judgment is received.