The trial panel found Milan Papić guilty of:
· Customs fraud, and
· Organised crime in conjunction with Customs fraud,
and sentenced him to a compound imprisonment sentence of 6 years. Also, the Court ordered Milan Papić to pay KM 645.813.48 into the budget of BiH, as compensation for illegally obtained financial gains.
Dragan Sarić was found guilty of:
· Customs fraud, and
· Organised crime in conjunction with Customs fraud,
and sentenced to a compound imprisonment sentence of 6 years. The time he has been held in custody since 30 March 2006 will count towards the sentence.
Goran Novaković, Milijana Obrenović, and Anđelko Jović were found guilty of a Lack of commitment in office and sentenced to one year, two years, and six months imprisonment respectively.
Davor Simić was found guilty of Organized crime in conjunction with Abuse of office or official authority and sentenced to four years imprisonment.
Milan Jovanović was found guilty of Forging an official document and sentenced to three months imprisonment.
Dragomir Majdov was acquitted of all charges.
The pronounced verdict contains, among others, the following findings:
As a director and owner of Red Star d.o.o. Bileća and Pami Trade d.o.o. Nikšić, Montenegro, Milan Papić rented a lorry in the period between 15 September 2005 and 19 January 2006, with the intent of importing raw coffee to BiH and avoiding customs duties that were due on those imports. Dragan Sarić, who drove the lorry, submitted false documents and declarations indicating that the lorry was empty. On different occasions, as border crossing officials, Goran Novaković, Milijana Obrenović and Anđelko Jović registered the lorry as empty without inspecting it. Raw coffee was imported in this manner on 10 occasions, enabling Milan Papić to avoid customs and taxes in the amount of KM 464,445.75.
In the period between 16 and 31 March 2006, Milan Papić made an arrangement with Davor Simić, who was employed at the Brčko border crossing, to register a lorry loaded with raw coffee as carrying construction material. On 31 March 2006, Milan Jovanović, a custom official at the Brčko border crossing, enabled the import of raw coffee by replacing the original form with a new one, thus enabling Milan Papić to avoid customs and taxes in the amount of KM 181,367.73.
The Court extended custody for Dragan Sarić until the date this verdict becomes legally binding.
The Court imposed restrictive measures on Milan Papić and Davor Simić, pursuant to which they are forbidden to leave their municipalities, and are obligated to hand over their personal documents and report to the police twice a week.
