Bosnian man jailed 1 year in first Sky-evidence verdict
The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina sentenced Alem Zukic to one year in prison and a 4,000-mark fine after his guilty plea in the Diablo 2 drug-trafficking case. His group was suspected of smuggling more than 1,000 kg of marijuana to the EU, and the verdict was the court's first based on Sky ECC and Anom evidence.
🇧🇦 Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo · Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina sentenced 32-year-old Alem Zukic to one year
in prison after he pleaded guilty to participating in a drug-trafficking
enterprise.[1]The court also fined him 4,000 Bosnian marks, equal to about
2,000 euros, and ordered the deprivation of 2,000 euros described as unlawfully
acquired property benefit.[1]The court said Zukic had cooperated from the
very beginning and that his early testimony significantly contributed to the
successful and efficient conclusion of the investigation.[1]Zukic had been
arrested in April 2022 in the operation codenamed Diablo 2.[1]
In that case he belonged to a group led by Sako Bibic and others suspected of
smuggling more than 1,000 kilograms of marijuana from Bosnia to European Union
territory.[1]The verdict was reached through plea bargaining and was the
court’s first based on evidence obtained through the global crackdown on the Sky
ECC and Anom apps.[1]
Sky ECC and Anom are encrypted messaging apps popular with criminal
organisations whose intercepted communications Bosnia’s top court accepted as
evidence.[1]Lawyers in neighbouring Montenegro and Serbia question the
admissibility of Sky evidence and say transcripts alone should not support
detention and indictment without material evidence.[1]A group of lawyers
protested in Podgorica on May 10, accusing Montenegro’s Higher Court and Special
State Prosecution of misusing Sky ECC transcripts to order detentions and file
indictments.[1]
Case data
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The article gives no separate sentencing date; 23 June 2023 is its publication date and the Friday of the court's statement, and is used as the incident date.
The conviction is worded as participation in a drug-trafficking enterprise, and the cannabis link rests on the reported allegation that Zukic's group smuggled marijuana, with no cannabis-specific charge detail published.
The reported more than 1,000 kilograms is a suspected smuggling total, not a seizure weight, so no kilograms are recorded.
The reported 38 arrests over three years through Europol cooperation cover other organisations and periods and are left out as separate enforcement context.
The additional 2,000-euro deprivation of unlawfully acquired benefit is noted in the text, while figures record only the 4,000-mark fine.
Only one accessible account of this verdict was found after searching, with no second outlet or court statement opened.
The text gives a weight ("1,000 kg") but the figures have no kg_seized; check whether it belongs there.
A Sarajevo municipal court ordered one month in custody for Nemanja Gajić, whom state investigators SIPA arrested near Ilijaš on 6 November 2026 after finding about 35 kilograms of cannabis in his truck. Prosecutors said the drug was intended for street sale and sought the custody because he could repeat the offence.
Police in Doboj arrested a man from the Usora municipality on 5 November 2026 after he ignored an identity check, fled and injured an officer, throwing away two PVC wrappings as he ran. Officers seized plant material resembling marijuana and a black lumpy substance resembling hashish, alongside substances resembling speed and cocaine, and the Doboj District Prosecutor's Office was informed.
Police in Mostar arrested Adis Abaz on 5 November 2026 on the order of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which had sentenced him to six years in prison for organised crime tied to marijuana and amphetamine trafficking. He had not been serving the sentence and, according to unofficial reports, was living in Mostar under a false name.
Vogošća police in Sarajevo Canton arrested two men at 00:10 on 5 November 2026 on suspicion of possessing drugs and enabling their use. A search of one man found a packet of marihuana and a search of the other found marihuana and speed; the Sarajevo Canton prosecutor was notified.
