SARAJEVO – Bosnian authorities have arrested two high-ranking state officials and the owner of a private company which imported 100 ventilators from China that were found to be useless for COVID-19 patients.
Bosnia’s state prosecutors said Friday that the arrested men include the prime minister of Bosnia’s Muslim-Croat federation, Fadil Novalic, a top state civil protection official, and the owner of the fruit processing company that received about 5 million euros ($5.5 million) from the government to get the equipment.
The three are being investigated for alleged money laundering, fraud, embezzlement of state funds and other crimes, the prosecutors said.