Pakistani arrested in Bosnia

Published November 21, 2004

SARAJEVO, Nov 20: A Pakistani national has been arrested in Bosnia for allegedly threatening international prosecutors responsible for organized crime and corruption, police were quoted as saying by Srna news agency on Saturday.

Ahmed Istikhar, who lives in the central town of Zenica, is suspected of links to recent security threats received by the prosecutors, according to a police spokesman for the Muslim-Croat Federation, Robert Cvrtak.

Cvrtak said Istikhar was also allegedly involved in human trafficking and contraband trade, Srna reported.

Neither the police nor the international prosecutors were available for further comment.

On Thursday, Canadian prosecutor John McNair told AFP that his colleague, US prosecutor Jonathan Schmidt, had not appeared before a court a day earlier due to security threats.

McNair, head of the state prosecutor's special department for organized crime, economic crime and corruption, did not give details of the threats. The special department comprises six international prosecutors.-AFP

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