INFORMANT I INFORMATOR U BOSNI I HERCEGOVINI (SLIČNOSTI I RAZLIKE)
INFORMANT AND INFORMER IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA (SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCIES)

Summary/Abstract: In the last decade, there has been a sharp expansion of crime in most countries, what has been reflected on the international dimension of crime. There has also been the emergence of new forms of crime, especially transnational ones, with increasing detrimental consequences and effects on the entire society. The experience of Bosnia and Herzegovina (hereinafter: BiH) and other countries show that modern forms of crime, especially organized crime, are very difficult to control, especially due to fact that one of the main features of criminal groups is its closed nature, so the particular focus is on the use of informants and informers in the collection of operational information, which primarily serves to direct operational activities but also investigative actions in order to collect material evidence. Nowadays, in which crime, especially organized crime is expanding, the engagement of informants and informer is very justified and necessary. Depending on whether it is an operational activity or special investigative action, practice and process legislation in BiH gives different name for these persons in different phases of procedure. Namely, the informant and the informer are linguistically similar, from point of view of undertaken actions completely the same, but legally or procedurally speaking are completely different. The aim of the author of this paper is to present and clarify the use and similarities and differences of this institute, i.e names of these persons in different phases of police activities and in the manner they are used in different phases of criminal proceedings.

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