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"Dodik/RS Development Bank"
CIN reporters investigated a Bosnia-Herzegovina SIPA report that accused Republika Sprska Prime Minister Milorad Dodik of abusing his power by awarding financial "tenders" to friends. The CIN found flaws in the initial SIPA report. Reporters also reveal Dodik's control of the Investment-Development Bank of RS and detail their questionable loan distributions.
Tags: Bosnia-Herzegovina; SIPA; State Investigation and Protection Agency; Milorad Dodik; Investment-Development Bank of RS; Republika Sprska Prime Minister
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Small Business - Big Load
The reporters at CIN wanted to find out why Bosnia had the lowest number of small businesses. What they found was "a government that was more impediment than partner, banks that practically ignored the needs of businesses and an environment where businesses were extorted by organized crime."
Tags: small businesses; lowest number; government impediment; unfriendly environment; start-up companies; large business owners; Bosnia
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Danger on Your Plate
The Center for Investigative Reporting hired the food analysis lab of the Sarajevo Veterinary School to test food samples purchased in farmers' markets, food shops and stalls to determine food safety. Center reporters found problems with contamination, government inspection, labeling, waste, and NGO's that collect money but "really do little to guard consumers against bad food."
Tags: food safety; Mad Cow Disease; CIN; Linking Agricultural Markets to Producers; LAMP; E.coli; proteus; alfotoxins; bacteria; fungi; food handling; TRACES animal tracking; smuggling; World Health Organization; Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations; EU
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Healthcare on Life Support
"For six weeks a team of nine reporters from the Center for Investigative Reporting in Sarajevo (CIN) visited hospitals and clinics and talked with the people who work and are treated there. They found a healthcare system that is desperately sick." The reporters analyzed the various problems in the system, examined funding issues and consulted experts on possible solutions.
Tags: health care; insurance; hospitals; NGOs