ZAGREB, 20 Nov, 2021 - The municipal court in the Karlovac on Saturday fined a German reporter for having tried to illegally cross from Bosnia and Herzegovina into Croatia with a group of irregular migrants, the local police reported.

The group of eight foreigners, including the 44-year-old German journalist, was caught by the Croatian police while trying to illegally enter Croatia near the town of Cetingrad, and on Saturday, the reporter was taken before the magistrate who imposed a fine of 3,600 kuna (€480) on the offender.

The court upheld the charges for illegal crossing but dismissed the police charges that the German reporter had helped irregular migrants in illegal border crossing. The police said they would appeal the dismissal of those charges.

Apart from the German reporter, the group included four adult migrants and three minors. After they were caught, they said that they would request international protection in Croatia.

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ZAGREB, 20 Nov, 2021 - An Algerian, who was caught trying to illegally cross from Bosnia and Herzegovina into Croatia on Friday evening, kicked a policeman and fled the scene, but he was arrested soon after his escape, the Croatian law enforcement authorities reported on late Friday evening.

The Sisak-Moslavina County police department reported that the incident had occurred near the town of Topusko, and the 26-year-old Algerian undocumented migrant was placed into custody upon his arrest.

The criminal charges will be pressed against the Algerian who hit the policeman in the head. The police officer was examined in the Sisak General Hospital, and it was established that he had suffered slight physical injuries.

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ZAGREB, 8 Nov, 2021 - The Croatian police in Cetingrad have filed misdemeanour charges against three Danish nationals who illegally crossed the border to enter Croatia from Bosnia and Herzegovina where they had left their vehicle and recording equipment.

The police reported that during regular supervision of the border, at about 21.50 hours on Sunday evening they came across two men and woman crossing the border at a location where there is no border crossing and that they had recording equipment with them."

The three were taken to the local police station and it was determined that they had come through Bosnia and Herzegovina to the border with Croatia and then crossed the border on foot.

Misdmeanour charges have been filed against the three perpetrators.

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