SEE Check
Scam posts offering unclaimed luggage for sale are making rounds on social media across the Southeast Europe (SEE) region. Three members of the SEE Check network have warned their readers about this deceptive scheme. ————- In November, Facebook posts surfaced in Albania, Croatia, and Bosnia-Herzegovina, falsely claiming that national airports were offloading unclaimed luggage at […]
Original article (in Croatian) was published on 11/11/2023; Author: Anja Vladisavljević SDP and HDZ exchange accusations and present different interpretations regarding the “wire vote” in the European Parliament. “You now have a situation where Andrej Plenkovic is boasting that he will not put wire on the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina, and his representatives in the […]
Original article (in BCS) was published on 16/11/2023; Author: Marija Manojlović On several occasions, a Facebook page misusing the Sarajevo airport logo posted an ad to promote the sale of supposedly lost luggage at the airport. This is a scam that could lead to the theft of personal information and unnecessary financial losses. On November […]
Original article (in B/C/S) was published on 07/11/2023; Authors: Alena Beširević, Marija Manojlović, Maida Salkanović, Nerma Šehović A pyramid scheme that defrauded thousands in Bosnia and Herzegovina lured victims with promises of quick and easy earnings through a fictitious job that involved clicking on online advertisements and recruiting new members. In collaboration with Detektor, Raskrinkavanje investigated the […]
Original article (in Bosnian) was published on 13/10/2023; Author: Marija Manojlović The image circulating on social networks capturing a gathering where Bosniaks allegedly expressed support for both Israel and Palestine actually originates from the satirical web portal Zicer. Published on October 10, 2023, on the X social network, the photo features a group of people carrying […]
Original article (in Bosnian) was published on 06/11/2023; Author: Nerma Šehović Amidst the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the influx of information, both accurate and misleading, has surged through social media and various news outlets. We’ve compiled tools and methods to help you sift through this flood of information. For the past few weeks, the world has been closely […]
By: Maida Salkanović When the Sarajevo-based citizens’ association Why Not received a lawsuit suing them for the content of one of their articles, it caused confusion down the ranks. The amount of damages requested was absurd – 750,000 Euros, and the claims seemed nonsensical to them. The lawsuit was filed by a local company that […]
Original article (in Bosnian) was published on 11/09/2023; Author: Marija Ćosić The manipulative claims that Bill Gates is “planning” to cut down large areas of forest under the guise of fighting climate change have been taken from American promoters of conspiracy theories. On August 31, 2023, the web portal Nulta tacka published an article about a […]
Original article (in Croatian) was published on 25/09/2023; Author: Ladislav Tomičić Architect Bogdan Bogdanovic was invited in 1959 to design a memorial complex for 810 fallen anti-fascists of the Second World War from Mostar. Conspiracy theory supporters are sharing a post on social networks that contains a short video of the Partisan Cemetery in Mostar and […]
Original article (in Bosnian) was published on 21/06/2023 The World Health Organization has been “accused” in articles by mostly anonymous web portals of planning to introduce climate lockdowns and that the world’s population will therefore again witness shutdowns like during the Covid-19 pandemic. The World Health Organization (WHO) and its head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus have […]