WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., co-chair of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, also known as the Helsinki Commission, today led a hearing to examine American and international efforts aimed at combating corruption in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Wicker discussed the country’s progress, as well as its significance to the United States. He also noted that corruption in Bosnia and Herzegovina is widespread, risking the future prosperity of that country. Wicker is a coauthor of the bipartisan “Bosnia and Herzegovina-American Enterprise Fund Act,” S. 2307, which would help to grow small- to medium-size businesses in Bosnia and Herzegovina by providing access to American investors.

The following witnesses testified at today’s hearing:

• Jonathan Moore, Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Thomas Melia, Assistant Administrator for Europe and Eurasia, USAID
• Srdjan Blagovcanin, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Transparency International, Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Valery Perry, Sarajevo-based Independent Researcher and Consultant and Senior Associate at the Democratization Policy Council