Damir Kaletović is a multiple-award-winning investigative journalist from

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. He is a former reporter fo
FTV
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of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the former co-host of the FTV-sponsored political talk show "60 Minutes"
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, and a former reporter fo
OBN Television
He is best known for his high-profile role as co-host of "60 Minutes", which controversially investigated issues related post-war corruption and war crimes. He has won numerous awards, including (but not limited to): * 2005
Most Deserving Journalist of the Year
in Bosnia-Herzegovina. * 2005 Max Magazine Television Personality "Man of the Yea

* 2008 San News "Best Person of the Year" During his career, he has been the target of various threats, some of them openly expressed. His work has been perceived as controversial by Bosnia-Herzegovina's main ethno-nationalist political parties: the Bosniak Muslim Party of Democratic Action (SDA); the

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(HDZ); and the Serbian Democratic Party (SDS). He became unpopular among some nationalist groupings of Bosniak Muslims for his reporting on terrorism in the aftermath of the

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, and specifically for his reporting on the Algerian Group in Bosnia-Herzegovina. In some of his reportages he accused six

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ns of alleged

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. He also sparked criticism for his reporting on islamic fundamentalism and the war crimes of Alija Izetbegović, the first president of Bosnia and Herzegovina. He has equally been viewed as controversial for his reporting on corruption, organized crime and war crimes in the Bosnian Serb-dominated entity of Republika Srpska in Bosnia-Herzegovina.

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