Bosnia Pipeline Project Advances for Company Linked to Trump Associates

AAFS Infrastructure and Energy is close to securing a concession to build and operate a pipeline across the Balkans that would carry U.S. fossil gas to replace Russian supplies. The project is valued at more than $1 billion. The company has no prior record of projects at this scale.

Its representatives include Washington lawyer Jesse Binnall and Joe Flynn, brother of former national security adviser Michael Flynn. Both men participated in efforts to challenge the 2020 presidential election results.

AAFS was registered in Bosnia in 2021 by local entrepreneur Amer Bekan. The U.S. parent company was formed in November. Its Washington address is listed at the offices of Binnall Law Group. in legal matters after the 2020 election. He later secured a $1.25 million settlement from the Justice Department for Michael Flynn. Flynn’s brother Joe also joined AAFS.

U.S. officials have pressed Bosnian leaders to approve the pipeline. The State Department stated that the Southern Interconnection gas pipeline aligns with efforts to reduce Russian energy dependence. The White House referred questions on the matter to the State Department.

The project would route gas from the Adriatic coast through Bosnia and Herzegovina. It forms part of broader U.S. policy to expand liquefied natural gas exports to Europe.