Armenia16, Bosnia and Herzegovina17, Bulgaria,18 Greece,19 Italy20, Finland,21 Montenegro22, Poland,23 the Russian Federation24, Serbia25, Slovak Republic26 and the Ukraine27. In addition, the CPT documented instances of electric shock torture in Portugal28, although the nature of the device used is not recorded. 2.1.1. Illustrative cases Bosnia & Herzegovina In a 2012 report, the CPT stated that the information gathered by the mission delegation “indicate[d] that the infliction of ill-treatment for the purposes of trying to extort a confession is a frequent practice by crime inspectors at Banja Luka Central Police Station. More specifically, its delegation received several consistent allegations of the use of small hand-held electric charge prods by these … inspectors during the interrogation of suspects. The allegations were made by both remand and sentenced prisoners in the four prisons visited in the Republika Srpska.”29 [Emphasis added]. In a 2013 report, the CPT documented further cases of alleged electric shock torture committed by Bosnian police officials in police stations and elsewhere. For instance, one individual alleged that upon arrival at Gradiška Police Station on 13 October 2012, he was “taken to an office, placed in a chair with his hands cuffed behind his back and received several electric shocks to his legs from a hand-held device when he did not answer certain 16 CPT, Report to the Armenian Government on the visit to Armenia carried out by the CPT from 4 to 10 April 2013, 27 January 2015. 17 CPT, Report to the Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina on the visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina carried out by the CPT from 5 to 11 December 2012, 12 September 2013; CPT, Report to the Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina on the visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina carried out by the CPT from 29 September to 9 October 2015, 5 July 2016. 18 CPT, Report to the Bulgarian Government on the visit to Bulgaria carried out by CPT from 24 March to 3 April 2014, 29 January 2015. 19 CPT, Report to the Greek Government on the visit to Greece carried out by the CPT from 14 to 23 April 2015, 1 March 2016. 20 Amnesty International, Hotspot Italy, How EU’s flagship approach leads to violations of refugee and migrant rights, EUR 30/5004/2016, October 2016. 21 Amnesty International, Finland: Submission to the United Nations Committee against Torture, 59 th Session, 7 November – 7 December 2016. 22 CPT, Report to the Government of Montenegro on the visit to Montenegro carried out by the CPT from 13 to 20 February 2013, 22 May 2014. 23 CPT, Report to the Polish Government on the visit to Poland carried out by the CPT from 5 to 17 June 2013, 25 June 2014. 24 CPT, Report to the Russian Government on the visit to the Russian Federation carried out by the CPT from 21 May to 4 June 2012, 17 December 2013; CPT, Report to the Russian Government on the visit to the North Caucasian region of the Russian Federation carried out by the CPT from 27 April to 6 May 2011, 24 January 2013. 25 CPT, Report to the Government of Serbia on the visit to Serbia carried out by the CPT from 26 May to 5 June 2015, 24 June 2016. 26 CPT, Report to the Government of the Slovak Republic on the visit to the Slovak Republic carried out by the CPT from 24 September to 3 October 2013, 25 November 2014. 27 CPT, Report to the Ukrainian Government on the visit to Ukraine carried out by the CPT from 9 to 21 October 2013, 29 April 2014; Amnesty International, Ukraine: Don’t stop halfway: Government must use new criminal procedure code to end torture, EUR 50/004/2013, 11 April 2013. 28 CPT, Report to the Portuguese Government on the visit to Portugal carried out by the CPT from 13 to 17 May 2013, 26 November 2013. 29 CPT, Report to the Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina on the visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina carried out by the CPT from 5 to 14 April 2011, 26 April 2012, paragraph 7. 13