Ex-Croatian PM to be questioned again
The Austrian State Prosecution should once again question former Croatian PM Ivo Sanader today.
Thursday, 23.12.2010.
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The Austrian State Prosecution should once again question former Croatian PM Ivo Sanader today. Sanader was arrested in Austria on December 10 on the Croatian judiciary’s international arrest warrant. Ex-Croatian PM to be questioned again After being questioned about the Hypo-Alpe-Adria Bank scandal by the Carinthian Parliament Investigative Committee, the former Croatian PM will now have to answer questions about money laundering. The Austrian State Prosecution has launched a money laundering investigation against Sanader, one of his relatives and a “third person” whose identity has not been revealed. Ivo Sanader (Beta, file) Sanader’s case becoming more complicated On the other hand, the Croatian media have assessed that the case of the ex-Croatian prime minister, who is awaiting beginning of extradition procedure in an Austrian prison, “is getting more complicated” and that “his extradition to Croatia is becoming more uncertain”. Austria has the right to first solve and process the cases in which Sanader is a suspect in their country, and only then extradite him to Croatia, the media reported. According to the reports, Sanader did not say anything new yesterday, but he repeated that he had never had any influence on Croatian National Bank Governor Zeljko Rohatinski and that he had had no business connections with Miroslav Kutle and Robert Jezic. He mentioned, however, that current Croatian Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor had been his best friend at the time.
Ex-Croatian PM to be questioned again
After being questioned about the Hypo-Alpe-Adria Bank scandal by the Carinthian Parliament Investigative Committee, the former Croatian PM will now have to answer questions about money laundering.The Austrian State Prosecution has launched a money laundering investigation against Sanader, one of his relatives and a “third person” whose identity has not been revealed.
Sanader’s case becoming more complicated
On the other hand, the Croatian media have assessed that the case of the ex-Croatian prime minister, who is awaiting beginning of extradition procedure in an Austrian prison, “is getting more complicated” and that “his extradition to Croatia is becoming more uncertain”.Austria has the right to first solve and process the cases in which Sanader is a suspect in their country, and only then extradite him to Croatia, the media reported.
According to the reports, Sanader did not say anything new yesterday, but he repeated that he had never had any influence on Croatian National Bank Governor Željko Rohatinski and that he had had no business connections with Miroslav Kutle and Robert Ježić. He mentioned, however, that current Croatian Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor had been his best friend at the time.
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