5 hours agoIvo Sanader sentenced to 8 years in prison for corruption, forced to return millions he stole
Periskopi(6 years ago)
(6 years ago)Croatia's former prime minister, Ivo Sanader, has been sentenced to 8 years in prison. Sanader was convicted in the retrial and sentenced to eight years in prison by the Court. The conviction for the former prime minister came after accusations and facts linking him to corruption for the extraction of money through the marketing agency, Fimi Media Court also ruled [...]
The conviction for the former prime minister came after accusations and facts linking him to corruption for extracting money through marketing agency, Fimi Media
The court has also decided that the HDZ party will return money stolen through this agency. A total of 14.6m euros have been confiscated by the Court.
Together with former prime minister and HDZ President Ivo Sanader, who was sentenced to eight years, former HDZ shareholder Mladen Barisic and cashier Branka Pavosevic also received prison sentences in the Fimi Media case, while HDZ must pay 3.5 million fines and bring 14 back to the budget, another 6 million.
Barış was sentenced to two years and 10 months, while Pavojevic was sentenced to one year and four months in prison.
Party spokesman Ratko Macek, who was the only one to receive a parole sentence in the first trial, has now been acquitted.
