Former Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader released

At the session of the judicial panel of the County Court in Sisak, a decision was made to release former Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader.

Today (July 31), the court decided and decided that the former prime minister meets the conditions to be granted an early release from prison before serving the entire sentence.

Sanader was sentenced to a single sentence of 18 years and eight months in prison. While serving his sentence, he used the benefits prescribed by the Law on Execution of Prison Sentences, so he was already seen outside the prison walls, in Zagreb and Kutina.

At the hearing in the Sisak court, it was established that Sanader meets the conditions for early release from prison.

Corruption affairs and war profiteering

Let us remind you that the non-judicial panel of the Zagreb County Court extrajudicially decided that the former Prime Minister and President of the Croatian Democratic Union, Ivo Sanader, will have to spend a total of 18 years and eight months behind bars based on the verdicts in the three corruption cases "Fimi Media", "Planinska" and "Ina-MOL".

Sanader was sentenced to seven years in prison for withdrawing money from Croatian public companies to the black fund of the HDZ and unregistered donations in the party's coffers.

For demanding and receiving HRK 17,5 million from Stjepan Fiolić for favors in the sale of the building to the Ministry, he received another six years in prison, and for handing over management rights over the oil company "Ina" to the Hungarian "Mola" for a bribe of ten million euros, he was sentenced to another six years behind bars.

Sanader was also accused of war profiteering on the basis of the Law on non-statute of limitations for war profiteering crimes and crimes from the privatization process, because everything happened during the war in Croatia.

Sanader left the post of prime minister suddenly, without explanation, in mid-2009, and then a series of corruption investigations were launched against him.

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