Ex-Croatian prime minister pleads 'not guilty' in corruption trial

deutsche welle
CRIME

10.11.2011
Croatia's former prime minister has denied accepting bribes from a Hungarian oil company as his corruption trial resumed in Zagreb. Sanader already stands accused of receiving bribes from an Austrian bank.

Former Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader pleaded not guilty to further corruption charges on Thursday as his trial continued in the Croatian capital, Zagreb.

Sanader said he denied "categorically and with indignation" accepting a bribe worth 10 million euros ($13.63 million) from the Hungarian oil company MOL. The latest charges were added to an existing corruption case against the 58-year-old which began last week....more...
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http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15523316,00.html

Croatian ex-Premier Ivo Sanader charged with corruption

bbc news
31 August 2011, Last updated 16:55 GMT
The authorities in Croatia have charged former Prime Minister Ivo Sanader with corruption over a loan he negotiated in 1995.

He is alleged to have received a kickback worth nearly $695,000 (£425,000; 480,000 euros) for the loan from the Austrian bank Hypo.

He is said to have facilitated Hypo's entry into the Croatian market....more...
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14733763

Ivo Sanader, Croatia's ex-PM, extradited from Austria

bbc news
19 July 2011 Last updated at 11:48 GMT
Croatia has put its former Prime Minister Ivo Sanader behind bars after his night-time extradition from Austria.
He is due to be questioned this week over allegations of corruption and abuse of power....more...
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14202739

Sanader declines to answer prosecutor's questions

tportal.hr
SANADER CASE
21.07.2011 19:05

Author: Radio.net
At his first appearance before anti-corruption agency USKOK investigators, former Croatian prime minister Ivo Sanader denied all accusations against him in the Fimi Media case, Sanader's lawyers told reporters on Thursday after a two-hour interrogation held in the Remetinec prison, adding that Sanader would continue presenting his defence on Wednesday when he is expected to answer to bribe-taking charges in the Hypo bank case, in which he is suspected of receiving a 3.5 million kuna commission from the bank in exchange for selecting the Austrian bank to grant a loan to Croatia...more...
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http://daily.tportal.hr/139694/Sanader-declines-to-answer-prosecutor-s-questions.html

Croatia's EX-PM Sanader Extradited from Austria

balkan insight
19 JUL 2011 / 11:48

Croatian's former prime minister Ivo Sanader was returned to Croatia on Monday to face probable corruption charges in his home country.

Sanader was handed over to Croatian police at the Bregana border crossing with Slovenia, from where he was escorted to a Zagreb prison. The transfer was broadcasted live in Croatia. ...more....
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http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/croatia-s-sanader-extradited-from-austria

Sanader not on vengeance mission, lawyer says

tportal.hr
SANADER CASE
19.07.2011 17:42

Author: Radio.net
Former Prime Minister Ivo Sanader is not on a vengeance mission, but wants to participate in the proceedings against him without any politicisation, one of his lawyers, Cedo Prodanovic, said on Tuesday after visiting Sanader in Zagreb's Remetinec Prison.....more...
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http://daily.tportal.hr/139291/Sanader-not-on-vengeance-mission-lawyer-says.html

Int. Minister: All preparations have been made for Sanader's extradition

tportal.hr
SANADER CASE
18.07.2011 13:06

Author: Radio.net
Croatian Interior Minister Tomislav Karamarko said on Monday that all preparations had been made for the extradition of Ivo Sanader, declining to reveal when the former prime minister would be transferred from Austria to Croatia....more...
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http://daily.tportal.hr/139028/Interior-Minister-All-preparations-have-been-made-for-Sanader-s-extradition.html

Austria Clears Way for Sanader Extradition

balkan insight
12 JUL 2011 / 15:59

Austrian Minister of Justice Beatrix Karl has signed the extradition papers for ex-Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader, completing the paperwork for his return to Croatia.

Croatian Times

It is now up to Croatia to arrange for Sanader’s transportation, according to the daily Jutarnji List. He is expected back in the country within 14 days....more....

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http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/karl-clears-way-for-sanader-extradition

Croatian leader to be extradited from Austria on corruption charges

telegraph.co.uk
CROATIA
An Austrian court approved measures to extradite Ivo Sanader, the former Croatian prime minister, back to his home country to face corruption charges.

by Our Foreign Staff 1:32PM BST 11 Jul 2011

Sanader was arrested while driving on an Austrian highway on December 10, a day after the Croatian parliament lifted his immunity from prosecution. In May, an Austrian court ruled Sanader could be extradited to Croatia.
"The dossier arrived today and has been signed by the minister," Salzburg court spokesman Imre Juhasz said....more...
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/croatia/8630226/Croatian-leader-to-be-extradited-from-Austria-on-corruption-charges.html

Sanader Suspected of 10-Million Oil Bribe

balkan insight
21 JUN 2011 / 17:30

Croatian investigators suspect former prime minister of taking 10 million euros from the Hungarian company MOL in return for ensuring MOL's dominance in the Croatian oil company, INA.

Croatian Times, Balkan Insight

The Croatian daily Vecernji List said the Austrian Ministry of Justice had received a request from Croatia naming Ivo Sanader as recipient of a bribe, MOL’s head, Zsolt Hernadi, as the issuer, and Croatia's former deputy prime minister, Damir Polancec, as an assistant in the criminal act....more...
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http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/sanader-suspected-of-taking-10-million-euro-bribe-from-hungaria-s-mol

Former Croatian PM gives up extradition appeal for sake of EU accession

deutsche welle
BALKANS

20.06.2011
Held in Austria since last year, Croatia's ex-prime minister, Ivo Sanader, is now set to face corruption charges in his home country after abandoning an appeal against his extradition.

Former Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader has dropped his appeal against an extradition request from Zagreb. This clears the way for his transfer from Austria, where he is being held, to Croatia to face corruption charges....more...
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http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15175038,00.html

Austria approves extradition of ex-Croatian leader Sanader

deutsche welle
Justice

09.05.2011

A court in Austria has approved the extradition of former Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader, who is wanted in Croatia on suspicion of corruption. Sanader was arrested in Austria on an international warrant in December.

A court in Austria ruled on Monday that former Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader can be extradited back to Croatia to face charges of corruption there, relating to his time as prime minister from 2003 to his resignation in 2009.
 
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http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15062173,00.html

Austria to extradite ex-Croat PM

b92.net
Region

Monday 9.05.2011
14:53
Source: Tanjug

SALZBURG -- The provincial court of Salzburg, Austria, approved on Monday the extradition to Croatia of former Croatian PM and HDZ party leader Ivo Sanader.
The former Croatian prime minister has been kept in custody in that city since December 2010....more...
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http://www.b92.net/eng/news/region-article.php?yyyy=2011&mm=05&dd=09&nav_id=74239

Austrian Court Approves Sanader Extradition

balkan insight
09 May 2011 / 14:07

A court in Salzburg has ruled that Austria can extradite former Croatian premier Ivo Sanader, accused of corruption in his home country.
Daily.tportal.hr, Radio.net

The Salzburg Provincial Court on Monday ruled that Sanader may be extradited to Croatia, the Austrian electronic media reported....more...

http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/austria-says-sanader-can-be-extradited-to-croatia

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Attorney says Sanader's Austrian bank accounts unfrozen

tportal.hr
SANADER CASE
09.05.2011 20:22

Author: Radio.net

Former Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader's lawyer Goran Suic said on Monday that an Austrian prosecutor had unfrozen Sanader's bank accounts in Austria, frozen during an Austrian investigation into money laundering, after finding that nothing illegal had been done in that case....more...

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http://daily.tportal.hr/126853/Attorney-says-Sanader-s-Austrian-bank-accounts-unfrozen.html

Austrian court approves Sanader's extradition to Croatia

toprtal.hr
SANADER CASE
09.05.2011 13:21

Author: Radio.net

The Salzburg Provincial Court on Monday approved the extradition of former Croatian Prime minister Ivo Sanader to Croatia, the Austrian electronic media reported.  Court President Hans Rathgeb confirmed this decision, the Austrian news agency APA reported....more...

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http://daily.tportal.hr/126750/Austrian-court-approves-Sanader-s-extradition-to-Croatia.html

Josipovic: Sanader can have fair trial in Croatia

tportal.hr
SANADER CASE
09.05.2011 15:37

Author: Radio.net

Everyone in Croatia can have a fair trial, including former PM Ivo Sanader, Croatian President Ivo Josipovic said in Florence on Monday, commenting on an Austrian provincial court's decision to approve Sanader's extradition to Croatia....more...

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http://daily.tportal.hr/126800/Josipovic-Sanader-can-have-fair-trial-in-Croatia.html

Austrian court to rule on ex-Croat PM in May

b92.net
Region

Wednesday 20.04.2011
09:38
Source: Tanjug

VIENNA -- Former Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sander will go before the Salzburg court again on May 9, when the court is expected to rule on his extradition.
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Extradition hearing for Sanader scheduled for 9 May in Salzburg

tportal.hr

SANADER CASE

19.04.2011 17:51

Author: Radio.net

Former Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader who has been in extradition custody in Salzburg since 10 December, will be questioned by a Salzburg provincial court judge on 9 May, the Austrian APA news agency reported on Tuesday.....more....

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http://daily.tportal.hr/123374/Extradition-hearing-for-Sanader-scheduled-for-9-May-in-Salzburg.html

Holub: Sanader will stay in Salzburg detention by September

tportal.hr

SANADER CASE

24.03.2011 19:04
Author: Radio.net

Croatian ex-prime minister Ivo Sanader will remain in investigative detention "at least until September", said Rolf Holub, president of the Carinthian parliamentary committee of inquiry into Hypo-Alpe-Adria bank and head of the Austrian Green party....more...

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http://daily.tportal.hr/118703/Sander-will-stay-in-Salzburg-detention-at-least-until-September.html