Eines der übelsten Bestechungs Geschäfte des Balkans, wo der MOL Vertreter damals Zsolt Hernadi und Ivo Sanader sich in einem Lokal trafen, die Sim Karten aus dem Handy nahmen, keine Zahlen nannten über die Bestechungs Summe, sondern nur Zettel austauschten. Die Österreicher Bestechungs Geschäfte, sind im Balkan eine Art Maßstab, vor allem mit den ganzen Bank Beteiliungen und als Motor der Geldwäsche, für alle kriminellen Gruppen auf dem Balkan.
10 Jun 14Croatia to Try Hungarian Oil Boss for Bribery
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The chairman of Hungarian energy company MOL,
Zsolt Hernadi, will be tried in absentia in Zagreb for allegedly giving a 10 million euro bribe to former Croatian PM Ivo Sanader.
“The indictment against Hernadi has been confirmed and he will be tried in absentia,” Zagreb county court spokesperson Kresimir Devcic told Reuters news agency on Tuesday.
The alleged graft took place in 2008-9, when the Croatian government put its shares of the state oil company INA on the market. MOL bought 22.15 per cent of INA’s shares, thus becoming the biggest stakeholder.
The Croatian Office for Fighting Organised Crime and Corruption, USKOK alleged that the bribe was given to ensure that MOL secured all management rights over INA.
During USKOK’s criminal investigations into Sanader, the Hungarian prosecutors’ office rejected the possibility of interrogating Hernadi in June 2011, explaining that information regarding the acquisition of INA’s shares was vital to Hungary’s national interests.
The crucial evidence was a secret video showing Hernadi and Sander exchanging notes and figures, which was published by the media in November 2011.
Sanader was sentenced to seven and half years in jail for corruption related to the MOL case in December 2012. His appeal at the Croatian supreme court started in March.
The Croatian state attorney’s office put Hernadi on Interpol’s wanted list and issued a European arrest warrant in October 2013, which drew much criticism from Budapest.
Because of these tensions, MOL, which owns almost half of INA, started preparing to sell its shares in November 2013.
Hernadi denies the allegations against him.
His lawyer Ante Mikulicic said that the prosecution had become political but the fact that the Croatian government had struck a bad deal over INA should have “nothing to do with criminal proceedings”.
MOL chairman, Zsolt Hernadi, indicted for bribery by anti-corruption prosecutors in Croatia
10 Jun 14Croatia to Try Hungarian Oil Boss for Bribery
Zsolt Hernadi, will be tried in absentia in Zagreb for allegedly giving a 10 million euro bribe to former Croatian PM Ivo Sanader.
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The alleged graft took place in 2008-9, when the Croatian government put its shares of the state oil company INA on the market. MOL bought 22.15 per cent of INA’s shares, thus becoming the biggest stakeholder.
The Croatian Office for Fighting Organised Crime and Corruption, USKOK alleged that the bribe was given to ensure that MOL secured all management rights over INA.
During USKOK’s criminal investigations into Sanader, the Hungarian prosecutors’ office rejected the possibility of interrogating Hernadi in June 2011, explaining that information regarding the acquisition of INA’s shares was vital to Hungary’s national interests.
The crucial evidence was a secret video showing Hernadi and Sander exchanging notes and figures, which was published by the media in November 2011.
Sanader was sentenced to seven and half years in jail for corruption related to the MOL case in December 2012. His appeal at the Croatian supreme court started in March.
The Croatian state attorney’s office put Hernadi on Interpol’s wanted list and issued a European arrest warrant in October 2013, which drew much criticism from Budapest.
Because of these tensions, MOL, which owns almost half of INA, started preparing to sell its shares in November 2013.
Hernadi denies the allegations against him.
His lawyer Ante Mikulicic said that the prosecution had become political but the fact that the Croatian government had struck a bad deal over INA should have “nothing to do with criminal proceedings”.