The court found that Sanader and Hernadi had agreed that, in exchange for a €10 million bribe, they would ensure changes to agreements concerning the Croatian oil company INA, granting MOL controlling influence.
[7] [8] [5] [9] [10] [11] Tomislav Karamarko, who was the Deputy Prime Minister of Croatia and the leader of the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ), resigned due to a scandal involving a conflict of interest.
[16] Žalac, along with the head of the state's finance and contracting agency SAFU, Tomislav Petric, and two other persons, were arrested in an ongoing corruption investigation by the European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) in Croatia.
[16] Furthermore, a Zagreb County Court indictment panel rejected the application by Žalac's defense counsel to exclude text messages she had exchanged with former state secretary Josipa Rimac from evidence in the case.
[19] [20] Slavko Linić, a former Croatian minister from Social Democratic Party of Croatia (SDP), became the center of controversy when he acknowledged receiving the COVID-19 vaccine ahead of his designated priority group.
It involved a clandestine gathering in the Croatian capital where the elite flouted lockdown rules, escorts were brought in from Serbia, and vintage wine and whiskey flowed.
[24] The incident began with the arrest of Dragan Kovačević, the chief executive of Jadranski naftovod - JANAF (Adriatic Oil Pipeline Operator), under allegations of influence trading and accepting bribes.
[26][24] Tomislav Tolušić, a former Croatian Minister of Agriculture and a member of the HDZ party, is under investigation by both European and domestic authorities for alleged financial misconduct involving EU funds and national subsidies related to the "Wine Envelope" program.
Turković, who has held numerous party duties over the past 30 years, was serving as an advisor to the director of the County Road Administration at the time.