The police directorate confirmed on Tuesday that 12 people were apprehended after early morning raids were conducted, including in the city’s administration offices in that biggest Croatian coastal city.
The police said that the evidence was being collected and once the criminal investigation was over, the public would be informed of the details.
The anti-corruption raid led to the arrest of businessmen Mario Jukić and Zvonko Kotarac, his brother Ivan Kotarac, architects Emil Šverko and Neno Kezić, a former councilor from the HGS party, Danijela Špalj, a former head of the physical planning and construction department in the city administration, Lada Pocrnić Mladinić, her husband Neven Mladinić and assistant Ljiljana Poletti Kopešić.
The suspects are believed to have conspired to enable the investors of the Amphora Hotel and buildings at the suburbs of Meje to illegally gain €3.2 million.
USKOK also demanded detention for five of the 12 arrested persons.
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