ZAGREB, Sept 17, 2020 – The state-run oil operator Janaf on Thursday confirmed that the Police Office for the Suppression of Corruption and Organised Crime (PNUSKOK) was searching the company’s offices.
A brief statement, issued on Thursday morning after some media outlets broke the news that JANAF board chairman Dragan Kovacevic was arrested by the police on suspicion of financial irregularities, only read that the police and PNUSKOK officers were currently conducting investigations into the offices of the company and that the oil operator did its business as usual.
Several media outlets reported this morning that the police had launched a probe into mayors Drazen Barisic of Velika Gorica and Vinko Grgic of Nova Gradiska and the JANAF oil operator’s director Kovacevic on suspicion of involvement in murky dealings.
According to unofficial reports, one of the subjects of the investigation is an HRK 700 million projects of a new sewerage system and water purification plant in Velika Gorica.
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