As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, Tomislav Tomasevic and his government are looking for the money extracted during the time of former mayor Milan Bandic in alleged scandals, most of which are well known to the public, reports Jutarnji list.
The closest associates of the late Mayor Milan Bandic in Zagreb’s city administration, as well as the owners of companies that benefited from doing ”illegal business” with the City of Zagreb are being watched very closely by the new Zagreb government led by Tomislav Tomasevic, who is asking for a return of a little more than 227 million kuna in what he claims is looted money.
The office of Zagreb Mayor Tomislav Tomasevic confirmed to Jutarnji list that the new city administration, on behalf of the City of Zagreb, has submitted property claims in all proceedings in which, according to USKOK (Croatian State Prosecutor’s Office for the Suppression of Organised Crime and Corruption) indictments, the capital city was financially damaged.
When submitting the request for the return of the money, Tomasevic’s administration allegedly adhered to those USKOK indictments that the court has confirmed so far, this incluces the owners of companies that benefited from said illegal activities, as well as some court experts and lawyers who participated in the conclusion of those criminal cases.
“It’s our responsibility to ask for the stolen city money to be given back to the city treasury because it’s the money of our citizens,” the Zagreb mayor’s office confirmed.
Although all the indictments on which the current city government bases its property and legal claims were confirmed during Bandic’s lifetime, the former city administration failed to submit any requests for the return of the apparently stolen money.
Namely, it was difficult and rather illogical to expect that Milan Bandic himself and his closest associates from Zagreb’s city administration would file any demands for the return of the stolen money against themselves.
Many of these people are still employees of the city administration, although they are no longer in the positions they held back during the controversial Bandic’s time.
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