Prison sentences have been requested for four individuals involved in the "Sortirnica" scandal, but not for Horvat because he is too old.
Yesterday, EPPO reported that it is investigating suspicions that five arrested individuals have committed criminal offenses of abuse of position and authority related to public procurement procedures within the framework of the construction project in Mihačeva Draga.
After the investigation, they requested prison for four suspects and not for one of them. The trial is scheduled for 1 PM, where the decision will be made about the detention of the former head of the Rijeka City Department of Municipal Systems, Irena Milicevic, her associate Eddy Ropac, the director of Rijeka's Cleanliness, Jasna Kukuljan, and Darko Žagar from the Čakovec company Žagar.
The European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) reported that it has launched an investigation against five arrested persons for embezzlement of EU funds during the construction of the waste-sorting facility in Rijeka. As stated by the European Prosecutor's Office, Horvat's company Tehnix is also covered by the investigation, which has illegally earned over half a million euros to the detriment of the EU Cohesion Fund and the Croatian budget.
The suspects are former head of the Rijeka City Department of Municipal Systems Irena Milicevic, her colleague, advisor for capital investments in the Department of Municipal Systems Eddy Ropac, director of Rijeka's Cleanliness Jasna Kukuljan, the director of the company Tehnix Đuro Horvat, and Darko Žagar from the Čakovec company Žagar, who carried out the design and supervision of the project.
Investigators suspect that Horvat's company Tehnix received the job of building the sorting facility from a rigged competition that was co-financed by the EU with 31 million kuna. There is a suspicion that the project, worth around 37 million kuna, was overpaid for half a million euros.
The EPPO also reported that it proposed to the investigating judge of the County Court in Zagreb to block the suspect's company bank account, or "to determine a temporary measure of securing the confiscation of property benefit."
The European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) reported that it has launched an investigation against five arrested persons for embezzlement of EU funds during the construction of the waste-sorting facility in Rijeka. As stated by the European Prosecutor's Office, Horvat's company Tehnix is also covered by the investigation, which has illegally earned over half a million euros to the detriment of the EU Cohesion Fund and the Croatian budget.
The suspects are former head of the Rijeka City Department of Municipal Systems Irena Milicevic, her colleague, advisor for capital investments in the Department of Municipal Systems Eddy Ropac, director of Rijeka's Cleanliness Jasna Kukuljan, the director of the company Tehnix Đuro Horvat, and Darko Žagar from the Čakovec company Žagar, who carried out the design and supervision of the project.
Investigators suspect that Horvat's company Tehnix received the job of building the sorting facility from a rigged competition that was co-financed by the EU with 31 million kuna. There is a suspicion that the project, worth around 37 million kuna, was overpaid for half a million euros.
The EPPO also reported that it proposed to the investigating judge of the County Court in Zagreb to block the suspect's company bank account, or "to determine a temporary measure of securing the confiscation of property benefit."
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