USKOK, the Croatian Office for the Suppression of Corruption and Organised Crime, after conducting an investigation, issued an indictment against two Croatian citizens (1969, 1960) for the commission of criminal offenses of accepting and giving bribes.
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The indictment is the 1st defendant. he charges that, in the period from mid-2015 to the end of June 2019 in Zagreb, as the then President of the Management Board of jadranski naftovod (JANAF), he agreed with the 2nd defendant, the founder and actual business manager of a company to hand over prizes in cash and finance his private expenses in exchange for securing advantages to his company in investments JANAF for which the 2nd defendant was interested and in procurements related and necessary for the realization of these investments.
Following this agreement, the 1st defendant, contrary to the JANAF Trade Secret Regulations, disclosed the 2nd defendant information contained in janaf's business plans on planned investments and on the timing dynamics of conducting procurements in order to realize these investments, although he knew that these information were classified as a trade secret and that they became available to interested economic entities only after their publication on the JANAF website.
That's how the 1st defendant and before initiating procurement procedures ensured by the 2nd defendant the possibility of selecting those JANAF investments that correspond to its interests, and thus an advantage over competitors in the preparation of bids in the procurement process necessary for the realization of these investments.
In relation to the investments for which the 2nd defendant was interested in the 1st defendant approved the initiation of procurements for the selection of contractors, and in the event that the bids of the company the 2nd defendant exceeding the estimated values of JANAF procurements, he also made decisions on the rebalancing of JANAF's investment plan with the aim of ending these procurement procedures in favor of the company the 2nd defendant under financial conditions from the offer.
In doing so, the 1st defendant, although such a procedure is not prescribed by the internal acts of JANAF, gave consent to the adoption of decisions on the selection of bids of the company II. okr. thus enabling the conclusion of contracts, including two contracts for JANAF's investments at the Omišalj Terminal worth EUR 1,490,146.53 and EUR 597,178.95. After such concluded contracts, I. okr. he provided to the company II. okr. and up-to-date advance payments.
In accordance with their agreement, in exchange for the described conduct, the 2nd defendant handed over to the 1st defendant at least €13,272.28 in cash.
In addition, in accordance with the claims of the 1st defendant, he settled his private expenses of at least EUR 18,289.20 for the purchase of suits and other garments for the 1st defendant and his family members and for his friends and acquaintances. ■