Croatian police issue arrest warrant for ex-PM

The Croatian prime minister facing an international arrest warrant and is being sought after by police – having left the country just before his parliamentary immunity was lifted amid corruption suspicions.

10 December 2010, 12:00am

Police spokesman Krunoslav Borovec told media Press that the warrant for Ivo Sanader was issued overnight between Thursday to Friday, and sent to Interpol.

Sanader, now a lawmaker, left Croatia on Thursday morning without problems as there was no warrant for him at the time.

In Croatia, a lawmaker can be sought, detained and prosecuted only after he's stripped of immunity. Parliament lifted Sanader's immunity Thursday afternoon, but he was already gone by then.

It's unclear where Sanader — who abruptly quit as prime minister on July 1, 2009 — is now.