(ANSAmed) - Zagreb, November 20 - Former Croatian prime minister Ivo Sanader was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Tuesday after being found guilty of charges of corruption and abuse of power.
A court ruled that Sanader received a kickback of nearly $695,000 for arranging a loan from the Austrian Hypo Bank in 1995.
He is the most high-profile politician ever to have been given a prison sentence in Croatia, which is set to join the European Union on July 1. (ANSAmed).