Hungary Rejects Extradiction of Head of Mol

People ♦ Published: October 7, 2013; 20:11 ♦ (Vindobona)

A Hungarian court rejected the extradiction of Zsolt Hernadi, who is alleged of having bribed former Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanander.

Hungary Rejects Extradiction of Head of Mol / Picture: © MOL

Hungary does not intend to extradite Zsolt Hernadi, Chairman of MOL’s Supervisory Bord, the Hungarian oil and gas company. According to reports by news agency MTI, the municipal court of Budapest has rejected the motion of the Croatian authorities.

According to the prosecution in Zagreb, Hernadi has bribed then-head-of-state Sanader to be given the leadership of Croatian oil…