Zdravko Mamić Arrested, Will Be Handed Over to BiH Court Today

MEĐUGORJE, (Patria) - SIPA members arrested Zdravko Mamić. An international warrant for Mamić, who was initially sentenced to six and a half years in prison in Croatia, and before that fled to BiH, was issued by the County Court in Osijek.

- Mamić has been arrested and will be handed over to the jurisdiction of the BiH Court during the day - it was confirmed to the Patria agency from SIPA.

The former head of Dinamo Zagreb was last Wednesday provisionally sentenced to six and a half years in prison, and on Tuesday the County Court officially issued an order to the police to issue an international warrant and a European arrest warrant for him.

Mamić was provisionally sentenced to six and a half years in prison for siphoning money from Dinamo.

Given that Mamić is in BiH, and is also a BiH citizen, the only thing these warrants mean for him is a path to the nearest police station, where he will only state whether he agrees to extradition to Croatia.

Very quickly after the verdict, the BiH Minister of Security, Dragan Mektić, stated that the law is clear and stipulates that Mamić cannot be extradited to Croatia. He added that Mamić can serve his sentence in BiH.

He reminded that Croatia has the option to request BiH to accept and implement its court verdict, as has happened in the past, for example in the case of Branimir Glavaš.

In such situations, the BiH Court is competent, which formally considers the verdict issued in another country and issues an order for its implementation.