Connections Petrac – Gotovina
Friday, September 2nd, 2005Post is first itme publish on 45 lines 31.08.2005 at 22:25
Exactly on 10.07.2004. in Vjesnik, under title: NOBODY WANTS TO BE CONNECTED WITH HRVOJE PETRAC, I published:
By the latest unofficial informations, Hrvoje Petrac is hiding in Greece for kidnaping general Vladimir Zagorac’s son, where recently, totaly unofficialy was one person from the top of OA.
That person was Sasa Perkovic, at that time, assisstant of chief of POA, Damir Loncaric, and today he is advisor of President Stjepan Mesic for national security, else son of Josip Perkovic, the most powerful Croatian spy, for whom Bozo Vukusic says that he is under German investigation about murder of Stjepan Djurekovic.
Sasa Perkovic, while he was in Greece, had a little car accident, his official car war damaged, what caused little problems with police, because Perkovic junior was there unofficialy, that means, he was not registrated with domestic authorities, so contrariwise to international diplomatic-intelligence regulations. And OA at that time didn’t have in Greece no accreditted intelligence attache in embassy in Athens.
Considering that Sasa Perkovic, during first Petrac’s escape to police in 2001., together with Ranko Ostojic, former chief of police, visited Hrvoje near Villach, after what the controverse tycoon appeared in Zagreb and gave statement to the police in Heinzlova Street that he had nothing with murder of Vjeko Slisko, it was not difficult to conclude that assisstant of chief of OA stayed in Greece to conntact with Petrac.
Conntacts of Ranko Ostojic and Sasa Perkovic during first escape with Petrac, later a few months ago, described Ivo Pukanic, as it could be considered as Petrac’s warning.
Through Pukanic also was warned chief of POA, Tomislav Karamarko by information in which was claimed that Karamarko, at the beginning of 90-ties, by intervention of Damir Loncaric, became subtenant at Alica Petrac, that means Petrac’s.
That authorities knew all the time where was heading now arrested tycoon, as they knew Matekovic’s moving, and they surely knew where Gotovina was, confirmed also my another text in Vjesnik from 26th July 2004.:Will Petrac after surrender go to hospital? (on croatian at this link):
Hrvoje Petrac, businessman after whom is Interpol’s APB because of accusation that he participated in kidnaping of retired general Vladimir Zagorac’s son, and to whom was prohibited entering in countries of EU, because there were suspicions that he helped runaway general Ante Gotovina, could be back to Croatia these days.
The source from judicial circles said for Vjesnik that about that case are informed in Supreme state attorney’s office and Ministry of police, and these days in those institutions are held consultations about the model of Petrac’s surrender…
Vjesnik’s source claims that persons close to Hrvoje Petrac about new diagnosis conntacted with authorized doctors in Zagreb’s hospitals Sestre milosrdnice (Sisters of mercy) and Sveti duh.
For Petrac the staying abroad was made worse, not only because of Interpol’s APB, but also because of decision of Union, which prohibited entering in countries members.
After publishing this text, Faber travelled half-incognito out of country.
But then there was no Petrac’s surrender, and I found out that attorney, Milenko Umicevic, is very interested in my writing.
As in Greece were held Olympic Games, because of danger of many securities, Hrvoje Petrac transfered himself to Israel. Supposedly later he was moving between Israel, Greece, Turkey, Malta and Croatia.
When this year in April, journalists close to chief of POA, Tomislav Karamarko said that Hrvoje Petrac was in Israel, and that he would be arrested any moment, spoke President Mesic, who was often connected with runaway tycoon, and what I registrated in text:Mesic’s campaign of support to Petrac (on croatian at this link):
By Croatian President Stjepan Mesic, to runaway tycoon condemned on six years of prison for kidnaping of general Zagorac’s son, the trial should be repeted, because he was condemned in absence.
Asked about informations that Hrvoje Petrac was in Israel, Mesic said that great suspicions that he was exactly there, but that was not for sure.
Besides, he emphasized,that there were no evidences that Petrac was involved in financing escape or staying of general Gotovina abroad.
I haven’t seen any evidence, there are only suspicions, said Mesic, emphasizing that Petrac should come to Croatia.
He said that Petrac was condemned in absence, and the trial should be repeted after his arrival.
First, it is only matter of actions of government, for which was enough only political will, which wasn’t there before.
Second, in repeted trial, which was announced by President Mesic, when he was hoping that Ivica Crnic would stay the President of Supreme court (which decides about repeted trial or cancellation of first instance verdict) Hrvoje and Novica Petrac, also as Ico Matekovic, could be liberated. It is enough that three convicts, who didn’t appeal on verdicts in repeted trial as witnesses change their testimonies and all evidences against the three mentioned are wasted.
Unofficialy there are speculations that Ico Matekovic pull chain with Hrvoje Petrac and that all guilt for kidnaping of Zagorac’s son will put on him, and based on that those who believe in honest intentions and professional moves of government, will think that Hrvoje Petrac will stay in prison really for a long time.
Partly those speculations have basis in statements of Djurdja Matekovic, who said that her sons came to protect her from Petrac’s and Zagorac’s men. On that way Djurdja Matekovic confirmed that she knew that Ico was in Croatia, but she revealed unintentionally, that other two sons, condemned on less years in prison, were also in country.
That Petrac could put Matekovic under pressure can be read from text of Dean Sinovcic, in these weeks Nacional, who wrote, among other things, that during las six months Zagorac’s telephone has been tapped, and in one caught conversation, Ico Matekovic, supposedly said to Vladimir Zagorac that he owned him 750.000 of ransome for son.
Nevertheless, crime report experts from Zagreb’s coffee shop Kapuciner, say that was impossible that police tapped for last six months Zagorac’s telephone, in other words, if it was done by POA and really registrated that conversation, it can’t be evidence in court.
So, Ico Matekovic has no reason to worry and he doesn’t have to testify against Petrac.
Further, by death of Davorin Firis, disappeared only known evidence about connection of Hrvoje Petrac and Ante Gotovina.
Namely, USKOK recently found out that Davorin Firis, as a director of Petrac’s casino Vega concealed great amount of taxes, and there were doubts that money was used for financing escape of Ante Gotovina.
Firis recently died in suspicious car accident and through him can’t be any more connected Petrac and Gotovina.
So, President Mesic was a prophet when he said several months ago that he didn’t know about any evidences about their connections.
Why then Carla Del Ponte and Ministers of foreign affairs in EU should believe that Croatia is doing serious efforts on fulfilling Action plan which final goal is deliver Ante Gotovina in Haag?!
-Anyway, if you caught these two men so fast, we don’t believe that you are not capable to do that with Gotovina, is the most possible answer that will come from Carla and EU Ministers.
And as sources close to ICTY say that Haag’s court is not fascinated by Osjek’s investigation of war crimes in 1991/92., that is, they are not interested in swop Branimir Glavas for Ante Gotovina.
Only several years after celebration in Belgrade’s center of UDBA, Josip Perkovic became the right hand of Croatian Minister of defense, Gojko Susak. On the left in the picture with them is the third man of paralel commanding line, retired general Mate Lausic.
Domagoj Margetic and Ivica Filipovic, from Ante Roso’s Croatian Republicans, in the action
